news and events

On the 30th of July we took the Light Fantastic trailer to the very beautiful Severn Valley Country Park. The park is on the site of a former coal mine, which has been restored into an area of wonderful woods and parkland along the River Severn.

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During the day we had many interesting conversations with visitors to the park and gave away 160 low energy light bulbs - resulting in
lifetime savings of 22.8 tonnes CO2 and £5891 for visitors. The event was
sponsored by Bridgnorth District Council.

The latest meeting with the Newcastle Carbon College members, to see how their solar powered irrigation project is coming along.

The Light Fantastic Trailer didn't have such a long journey this week as we were at the Shrewsbury Green Fayre; held at the Shropshire Wildllife Trust on Abbey Foregate. The Green Fayre is a well established and popular event and a part of the Shrewsbury Summer Season, and a highly appropriate booking for Light Fantastic. This event saw the first public outing of our brand new energy bike, which was particularly popular with the younger visitors to the event.

On the day 900 lightbulbs and 100 powerdowns were given out, with lifetime savings of 129 tonnes of CO2 and almost £50,000.

The latest stop on the Light Fantastic Trailer tour of the Marches was the Science and Maths fun day at Meole Brace Science College. I've never seen the words 'Maths' and 'Fun' so close together, but the day was very successful with plenty of visitors to the college. Despite a wealth of attractions including a large rocket on the back of a truck, a room of exotic animals and an evocatively smelly chemistry lab we had a lot of interest and several people played the giant 'Carbon Countdown' game. 

On the day we distributed 880 bulbs and 120 powerdowns, which will deliver lifetime savings of over 126 tonnes of CO2 and more than £50,000. 

Shropshire Green Drinks will be taking place at Cromwells on Dogpole
from 8.00pm onwards. Green Drinks is a regular event, held on the first
Wednesday of every month at Cromwells. This popular event provides a
great opportunity for anyone working in the environmental sector or
simply interested in environmental issues to get together and socialise
in a friendly and informal setting. If you would like a monthly email reminder of this event please contact Nancy Davies at MEA (email nancy@mea.org.uk)

Shropshire Green Drinks will be taking place at Cromwells on Dogpole from 8.00pm onwards. Green Drinks is a regular event, held on the first Wednesday of every month at Cromwells. This popular event provides a great opportunity for anyone working in the environmental sector or simply interested in environmental issues to get together and socialise in a friendly and informal environment. If you would like any further information on this event please contact Nancy Davies at MEA (email nancy@mea.org.uk)

It has been a busy month for the Light Fantastic trailer (and the Carbon Forum staff); Wednesday 25th June saw us roll up outside the offices of Bridgnorth District Council where we met many of the council staff and one or two members of the Bridgnorth Police. During the course of the day we gave out 300 high efficiency light bulbs and 160 powerdowns which together will deliver lifetime savings of just over 44 tonnes of CO2 and £36,646.