John Burbidge has booked the minibus to take us up to the Climate Action march in London on Saturday December 8th. It will be picking up from Yeovil Bus Station at around 8.30am and in Sherborne at 8.45.
Fare - full £12, unwaged £7.
Please book by phoning John on 01935 873028 or email Lesley l.docksey@yahoo.co.uk
INFORMATION — DEBATE — ACTION
Minster Rooms, Court Barton off Silver Street, Ilminster
£2 at the door including tea or coffee & biscuits
Professor John Bowman, Chairman of the local Lib-Dems is giving a Climate Change talk on The Liberal Democrats’ latest policy proposals. John was a member of their committee which devised the policy
Hinton Parish Hall. Non members most welcome. £3.50 to inlcude a non alcoholic drink and biscuits. Non-Lib-Dems are welcome
Global warming and related issues – Dr John Baxter
Some of us have missed the first one but John will repeat it for us.
Scientific but excellent and intended for the non-scientist I am assured.
DO COME AND JOIN US.
Planet Earth as a dynamic structure, constantly changing. What affects our atmosphere and climate and how lifestyle changes and technology might come to our rescue.
£30 St Mary’s Church Rooms, North Street, Ilminster - Workers Educational Association Call 0845 458 2758 or www.wea.org.uk or turn up on Tuesday.
A one day event at the Genesis Centre, SCAT, Taunton with workshops about how you can help to reduce your environmental impact with your local community. Guest speaker is Chris Goodall, author of How to Live a Low Carbon Life. See www.ecostrust.org.uk/seminars.html or Ecos Trust, Old Town Hall, Bow Street, Langport TA10 9PR T: 01458 259400
Our third showing of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth attracted only 40 people compared with 150 at each of the two previous screenings but it was followed by a thoughtful discussion led by David Gordon, Chairman of the award-winning eco-house builders, the Ecos Trust.
I like to think that our 340 film-goers – and all those who saw or heard the publicity for the movie on, for example, BBC Somerset Sound – contributed in some small way to Al Gore’s Nobel Prize announced this week.
Al Gore’s update, and the two GreenPeace films, A Convenient Solution and What are we waiting for? about combined heat and power was better attended and former County Councillor Catherine Le Grice Mack fascinated us on aspects of organic farming as well as stimulating a number of new people to get involved with us.
The need for vision
The Town Council are creating ‘A Strategic Vision for Ilminster’– a vision that will influence almost every aspect of the town’s development for many years.
The council presented its proposals to several meetings and took representations from a variety of groups including South Somerset Climate Action (SSCA) which has prompted the proposals outlined here. These proposals are the result of two well attended SSCA public meetings where the council’s vision was discussed at great length and environmental and sustainability issues were raised.
In preparing this submission we have combined some of the Town Council’s sections – and crucially we have added one on Energy. We think this addition and the combined sections makes it easier to focus on the essential issues of creating a more sustainable community.
If you know of a group that would like a presentation or discussion about Climate Change please contact Joe Burlington (01460 55323).
“These speakers (Peter Lansdown and Joe) gave a stimulating and thought-provoking presentation on Global Warming that was greatly appreciated.” Edwin George, Crewkerne U3A.
“You enlightened us all most effectively and kept our attention riveted with the way you presented your topics” Jackie Hall, Isle of Wedmore Society.