SAVE THE MEADOWS PUBLIC MEETING
The Save the Meadows Campaign group are organising a public meeting to discuss the Council's decision to concrete over Bathampton Meadows for a carpark. There will be representatives from a range of organisations present who are fighting to stop the application from being approved. All are welcome. It takes place 7.30pm-9.30pm next Wednesday, 17 June at Batheaston Methodist Hall in Northend (just past Wayfield Gardens, on the right). In the meantime, anyone can offfically object to the plans by going to http://www.savebathamptonmeadows.org.uk.
ELECTRIC METERS FROM TRANSITION
Transition Bath’s Energy Group are running a project to help people reduce their electricity consumption. They have purchased a number of monitoring meters that are available to borrow for a small contribution to Transition Bath. To find out more, visit http://www.transitionbath.org.uk/projects.html. Meanwhile, as a result of the recent Energy Group talk by Ian Walker of CaSa Architects on eco refurbishment, a group of people are tackling their own homes together. More at http://www.transitionbath.org.uk.
IT’S JAM BUSTING JUNE AGAIN!
This year Jam Busting June, during which the Council tries to get lots of filthy cars off the roads, coincides with Bike Week, which tries to get us on our bikes. There are a number of cycling events, including a Bristol-Bath Cycle Path Family Cycle 'Dino Tour', in the area. For more details, click on the links below...
http://tinyurl.com/on-your-bikes
http://www.jambustingjune.com
GET KNIITTING
This Saturday, 15 June, in Green Park Station foyer, knitters are clicking their needles for World Wide Knit in Public Day. Go along and join in, especially if you’re a bloke with hands like a bunch of bananas.
EURO ELECTIONS
News from further afield. Gaining 10 more seats in the European parliament, European Green parties enjoyed wildly fluctuating fortunes in last week’s elections.
http://tinyurl.com/euro-wins
GREEN GROUPS OFFER MOCK CLIMATE TREATY
As the vital post-Kyoto discussions go on, green groups including WWF and Greenpeace have published a mock treaty which binds newly industrialised countries like South Korea and Saudi Arabia to tough emissions targets.
http://tinyurl.com/job-done
CONSERVATION COULD EARN MORE MONEY THAN CASH CROPS
A proposed scheme that would pay countries to leave their rainforests alone could generate more income than palm oil production.
http://tinyurl.com/cash-for-trees
COW METHANE EXPERIMENT
In a bid to stop them belching the potent greenhouse gas methane, cows at 15 Vermont farms are being fed grain feed plants like alfalfa and flaxseed – which unlike corn or soy, mimic grasses the animals evolved to eat long ago.
http://tinyurl.com/bovine-diet
GREENING OF THE ARCTIC
Will the shrubs and forests that will spread across a warming Arctic offset the release of the permafrost's rising carbon? The answer, say scientists, is not for long...
http://tinyurl.com/carbon-fate
SHELL PAY OUT OVER SARO-WIWA MURDER
Shell has shelled out $15.5m (£9.6m) to settle a lawsuit alleging that Shell conspired with the military government of Nigeria to capture and hang writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other leaders of the Ogoni tribe of southern Nigeria.
http://tinyurl.com/shell-settle
BURGER KING ROW
A Memphis-based company which operates 40 Burger King bars has refused to take down roadside signs proclaiming "global warming is baloney”...
http://tinyurl.com/burger-bother
GREENWASH OF THE WEEK
In 2006, the president of Formula 1's governing body, Max Mosley, promised a "green overhaul" for the sport. Where is it?
http://tinyurl.com/f1-fumes
GREEN INVENTION OF THE WEEK
The world's first floating wind turbine has been launched, raising the possibility of wind farms far out to sea.
http://tinyurl.com/ocean-turbines
GREENING THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Interesting piece in the New York Times about climate change and the developing world and the possibilities of making mico-generation in poorer countries a priority.
http://tinyurl.com/poor-deal
This week's Green Digest was compiled by Gideon Kibblewhite. Let Gideon know if you've seen a story you think he should cover. This digest appears every Tuesday, except when it's a bit late. To subscribe visit greenbath.org/og, create a user id if you don't already have one and subscribe to Bath Green News.
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