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LATEST ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS

THE LINCOLN MINI WAVE

Join us to campaign to stop climtae chaos.

Friday 27th November at 4pm at Lincoln Cathedral

Wear Blue and/or white.  Bring a blue flag, blue balloon or solar torch.  We will provide a placard and flyers.  The critical mass group will walk around the cathedral and if there is enough of us form a 'mili-band'.  The event is aimed to raise awareness abou the UN conference in Copenhagen and launch the new exhibition at the Cathedral about climate chaos.  We will also be telling people about the Wave in London on the 5th December.   If you would be interested in a coach trip to London please contact Andrew Harrison

THE BIGGER PICTURE FILM NIGHT

The next film to be shown is...

The 11th Hour

Wednesday 4th November

Lincoln Drill Hall, Ruston Room

Time: 7pm
Tickets: £1.50 (limited spaces)

Produced and presented by Leonardo DiCaprio, The Eleventh Hour is a powerful and inspiring environmental documentary, motivating audiences to take personal action against global warming and informing them about practical ways of doing so.

LINCOLN'S CRITICAL MASS CYCLE RIDE

On Friday 28th August the Transition Lincoln transport group organised a critical mass cycle ride through central Lincoln.  Over 30 cyclists, (including two yound children) cycled en mass starting at Lincoln County Hall.  There was a great atmosphere with support from other cyclists, pedestrains and car drivers!

The point of critical mass is to promote cycling in Lincoln, highlight some of the problems regarding cycle provision in the city as well as support and encourage less confident cyclists to enjoy cycling on Lincoln's roads.

The event will be the mini wave, see above for more info or contact Andrew Harrison

 

STAY SOLVENT, SANE AND SUSTAINABLE AND BEAT THE CREDIT CRUNCH

On the 19th of September the Transition Lincoln group and the Lincoln volunteer centre organised a skills share event.  This was all about encouraging reskilling in Lincoln.  There were a wide variety of workshops, stalls and demonstrations on skills such as baking bread, making jams, jellies and preserves, growing your own food and lots more.  More photos of the skills share event here.

The skills share event was all about reskilling the people of Lincoln to be able to adapt to peak oil and climate change. Following this event the transition Lincoln group would like to help coordinate skills share courses throughout the city.  If you have a skill you would like to share or if you would be interested to learn more about crochet, knitting or growing your own fruit and veg contact Linda Wells to find out how you can go about this.

AN INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE

                       
On the 27th and 28th of September the Transition Lincoln group organised a weekend introductory course on Permaculture. From the ethics and philosophy to the principles and design, with inspiring examples of Permaculture in practice, this course provided a good basic understanding of what Permaculture means.

Due to the popularity of this course and a growing interest in growing your own fruit and veg another course will take place in Spring 2010. To book a place on the course or for more information please contact Kate Bell on 01522 873311 or email kate.bell@lincoln.gov.uk

LANDSHARE

Fine out more about the landshare sheme in Lincolnshire here.

TRANSITION CITY LINCOLN

The transition network is sweeping the country with transition groups popping all over the place. The transition movement is about local communities coming together to address peak oil and climate change. A seed group has formed in Lincoln to look at how Lincoln can become a Transition City.  The group meets on the second Wednesday of the month at the Workskills building on Mint Lane between 5:30pm and 7pm.  Contact Kate Bell for more details.  For more information about the transition network click here

 

Visit the Lincolnshire Echo Environment page for local news, or select stories from the following Earthwire UK news-feed.

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