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Our competitions:
Take part in our Green Week competitions - prizes awarded at the Green Fair
My Big Green Idea for Portsmouth. Children are invited to submit artwork, poems or inventions on this theme. Winners will be displayed in at the Lodge Arts...
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A new report by the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Royal institute of British Architects predicts that major cities including Portsmouth could be largely under water by the end of the century and so have to rethink the way they are organised.
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Keep 17th July free - that's the date for the Green Fair 2010. See the photos from 2009
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The Wave in London next Saturday 5th December will be the biggest UK demonstration on climate so far with greater commitment than ever before from a wide range of NGOs, brought together by the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition. The main event, call...
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G20 Counter Conference - taking alternatives forward
7 November 2009, 10am – 5.30pm Central Hall, Westminster SW1H 9NH
As the G20 Finance Ministers meet and carry on business as usual in Scotland, join us in Lon...
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We're busy organising events in Portsmouth in the lead-up to the crucial UN climate conference in December. We've got the Age of Stupid on 19/11, Home on 24/11 and we have a Question Time with Ashok Sinha Director of Stop Climate Chaos and other speaker...
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CLIMATE EMERGENCY COPENHAGEN
LONDON PUBLIC FORUM
When: Saturday 7th November 12-6pm Where: South Camden Community School, Charrington St (nearest tube Kings Cross) see map
Open to everyone and free to attend, hosted by the...
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To mark the 350 day of action, some PCAN supporters made this film in Guildhall Square today:
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The
350 day of action is named for 350 parts per million, the amount of carbon
in the atmosphere that scientists say would be the safe for the climate.
(At the moment, we're at 387 parts per million and climbing fast.). On October 24t...
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MPs will be voting today (Wed 21st) on whether to support the 10:10 campaign
The motion has been raised by the Liberal Democrats and you can see Nick Clegg's speech in support of it here. There's still time to contact your MP
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It only takes two minutes to ask your MP to promise to cut their carbon emissions 10% next year. If we all get in touch with our MPs we’ll put them under loads of pressure to do their bit to tackle climate change.
Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Po...
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One World Week Portsmouth One World Week is inviting everyone to their “Hungry for One World Event” at The Hub, Dennis Sciama Building, Burnaby Road, University of Portsmouth. PO1 3FX on Sunday 18th October 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm.
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E.on has shelved its planned new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth! Marking a huge campaign victory for all of us in the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition, and beyond, news came through last night that the energy company is delaying a decision on Ki...
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The Sustainability Centre is having an open day on Sat 10th October 10-5
They say: 'The purpose of it is to consult the public on our plans to redevelop the derelict wing of the hostel and to build a new eco-classroom (Ben Law has designed and wil...
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Have a look at the new banner for PCAN in a display we've just put up on the first floor of Portsmouth Central Library. There's also a great display of books you could borrow - and we have space on our website for reviews......
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Have a look at the programme for the Portsmouth Film Festival here
The programme includes The End of the Line on Thursday 1st - the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans - and the not-to- be-missed ...
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The Lib Dems have pledged support for the 10:10 campaign (cutting emissions by 10% in 2010) at their party conference and backed an amendment promising that any council run or influenced by the Lib Dems would commit itself to the campaign's objectives, an...
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Download this as a poster in our library
OWW events in Portsmouth Area
Sunday 18th October: At the HUB in the Denis Sciama Building, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Road. 1.30pm to 5pm....
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350 ppm CO2 The Target
This is an important number.
Watch out for campaigning activity linked to this on October 24th. See www.350.org
This article is based on a letter from Bill McKibben who's organising that campaign.
Rajend...
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The ongoing campaign to save the Vestas wind turbine factory has highlighted the difficulty in finding sites for wind turbines. Vestas cited the lack of a UK market for wind turbines as a reason for closing the factory. Despite the urgent need to tackle c...
