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Free Energy Advice for High Peak Residents
Sat, 16 April 2016Following on from High Peak CVS’s very successful Big Energy Saving project – where in one week alone residents saved over £3,000 - NEA, the national fuel poverty charity, is offering free support to residents and community groups.
Contact Andy.Littlewood@nea.org.uk for more details.
Derby City Council decides to close Climate Change and Energy Management Unit
Sat, 16 April 2016The Council have decided to cut funding and disband their Climate Change and Energy Management Unit. The Derby Climate Coalition commented that this was very disappointing especially at a time when the projected impacts of extreme weather events caused by climate change become increasingly more serious for Derby City's householders, businesses, and infrastructure.
Contact: www.derbyclimate.org.uk
Energy savings help protect frontline services
Sat, 16 April 2016Nottinghamshire County Council is on course to reduce its annual gas and electricity bill by a further £300,000 next year - savings of almost £600,000 per year since 2013/2014 which are being ploughed back into local services. It has also reported significant carbon savings.
See report here: http://bit.ly/1UVjpAI
Transition Wirksworth Annual Meeting
Fri, 11 March 2016The meeting agreed on the following National Priorities:
1. Campaign to remove subsidies to and discourage exploitation of fossil fuels, especially to stop fracking.
2. Campaign to subsidise and develop renewable energies, especially tidal power.
3. Restore and improve feed in tariffs for small-scale electricity generation
4. Increase the stringency of building regulations to work towards carbon neutral housing.
Other suggestions - improve public transport, ban commercial use of non-recyclable packaging, stop Chinese investment in British nuclear energy, stop investment in nuclear energy in general, create a worldwide [electricity] supergrid, and concentrated solar energy production [in sunny Mediterranean and African countries]
Contact: wirksworthTI@gmail.com
DerwentWISE Courses
Fri, 11 March 2016DerwentWISE aims to inspire people to learn about and take care of the landscape of the Lower Derwent Valley – an area which extends along the Derwent river valley from Matlock Bath in the north to the Silk Mill in Derby to the south. It is an HLF funded partnership led by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and involving many partners, including Walls for the Future and the Derbyshire Eco Centre.
For more information about the scheme and a programme of talks, walks and practical workshops coming up from February to June visit www.derwentwise.com.
Contact Eco Centre on 01629 533038 or