[Committee] FW: This week's events

[Steve Stretton]

Hi Anna and Marc, Sorry a couple of minor corrections to the last email...
Steve
 


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Monday 27 Nov 2006 19:30 Zero Carbon City Dongtan - (Arup) - Chemical
Engineering Department LT1

Tuesday 28 Nov 2006 19:30 {Pugwash} Dr William Connolley. "Climate change
and global warming". - Grad Union, Mill Lane

Wednesday 29 Nov 2006 18:00 Committee Meeting - Kings Bar 19:30 Christmas
Dinner - Bath Ale House, Benet Street

Thursday 30 Nov 2006 17:15 {Environment on the Edge} Are we running out of
oil? - New Hall (Registration Required at directorate at unep-wcmc.org)

Friday 1 Dec 2006 All Day Sustainable Energy Meeting - Pippard Lecture
Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory. 7 Talks, all free, between 9am-5:30pm.

DETAILS BELOW:

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MONDAY - ZERO CARBON CITY DONGTAN 7:30pm CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPT

Zero Carbon?

Zero carbon developments
 What can be achieved in practice?

BY: Dr Neil Kirkpatrick, Associate Director, Arup

WHEN: 19:30, Monday 27th November

WHERE: Chemical Engineering Department LT1 New Museum Site, Pembroke Street,
CB2 3RA Map: external link: external link:
<http://www.cam.ac.uk/map/v4/drawmap.cgi?mp=nmus;xx=238;yy=311;mt=c>
http://www.cam.ac.uk/map/v4/drawmap.cgi?mp=nmus;xx=238;yy=311;mt=c

POSTER: external link:
<http://www.zerocarbonnow.org/cam/2006-11-27_Zero_Carbon_City_Dongtan.pdf>
http://www.zerocarbonnow.org/cam/2006-11-27_Zero_Carbon_City_Dongtan.pdf

DETAILS: A talk by Dr Neil Kirkpatrick, Associate Director, Arup, who will
describe the latest developments in building design and master planning that
are helping to decrease carbon emissions towards zero.

Arup are designing the world's first eco-city - Dongtan, China. Dongtan is
to be a completely sustainable and carbon neutral city near Shanghai.
Transport, energy, infrastructure and social issues are just a few of the
aspects to be considered in its design. This is ground-breaking work, set to
pave the way for new city developments in the future.

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TUESDAY - WILLIAM CONNOLLEY ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING 7:30pm GRAD
UNION
[Pugwash] 

7:30 p.m., Tuesday, 28 November Graduate Union Lounge, Mill Lane free to
public

Dr William Connolley works as a Climate Modeller for the British Antarctic
Survey. His research interests include: sea ice, especially as implemented
in the UKMO Hadley Centre climate model, all aspects of Antarctic climate
variability and attempting to understand the warming seen around the
Antarctic Peninsula. Please join us for this very relevant talk.

Contact: claire.fearnley at bbsrc.ac.uk

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WEDNESDAY- COMMITTEE MEETING 6pm KINGS BAR
[Zero Carbon]   

 We will be having a strategic committee meeting this Wednesday (29th) at
6pm (before Christmas dinner) in Kings College Bar. We will be discussing
plans for next term: speaker meetings, the working groups and  developing
our new Wikipedia style Wiki.   <http://www.zerocarbonnow.org/wiki>
www.zerocarbonnow.org/wiki Anyone interested in getting actively involved
with the society is most welcome. 

 
WEDNESDAY - CHRISTMAS DINNER 7:30pm BATH PUB

 [ Zero Carbon]  We would like to invite you to join us for a Christmas
dinner this Wednesday (29th) at 7.30pm at the Bath House pub. It's only
£9.95 for 3 courses on special offer at the moment so very good value! If
you would like to come, please  email Nicky  < <mailto:ns337 at cam.ac.uk>
ns337 at cam.ac.uk>    your choices from the menu below on MONDAY at the very
latest as they need the order in advance.

Starter: Baby Leek and Parsnip soup or Prawn Cocktail or Ardennes Pate

Main: Roast Turkey with all the trimmings or 8oz Rump Steak or Salmon Fillet
with Champagne Sauce or Wild Mushroom and Blue Cheese Wellington

Pudding: Chocolate Neapolitan Truffle or Apple and Cinnamon Tart or Trad.
Xmas Pudding or White Chocolate and Raspberry Snowflake

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THURSDAY EUROPE'S FUTURE: ARE WE RUNNING OUT OF OIL? - 5:15pm NEW HALL
(REGISTRATION REQUIRED)

[Environment on the Edge]  To reserve a seat please contact
directorate at unep-wcmc.org

A debate led by Dr Jeremy Leggett, author of "Half Gone" and CEO of Solar
Century and Dr Ian Vann, Group Vice-President, Exploration & Production, BP.
Moderator is Professor Bernie Bulkin.

Date: Thursday, 30th November 2006 at 17:15 Venue: Buckingham House Lecture
Theatre, New Hall College, University of Cambridge, Huntingdon Road,
Cambridge. CB3 0DF. Flyer: Flier: external link:
<http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/edge/pdf/EOTE_301106.pdf>
http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/edge/pdf/EOTE_301106.pdf

All Environment on the Edge lectures start at 5.15 pm and usually finish at
6-6.30pm with some drinks offered afterwards.

external link:  <http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/edge/>
http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/edge/

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FRIDAY SUSTAINABLE ENERGY - ALL DAY, CAVENDISH PHYSICS LABORATORY
[Cambridge Philosophical Society / Cambridge Energy Forum]   
 Map:
<http://www.cam.ac.uk/map/v4/drawmap.cgi?mp=main;xx=692;yy=590;mt=c;tl=Caven
dish%20Laboratory>
http://www.cam.ac.uk/map/v4/drawmap.cgi?mp=main;xx=692;yy=590;mt=c;tl=Cavend
ish%20Laboratory 
There is no registration procedure. The meeting is open to all.

THE BIG PICTURE Daniel Nocera, MIT. Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish
Laboratory, Department of Physics. Friday 01 December 2006, 09:10-09:50

THE TRANSITION FROM FOSSIL FUELS Nick Butler, B.P.. Pippard Lecture Theatre,
Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics. Friday 01 December 2006,
10:10-10:50

CARBON SEQUESTRATION Jon Gibbins, Imperial College London. Pippard Lecture
Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics. Friday 01 December
2006, 11:30-12:10

BIOFUELS Karl Carter, British Sugar. Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish
Laboratory, Department of Physics. Friday 01 December 2006, 13:30-14:10

TIDE, WAVE, AND OFFSHORE WIND Trevor Whittaker, Queen's University of
Belfast. Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of
Physics. Friday 01 December 2006, 14:30-15:10

NUCLEAR FISSION AND FUSION William J Nuttall, Judge Business School,
Cambridge. Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of
Physics. Friday 01 December 2006, 15:50-16:30

DISCUSSION Chair: Ian Fells, University of Newcastle. Pippard Lecture
Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics. Friday 01 December
2006, 16:40-17:30

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