Bassetlaw Against Fracking are raising money to fund a report which could stop an application for experimental fracking in Nottinghamshire. They need to raise £1800 by 14th May to fund a Professor of Geology to write a report and visit a Planning Committee to argue against the application. Contributions can be made online: http://tinyurl.com/p76ubyu
Nottingham City Council is looking to make the city centre a low-emission zone by encouraging the use of electric cars and bringing in a city-wide network of electric vehicle charging points. The proposals will be part of Nottingham's bid for a chunk of the £35 million the Government is making available through its Go Ultra Low initiative. Nottingham is one of 12 cities selected to make a detailed bid and up to four winners will be named in the autumn.
You're invited to visit eight eco homes and buildings in whose owners are throwing opening their doors to the public this May as part of the third Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Eco Open Homes event.
Solid wall insulation, solar panels, draught proofing, wind turbines and even compost toilets will all be on display. If you’ve ever wondered how well these things work in real homes (or if the loo smells or not!) and if they’re worth installing, come and have an honest chat with householders about what it’s like to live in their home and their experiences (both good and bad) of installing these measures.
Visitors in previous years have left inspired to change their own homes – with most intending to do something they’ve seen to their own homes. One of last year’s visitors said: ‘It was really useful to see a house where the owners had the confidence to make these improvements.’
Caroline Harmon, of Marches Energy Agency, said: ‘Rising energy bills are affecting everyone and there’s a pressing environmental need to reduce our energy use and get energy from renewable sources. This event is an opportunity to see real solutions in real homes, done on a range of budgets, and talk to the people who live there. Last year, more than 300 people visited a home in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Why not come and get inspired this year?’
Briefly, the homes and buildings are:
More details on all the homes are on our website: www.everybodys-talking.org/ecohomes
Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire residents who have reduced their energy bills, insulated their home, put solar panels on the roof or even built their own eco home, are being invited to open their doors to inspire others this spring as part of the third annual Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Eco Open Homes event.
Marches Energy Agency, a local charity, is looking for householders who have made a variety of energy efficiency and environmental improvements and would like to open their homes for a few hours, or a whole day, during May 2015.
More than 300 people visited homes in 2014
The event is an opportunity to inspire others to make their homes warmer, cheaper to heat and better for the environment by showing them what you’ve done – be it simple draught proofing, a highly efficient boiler, rainwater harvesting, or generating your own renewable energy. There’s no need to be an expert or to have opened you home before as Marches is offering support to those taking part.
Caroline Harmon of Marches Energy Agency, organisers of the event, said: ‘Last year, 325 people visited homes and buildings around the two counties. We’re lucky to have lots of energy efficient, eco homes in the area and this year we’d like to help even more of them open their doors to the public. We’re offering training and help with publicity to all homes taking part.’
If you would like to take part contact Caroline Harmon on 07748 508704 or caroline.harmon@mea.org.uk.
Details of houses which are open, and when, will be listed on the event’s website: www.everybodys-talking.org/ecohomes
The event is being funded by the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Local Authority Energy Partnership and a Green Open Homes Grant from the Centre for Sustainable Energy.
Many households in England and Wales are not on the gas network. The Government’s recent fuel poverty strategy indicated a need for better information to target fuel poverty programs especially for those not on the gas network. The test map indicates the spread of non gas households in England and Wales.
Check out how many household’s in your area are ‘off gas’: http://bit.ly/1DYbEBH