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Welcome to the EcoLincs website. This is an information site aimed at people who live and work in and around Lincoln. It is managed by the EcoLincs group, which is a voluntary organisation interested in sustainability. To find out more about the group click on About Us. Otherwise feel free to browse the site and please contact us with your comments - you can add your comments to the Forum or you can find contact details in the About Us section.

LATEST ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS

EARTH HOUR

Earth Hour is an international event to rasie awareness about saving energy.  On Saturday 28th March the lights will be turned off at the Cathedral, castle, Ellis Mill, the terrace, Lincoln University and City and County buildings between 8:30pm and 9:30pm to mark this occassion.  For more information about earth hour click here

LINCOLN'S OPEN GARDEN AND ALLOTMENT WEEKEND

Due to popular demand ecolincs have been asked to organise another open garden and allotment weekend this Summer. This will be held on the weekend of the 13th and 14th of June.  This year the event will include mostly allotments but there will be lots of activities arranged such as:

• A demonstration greenhouse made out recycled plastic bottles,
• Demonstration on how to use a scythe .
• A tour of Darwin Field.
• An opportunity to take part in a plant and seed exchange.
• Talk to allotment holders while they work.
• A training session for beginners on how to grow your own fruit and vegetables.
• An opportunity to purchase produce.
• and lots more

If you are an allotment holder or have a garden that your would like to show of during the open weekend please contact Kate Bell

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

 

LIGHT POLLUTION IN LINCOLN

We need a serious reduction in consumption, so why waste energy lighting the night sky. For more information about how we can all help to address light pollution in Lincoln you can view a presentation by Philip Norton from the Lincolnshire Campaign for Dark Skies here.

 

'LINCOLNSHIRE'S CHANGING FOOTPRINT'

 

A selection of twenty six photographs submitted by local residents and members of ecolincs have been selected for this thought provoking and inspiring exhibition.  This exhibition will help us to understand the effect climate change is having on all of our futures.

Photograph by Nev Gurnhill

The exhibition was launched in the chapter house on Monday 6th October 2008 and then went on tour around various location throughout Lincoln, including the Ruston room at the Lincoln Drill Hall, Kodak express gallery on Guildhall Street.  For more information about the exhibition please contact kate.bell@lincoln.gov.uk.  You can view some of the photographs here.

 

SAVE MONEY- SAVE ENERGY- SAVE A TONNE!

www.saveatonne.com is a simple, one page website with the clear
message that you don't have to dramatically change your routine to make
dramatic changes to our environment!

    The informative site features ten easy ways for individuals to
'save a tonne' of CO2 from switching off your TV to car sharing.

    The calculations show just how quickly these changes amount to a
dramatic impact to the environment and your finances.

 

Could you be an Every Action Counts Community Champion? We are r

 

COULD YOU BE AN EVERY ACTION COUNTS COMMUNITY CHAMPION?

Every Action Counts are recruiting, training and supporting over 1,000 volunteers in England, helping them to become Community Champions.

Every Action Counts Community Champions include anyone who likes to get involved. You may be the chair of your residents' association, but you don't have to be. You may help out at your local toddlers' group, but it's not essential. In fact, you don’t actually need to be involved with any other community group, you just need enough passion to help Groups / Clubs / Societies within your community take action for a more sustainable future.  For more information go to www.everyactioncounts.org.uk  If you would like to attend a training session in Lincoln contact Kate Bell on 01522 873311 or email kate.bell@lincoln.gov.uk

 

 

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

Pacific Northwest Forests Could Store More Carbon, Help Address Greenhouse Issues The forests of the Pacific Northwest hold significant potential to increase carbon storage and help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in coming years, a recent study concludes, if they are managed primarily for that purpose through timber harvest reductions and increased rotation ages. New Type Of El Nino Could Mean More Hurricanes Make Landfall A new study, in the journal Science, suggests that the form of El Nino may be changing potentially causing not only a greater number of hurricanes than in average years, but also a greater chance of hurricanes making landfall. How global warming shrank St Kilda's sheep It was the curious case of the shrinking sheep. For nearly a quarter of a century the wild Soay sheep on the windswept Scottish island of Hirta have been getting smaller when evolution should have made them bigger. New Sustainable Development Commission report Low-carbon zones are one of the proposals for the 21st century's built environment set out in a new Sustainable Development Commission report. Scheme fund switch urged The government should reject road schemes from regional funding allocations in favour of low-carbon projects, the Campaign for Better Transport has said. Flood warnings issued as heatwave continues Britain's hottest week in years is threatening to become a wash-out, as parts of the South West were put on flood alert. Carbon markets won't save the rainforest - we must tackle the route causes of deforestation Responding to the launch of the Environmental Audit Committee's report on how to stop emissions from deforestation, Friends of the Earth argued that money alone wouldn't save rainforests. Ancient Supervolcano's Eruption Caused Decade Of Severe Winters Previous studies have suggested that Indonesia's Toba supervolcano, when it erupted about 74,000 years ago, triggered a 1,000-year episode of ice sheet advance, and also may have produced a short-lived "volcanic winter," which drastically reduced the human population at the time. Researchers have now found that none of the models to simulate the supervolcanic eruption initiate glaciation. King Crabs Go Deep To Avoid Hot Water Researchers have drawn together 200 years' worth of oceanographic knowledge to investigate the distribution of a notorious deep-sea giant - the king crab. The results reveal temperature as a driving force behind the divergence of a major seafloor predator; globally, and over tens of millions of years of Earth's history. Sweden tables eco-efficiency roadmap for Europe A report by the Stockholm Environment Institute, entitled 'A European Eco-efficient Economy', will provide a basis for discussions during an informal meeting of energy and environment ministers in Åre on 23-25 July. Wave energy gets cash injection A £10 cash injection raises hopes that Devon and Cornwall will become a global centre of wave energy research. Jury retires to consider verdict in Drax hijack trial Final statement from the 22 defendants asked jury to 'look beyond the confines of this court' and 'make a judgment based not just on law, but on justice'The jury considering the case of the hijacking of a coal train by climate campaigners retired today after a final statement from the 22 defendants which the judge - who has repeatedly ruled political evidence inadmissible – described as "eloquent and sincere". Greenwash: Are EDF trying to cut our use of energy? Surely, some mistake Activists respond to popular mobilisation call with human 'Mili-band' Time for action on climate change Our children will denounce us in years to come if bold and ambitious action isn't taken to protect the planetTwo hundred children, a horde of farm animals and a bishop being followed by camera crews and journalists in an ark down the Thames might sound like a media circus. Village wind turbine decision due A decision on whether six wind turbines can built at a rural beauty spot in north Dorset is being made later. TCPA updates waterways advice The TCPA has published its latest Policy Advice Note on Inland Waterways. Poots vows further NI planning reform New Northern Ireland environment minister, Edwin Poots, has vowed put planning at the heart of his tenure in the role. PlanningBlog: All aboard the IPC gravy train? Like the temperature outside, the anticipation is hotting up for the formation of the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC). Plants Save The Earth From An Icy Doom When glaciers advanced over much of the Earth's surface during the last ice age, what kept the planet from freezing over entirely? This has been a puzzle to climate scientists because leading models have indicated that over the past 24 million years geological conditions should have caused carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere to plummet, possibly leading to runaway "icehouse" conditions. Now researchers report on the missing piece of the puzzle -- plants.

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