August 2008 Archives

Seems like everyone in Chester has been busy gearing up their sustainability projects while I've been away on holiday. Life for me just seems to revolve around last minute promotion for the low carbon communities Conference on 4th October in Llangollen. This week we heard that the fabulous folk band "Seize the Day" have agreed to play at our post conference party. It's a couple of years since I last saw them play live, since then I've had to make do with downloads from their website.
The final list of speakers and presenters has been confirmed and includes the wonderful Penney Poyzer (presenter of BBC's "No Waste Like Home") not to mention George Marshall, Mark Lynas, and a host of really inspiring community projects such as Going Carbon Neutral Stirling who are still celebrating a very successful Big Lottery Award. Rachel Nunn will be telling delegates about the whirlwind year she's had since attending last year's conference hosted by Ashton Hayes Parish Council.
Meanwhile Transition Chester has been busy planning a series of Autumn meetings and talks which promise to raise the level of debate about climate change and peak oil here in Cheshire. Their programme includes a visit from the highly respected John Papworth (one of the original founders of resurgence Magazine). Then we have another meeting of low carbon community groups in Chester and Warrington in Rudheath, if your community group would like to know more about that leave a comment here and tell us all about your project.