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Free Trees for School, Community & Youth Groups
Thu, 7 July 2016
The Woodland Trust has 4,750 free tree packs to give away to schools, community and youth groups. Packs will be awarded on a first come first serve basis. All applicants need to do is find a suitable site and supply the volunteer planters and tree protection. The closing date for applying for a free pack is 7th September 2016.
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/in-your-community
Sign up for a Bright Green Future
Thu, 7 July 2016
A new programme is launching for 14-17 year olds who are interested in sustainability and caring for the environment and enthusiastic about gaining new skills and knowledge.
Bright Green Future is a two-year programme offering young people the chance to gain knowledge and experience, meet like-minded people, and make a difference in their local area. They will start to influence how decisions are made on energy and climate change, which could lead to a bright career in the sector.
The two-year programme is now open to applications for a September 2016 start. Applications closes on 17th July.
Help Buy A Veggie Bus for Rhubarb Farm
Wed, 29 June 2016An organic farm which provides volunteering opportunities for isolated people and ruins a local veg bag scheme is raising funds to buy a new minibus – dubbed the ‘Veggie Bus’.
Rhubarb Farm is based near Langwith on the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire border and has volunteers from both counties. Unfortunately, because of its rural location some volunteers find it very difficult to get to the farm. The Veggie Bus will pick them up and give them a lift home. Rewards for making a donation include the chance to name one of the farm’s chickens and the opportunity for businesses to see their logo on the bus.
Extension to consultation on exploratory shale gas drilling in Bassetlaw
Wed, 29 June 2016People are to be given extra time to have their say on a planning application for an exploratory shale gas well-site on land off the A634 in Bassetlaw. Dart Energy is seeking permission to carry out exploratory drilling for shale gas at the site, known as Tinker Lane. No hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, would take place as part of the proposal. See Dart Energy's application and have your say before 22 July.
Brexit will not affect Small Wind Co-op’s share offer
Wed, 29 June 2016A co-operative currently offering shares in three small wind turbines – one in Scotland - have confirmed that they do not expect the recent Referendum result to affect the project. They are urging people to continue to invest in the project before the share offer closes on 22nd July.
A statement on the Small Wind Co-op’s website said: ‘It’s pretty clear that even in the case of Scottish independence, the Feed-in Tariff will be continued – the SNP have made a specific commitment on this front… In fact, we have already received messages from people saying they plan to join the Small Wind Co-op partly because other investment alternatives seem to have just become a whole lot more risky… We know that decarbonising our electricity supply is way too important to put on hold while the political mess gets sorted out. There are difficult times ahead and we need every wind turbine we can get.’
The project consists of two turbines in Wales and one in Scotland. The minimum investment is £100 and it takes just two minutes to sign up.