1. Chris Goodall, the Green Partys MP candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon in 2010, is speaking in Cambridge on Tuesday 12th on the future of the UKs power supply. This is part of the Environment and Energy departments Switch Off week, the full bulletin for the week is below. 2. The Zero Carbon Society is holding a talk on Wednesday 13th on bamboo as a high-tech material for wind power. See: https://facebook/events/746983525387138/ 3. There is a conference on Austerity and our social future on Thursday 14th relating specifically to the UK and Germany: woolf.cam.ac.uk/uploads/Updated%20_Roundtable%20Day%20Event%20Programme_07.10.2014.pdf --- Chris Goodall, Guardian columnist: Keeping the lights on – how to address the UKs looming power shortage – Switch Off Week Date: Tuesday 11 November. Doors open at 17.30. Talk from 18.00-19.00 Location: Mill Lane Lecture Theatres, Room 3 The prospect of power cuts in the UK is becoming increasingly real as the forecasts for spare electricity capacity in the UK are getting ever more dire. So how should we act to address this - do we switch off, switch equipment or even switch energy sources? This talk will explore why electricity is under such pressure, and what tools we in the UK – both as individuals and collectively – have at our disposal to address the gap. Chris Goodall is a Guardian columnist, author of Ten Technologies to Save the Planet and blogger at www . carboncommentary . com. This is a free ticketed event. Sign up for the Chris Goodall event here: https://www . eventbrite . co . uk/e/chris-goodall-keeping-the-lights-on-how-to-address-the-uks-looming-power-shortage-tickets-13994406647. For updates: https://www . facebook . com/CUenvironment. Cambridge University Eco Racing talk – Switch Off Week Date: Tuesday 11 November from 12.45-13.45 Location: Cambridge Judge Business School, Trumpington Street Hear from members of the Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER) team, and take a guided tour of their internationally-racing solar powered car. CUER is a 60-strong student organisation that designs, build and races solar powered vehicles. They are a not-for-profit organisation that is mainly funded through corporate sponsorship and private support. They race in the World Solar Challenge, the worlds foremost solar endurance race, held in Australia. The racing cars showcase cutting-edge sustainable engineering and demonstrate the incredible potential of electric vehicle technologies. By designing a car to run on solar power alone, they are helping to drive the step changes in vehicle efficiency and new technologies for a low-carbon future. For updates: https://www . facebook . com/CUenvironment. Green World Rising films screening Date: Wednesday 12 November. 13.00–14.00 Location: Department of Chemistry, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) lecture theatre Drop in to see Green World Risings series of short films on the state of climate and solutions to the climate crisis, narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. · Episode 1 – Carbon shows how we can keep carbon in the ground through putting a price on carbon. · Episode 2 – Last Hours is about the real threat of the release of methane from the melting arctic, thus triggering an extreme climate change event. · Episode 3 – Green World Rising shows our pathway forward through renewable technology that decentralizes the current power grid. Touring Switch Off Week Roadshow Date: 10-14 November Location: Various The University has an urgent need to reduce its carbon emissions, and we need your help. We spend £16 million a year – thats £1,825 an hour – on energy. Switch Off Week is our big push to save energy at the University! Throughout the week there will be a whole host of events, competitions and prizes. For the most up to date information Like us on Facebook: https://www . facebook . com/CUenvironment. Find the touring Switch Off Week Roadshow to... join the Energy Bike Challenge! pick up your own Cambridge Green Challenge goodies! make an energy saving pledge! find out how sweet thinking green can be! hear more about how the University is driving down its energy use! Switch Off Week website: http ://www . environment . admin . cam . ac . uk/switch-off-week. For details of many MANY more events, visit : http ://www . environment . admin . cam . ac . uk/switch-off-week/events. Competitions · Photo competition: Wear a woolly jumper for Thermal Thursday, and send us a photo of how you have celebrated. The best photos will be awarded a prize! (EM got special recognition last year... can we do it again?) · Photo competition: Send us a photo of you taking your energy saving pledge. A winner will be picked at random. · Ideas completion: Were keen to hear what you propose to improve Cambridges energy efficiency. All University staff and students are invited to share their ideas, however big or small – help us meet the Cambridge Green Challenge! For full details of competitions: http ://www . environment . admin . cam . ac . uk/switch-off-week/competitions.
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