WELCOME TO CLIMATE FRIENDLY BRADFORD ON AVON

HAVE A LOOK AT OUR  2050 SOLAR POWERED WEBSITE
and join 339 others by signing up to the Carbon Neutral 2050 Declaration.
(Please note, this site is in the process of being re-designed)

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Want to join 500 contacts on our email list and be kept in touch with what we’re doing? Just e-mail climatechampions@gmail.com with your name and email address.  You’ll get occasional emails from us (approx 2 a month) with all the latest news, what’s going on and  letting  you know of what help is needed with the various activities of the group.

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PLASTICS RECYCLING
GOOD NEWS

You can now, once again, recycle hard, rigid plastics at Hills Recycling, Canal Road, Trowbridge.  This means things such as toys, garden furniture, buckets, plant pots, etc.

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GREEN STREETS – GREAT PROGRESS

British Gas has now completed insulation work at Fitzmaurice and Holt primary schools, the United Church Hall, the Lambert Community Centre and Holt Village Hall. Further work to improve the efficiency of the lighting at the United Church hall, Holt Village Hall and Holt Primary School will be carried out soon. A total of £16,000 will be spent on making the five buildings more energy efficient, with a long-term reduction in carbon emissions as well as cost savings.

STOP PRESS: Christ Church Primary School now has a photovoltaics array on their hall roof, match funded by Green Streets.  Today (Friday 26th November) the system was connected up and within 2 hours was generating sufficient electricity to run 5 classrooms!  Brilliant.  Photos to follow.

The insulation goes into Fitzmaurice Primary School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participants in the Green Streets project met on Saturday 30^th October to collect all sorts of energy saving equipment, from low energy lightbulbs and reflective radiator panels to eco kettles and energy monitors. The equipment was provided free by British Gas to over 100 households participating in the programme. A British Gas energy advisor was on hand to answer questions and demonstrate how to fit equipment.

Green Streets Distribution Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH

Do you enjoy a good story? An exciting opportunity to join in research on influencing opinion on climate change, run by Bath Universtiy. For more details and to book yourself a place, click here BradfordResearchInvitation

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TREES

Tree Group, winter schedule 2010 – 2011:

Nov 27th - hedge planting Avonleigh (BA15 2RD) 10am – 3pm
Dec 5 - hedge planting Avonleigh 10am – 3pm. Child orientated with extra activities from midday enquiries: JJ 07523852898

Nov 13 & Dec 11 Clearing previous planting: Barton Farm Country Park 9.30 – 12.30  Meet at Packhorse bridge.  With Leo

Jan 15 10am – 3pm. Bearfield Playing Area Clearing/mulching and replacing

Feb 19 & Feb 25 hedge laying: Quoins Vineyard, Little Ashley. Adults only, limited places so please pre-book as tuition will be given; phone JJ 07523852898

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10/10/10 LUNCHThe lunch was a great success, very many thaks to all who made it a great day both by helping and coming along. The delicious food showed just what can be achieved by ‘buying locally’, both in reduction of food miles and delicious flavours.

Very many thanks also to those local businesses who generously donated food or raffle prizes:

Milk and More www.milkandmore.co.uk
Marshfield Farm ice cream www.marshfield-icecream.co.uk
Fussells rape seed oil www.fussellsfinefoods.co.uk
Hartley Farm Shop www.hartley-farm.co.uk
Ale and Porter, Silver Street, BoA

and to Gary Say of Troughs at Avoncliff for his cookery demonstration

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GREAT NEWS
LOCAL HYDRO SCHEME RECEIVES
PLANNING PERMISSION

The proposed new hydro-electric scheme for the Kingston Mills development has just received planning permission. Click here for more information.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The annual general meeting was held at the West Barn, Bradford on Avon on Monday, August 16th, Chairman, Richard Craft welcomed the 27 members present and the first item on the agenda was to approve the modified terms of reference (to read please click here CFB TOR) The modifications were accepted unanimously by the group, proposed by Martin Evans and seconded by Jane Laurie. The election of officers followed – Richard Craft was re-elected as chairman, propsed by Jerry Smith and seconded by Isabelle Martindale, Rowena Quantrill was elected deputy chair, proposed by Carol Craft and seconded by Ruth Walton and Maureen Wood was elected treasurer, proposed by Martin Evans and seconded by Mike Andrews. These three officers were authorised by the meeting to sign cheques or make payments on behalf of the group. The treasurer’s report was then given and accepted by the meeting, proposed by Jerry Smith and seconded by Joyce Hitchcock. Martin Evans then spoke about the Community Interest Company – Low Carbon Bradford (see below)  and Richard Craft  gave a report on past and future activities of the group. We were then much entertained by the ‘Transition Tales’ of Steph Bradley. Below is a photo taken at the AGM of Steph with CFB members  and the gifts she brought to us from towns on her route and those she is taking from B o A to towns she will be visiting.

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COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

The Low Carbon Bradford on Avon Community Interest Company: membership and November workshop

The Low Carbon Bradford on Avon Community Interest Company (CIC) was set up by Climate Friendly Bradford on Avon to develop and manage large-scale projects which require a formal legal structure and more ambitious funding. The CIC has taken the lead in delivering the British Gas Green Streets programme, as well as developing other projects. The majority of CIC members are required to be elected from CFB supporters, and the 5 founder members are keen for others to join them in taking this forward. We are holding a workshop in November to develop future plans and allow potential members to get to know us better, as well as agree how CFB and the CIC can best work together.

If you may be interested in becoming a CIC member or attending the November workshop, please email lcbcic@gmx.co.uk For more information about the CIC and becoming a CIC member, please see  CIC members directors TOR July 2010 (2)

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ENERGY SAVING MONITORS ON FREE LOAN
FROM THE TOWN LIBRARY

You can now borrow an energy saving monitor from the library for 3 weeks.  These are excellent gadgets for seeing just how much electricity you use, what it costs you and, by being more careful with your electricity use  you can check the savings you make.  You just need to be a member of the library to borrow one.

The Tourist Information Centre, who are signed up to our Carbon Neutral 2050 campaign, have just installed a similar one to monitor their electricity and it will be interesting to see the results of this.

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CARBON NEUTRAL 2050 DECLARATION

339 have now signed up.  Have you?

Town Mayor, Isabel Martindale signing the 2050 Declaration with Gerald Milward-Oliver (Town Development Consultant) and Andrew Eberlin (Chamber of Commerce)
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CFB SCOOPS TOP PRIZE!!!

At the British Gas Green Streets regional final CFB won around £150,000′s worth of energy efficiency measures to be used in homes, schools and public buildings in the town and local area.  We were up against very tough opposition so this is a fantastic achievement for our group and a measure of the dedication, hard work and commitment that goes into what we are doing and in particular the energy group ably led by Jane Laurie.

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10.10 – Have you signed up yet?

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Climate change threatens to change the face of our planet.
By changing our behaviour and living more sustainably we can help prevent this catastrophe
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All the latest news and campaigns now on the News page and look at the  What’s On page for all our coming events
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About Climate Friendly Bradford on Avon

Climate Friendly Bradford on Avon is an active local community group, whose goal is to make Bradford on Avon a greener, more sustainable place to live.The group was founded in May 2006, as part of a Wiltshire Wildlife Trust initiative, and we now have around 400 members and supporters.  Our activities are very wide-ranging, making the most of every opportunity to raise awareness and encourage people to take practical action. We organise our own events, such as an eco-trade fair, plastic bag amnesty,  climate change quiz, and Open House Day, as well as providing a stand or talks at other people’s events.  There’s a chance for everyone to get involved, with family cycle rides and welly walks, tree planting and activities as part of the town arts festival. We also aim to influence policy, whether through input into planning decisions or organisations of panel debates with MPs and MEPs.We work with other groups and organisations in the area, such as the Town Council, Parish Councils, the Chamber of Commerce, the Preservation Trust, Bath University and the Community Area Partnership. We also belong to the national Stop Climate Chaos Coalition and the Low Carbon Communities Network. We are grateful for funding and support from the Town Council, West Wilts District Council, the Co-Operative Group and the National Lottery Awards for All. This year we were a runner up in the South West Carbon Positive Community Awards.Our priorities are to:

• reduce energy use in homes and business and promote renewable energy
• reduce the waste that we produce as a community
• reduce the impact of transport in the community

On our website we say: A low carbon future can be better for us all! Let’s work together to tackle the threat of climate change,
by changing our own lifestyles,and helping others, from friends and family to national government, to change, too.

“Wake Up, Freak Out” - need convincing about climate change and the need for us all to do something about it? Then why not watch this and share it with friends

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CAN YOU HELP?

Please click on this link:  can-you-help-jan-09 – lots of suggestions on how you can help. Please email climatechampions@gmail.com or phone 07507782523 to let us know what you think you could do.
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