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Nottingham City Council Looking for Eight New Energy Officers
Wed, 8 August 2018Nottingham City Council is looking to recruit eight new Senior Energy Project Officers, one for each of the LEP areas in the Midlands. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to help deliver a BEIS funded Local Capacity Support programme across the Midlands. https://bit.ly/2LztFNd
Buy a Personalised Tile for the Whistlewood Roundhouse Floor
Fri, 3 August 2018
The Whistlewood Roundhouse is a new building sited in a community-owned woodland in south Derbyshire. It will have a beautiful tile floor with bespoke tiles designed by Andy Mason, talented local potter and Whistlewood member. Each tile will have native leaf species, laid directly under the roof lantern, casting light onto this beautiful feature.
Personalised tiles are available for purchase to help fund the project. Your initials will be engraved into the front of the tile, so that you can leave a lasting legacy that you can come and visit for years to come. You can buy tiles for all your family and as gifts for other people. Just £8 per tile or £30 for a family of four. The floor will be laid in September 2018.
Serpentine Farm in Buxton Gets Reprieve from Eviction
Fri, 3 August 2018
A community-owned growing space and garden which was under threat of eviction from the council which owned its land has been given a reprieve. The volunteers running Serpentine Farm have spent the last year fighting the possibility of eviction by High Peak Borough Council who wanted to sell the land for development. Now they have been given a lease until at least December 2019 and begun looking into the possibility of raising funds to buy the land as a group.
The farm, which has links with nurseries, schools, a local college and university, plus mental health services and JobCentre Plus, is always welcoming new volunteers.
Belper First Town in Derbyshire to Launch a Refill Project
Fri, 3 August 2018
Belper is the first town in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire to launch a Refill project to reduce plastic bottle use in the area. Refill projects across the country are asking cafes, shops, hotels and businesses to offer to refill people’s water bottles with tap water for free. An app and window stickers show the location of all the businesses participating.
Refill Belper was launched in June by a local teenager Charlotte Creed as part of her Bright Green Future Environmental project. In partnership with Transition Belper, a local environmental community group, Charlotte and her family have already signed up 12 locations in the DE56 area.
August Newsletter Out Now
Fri, 3 August 2018Our August newsletter is out now and packed full of the latest local news about action on climate change.
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