The community hydro-electric scheme based in Neen Sollars was launched on Saturday 18th January. Shares are now available – see the BBC news items at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-17084535 and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-16655390
Want to get back on your bike but want some help? Free cycle training for adults is available in Ludlow – see the poster
The Three Peaks – oil, soil and phosphates. A talk by Dr Lance Mytton at Charlton Arms, Ludford Bridge, Ludlow on Wednesday 29th February at 7:30pm. All welcome. This is the 2nd event in Ludlow 21′s Big Food Debate series. See the poster here
John Vidal – environment editor at the guardian – kicked off our new project The Big Food Debate at the AGM last night. Lots of members and visitors discussed some of the issues surrounding the future of our food. Look out for more news as the project progresses
The Green Shropshire Xchange invites you to the Green Shropshire Conference at Church Stretton School on Saturday 3rd March 2012
For more information about the event including how to register, click here
Green Shropshire Xchange (GSX) is a new partnership of voluntary and community groups and local government which believes that all sectors of the community working together provides the best chance of producing a resilient community that will develop a secure, fair and sustainable future.
For any enquiries, including how to exhibit at the event, please contact GSXchange@gmx.co.uk.
4 Feb – in a different place this time, so look on the attached poster for the location. It’s a good day, with lots of different tubers to buy, and nice refreshments !
As part of Citizen’s Advice Big Energy Week ( 16th to 21st Jan) The Community Council of Shropshire are hosting a drop-in advice event on Thursday 19th January at Craven Arms Community Centre between 10am and 3pm.
The aim of the day will be to help households understand how they can switch tariffs or suppliers and get help to become more energy efficient. See here for more information.
Great news that the the Leominster Community Solar project is complete. It’s now generating power and the share offer which closed on 22nd December is about 30% oversubscribed. See http://www.sharenergy.coop/leominstersolar/ for more info.
event at the Bridge Street Sports Centre in Leominster on the evening of Tuesday 13th December, from 6-8pm. The installers, Southern Solar, have kindly offer to sponsor the refreshments – on top of working flat out in what is fairly poor weather, to ensure the array is completed on time.
We hope it will be a celebration and a chance to raise the profile of the project, to help bring in the remaining finance that we require. Hopefully you will have seen the photos of the installation on our website and the dial showing funds raised to date, on the ‘progress’ section of the site.
For those able to make it, please feel free to bring anyone you chose, but if you could drop me an email, it will help us to get an idea of numbers.
Despite the winds of the last few days the panel installation is still on schedule. See http://www.sharenergy.coop/leominstersolar/ for full details.
There is an event at the Bridge Street Sports Centre in Leominster on the evening of Tuesday 13th December, from 6-8pm. The installers, Southern Solar, have kindly offer to sponsor the refreshments – on top of working flat out in what is fairly poor weather, to ensure the array is completed on time.
We hope it will be a celebration and a chance to raise the profile of the project, to help bring in the remaining finance that we require. Hopefully you will have seen the photos of the installation on our website and the dial showing funds raised to date, on the ‘progress’ section of the site.
For those able to make it, please feel free to bring anyone you chose, but if you could drop me an email, it will help us to get an idea of numbers.
7 February 2012 – now postponed til May. See web link below for info
Kingsholm Rugby Stadium, Gloucester
Put the date in your diary now!
Following on from the success of the two previous CCRI conferences exploring rural policy – the 2012 conference will focus on the need for policy change in relation to two inter-related areas of concern: resilience in food production systems, and the management of rural spaces. The day will offer an opportunity to explore issues associated with food security, resilience of farming systems, plant and animal disease, local food production, and managing forest, water and upland landscapes. In the afternoon a panel of academics, practitioners and policy makers will address questions related to policy changes required to deliver a flexible and sustainable rural sector.
A prime objective of the conference is to bring together policy makers, rural stakeholders and academics, to focus on some key rural issues with ample time for discussion on the nature of policy change, the adaptability of the rural resource base, and the creation of resilience in food production systems. The conference will open with an analysis of the past 25 years of rural policy, in order to set current events in context, and close with a session looking forward to the next twenty-five years. Participants will be encouraged to question recent and proposed changes in EU and UK policy in order to develop a shared understanding of the issues, and contribute ideas that will encourage adaptation in rural policymaking for a sustainable future.
More detailed information, including details of speakers and presentations, can be found on our website http://www.ccri.ac.uk/Events/2012CCRIPolicyConference.htm
The delegate rate of £100 includes lunch and refreshments.
Click here to book your place on line now.
If you have any queries regarding the Conference, please contact Jill Harper (or tel. 01242 714122) or email ccri@glos.ac.uk