[Committee] Fwd: [Zero Carbon] The (weekly?) bulletin is back!
Marc Kaufmann
marc.kaufmannmk at googlemail.com
Tue Feb 26 22:58:38 GMT 2008
Hi, this sounds like a very good idea, but I'm not even in the UK then.
Anyone up for this?
Cheers,
Marc
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From: Harry Druiff <hwd20 at cam.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Subject: RE: [Zero Carbon] The (weekly?) bulletin is back!
To: Marc Kaufmann <marc.kaufmannmk at googlemail.com>
Hi Marc,
would you be interested in having a Zero Carbon stall at the Physics Science
Day at the Cavendish (part of the Cambridge Science Festival) on Sunday 16th
March 2-5 pm. It is a very busy event with about 2000 general public turning
up.This could be a good pr opportunity for you.
Let me know,
Regards,
Harry Druiff
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camlist-bounces at zerocarbonnow.org] *On Behalf Of *Marc Kaufmann
*Sent:* 26 February 2008 18:50
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*Subject:* [Zero Carbon] The (weekly?) bulletin is back!
Hi all,
after the climate conference, we needed a bit a bit of a break, but we are
back again! So here you go for this weeks program, it's as packed as ever,
and as usual, do think about getting involved, there are many opportunities.
Just check the bottom of the email, it's the first test to see whether you
scroll down all the way!
Happy week,
Marc
- Wednesday 27th February, 5-7pm: Cafe Project Squash @ The Cafe, 22 Jesus
Lane
- Thursday 28th February, 4.15pm, Energy in Aviation, some plane truths @
- Thursday 28th February, 7pm, THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE @ Department of
Pharmacology
- Thursday 28th February, 7.30pm, 'Biofuelling the future?' @ Winstanley
Lecture Theatre, Trinity College
- Tuesday 4th March, 6pm, 'Climate change and it's business impact' by
Deloitte @ Queen's Building Lecture Theatre, Emma
- Sunday 9th of March, 1.30 to 6pm, @ Newnham Old Labs, Newnham College, £3
for students, £9 non-students, refreshments (but not lunch) included
To register, please go to: http://bethechange.org.uk/symposium.cfm
- U8: International development research projects for students: What are the
necessary components of a successful post-2012 framework that will stabilise
atmospheric concentrations of CO2?
- BIOENERGY DISPLAY IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS DURING SCIENCE WEEK: 7th-16th
March
- GET INVOLVED!!! Faculty Reps, League Table Revamp, College Ball Recycling
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Cafe Project Squash - 5-7, Wednesday 27 Feb, 22 Jesus Lane
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Hello,
Have you ever dreamed of a CAFE that is open in the evenings, but which is
not centered around alcohol? A CAFE that is affordable because it's
volunteer-run AND which follows ethical principles in the food and drink it
serves? Where you can meet up with old friends, but also meet new people
from inside and outside the University? Where you can stay for hours
without feeling the pressure to consume? A CAFE that is also used as a
forum for talks, discussions, as space for art exibitions, performances or
a meeting place for societies? That is a space not only for you to visit,
but with which you can get involved?
Then you should be exited to hear that The Cafe
Project(http://cambridge.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2254414994)is<http://cambridge.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2254414994%29is>hoping
to
open SOON.
We are still looking for people who would like to volunteer a few hours
every week/every fortnight (serving cake and drinks in the café and/or bake
cakes).
If you think you would lie to get involved then come to our
SQUASH
on Wednesday, 27th,
from 5-7 pm
at the Café, 22 Jesus Lane.
...there will be cake, there will be tea, there will be fun...
If you cannot make it but would still like to get involved or find out more
about the Café Project, then write to cafeproject at cusu.cam.ac.uk
Hope to see you soon,
The Café Project
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*Energy in Aviation: Some Plane Truths*
Thursday 28th Feb 2008
Speakers confirmed are:
We cannot cover all the major aspects of energy and aviation in one meeting
1. Introduction: a list of the issues to frame the discussions during
the evening.
2. Peter Hiscocks from Marshall Aerospace who will be talking on how a
large aviation engineering company sees its future options in a world where
the aviation industry is changing significantly.
3. Paul Robertson from CU Engineering Department will be talking on
the ultimate green aircraft: electrically driven recreational light
aircraft.
4. Peter Spark is the founder of a Cambridge based start-up carbon
accounting software and data services firm, focusing initially on the
aviation industry.
We expect several journalists to be present in the audience, including (we
hope) Fiona Harvey of the Financial Times who was our speaker at our "Carbon
offsets" event last October. The meeting is in central Cambridge and starts
with tea served from 16:15. Full details are given on registration.
Register here: http://www.cambridgeenergy.com/meet.php?event=2008-02-28
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THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE - what do we know, how do we know it, and
what should we do?
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The Cambridge University Energy Network (CUEN) is delighted to offer you
the chance to get engaged with a less technical aspect of climate change
within our second lecture. The theme is on a critical synthesis of
information from the science and economics of climate change.
This is our inaugural set of annual lectures, and this session promises to
be an interesting and engaging forum for debate. We are proud to host Dr.
Chris Hope as our speaker.
Dr. Chris Hope is a University Reader in Policy Modelling at the Judge
Business School. He builds integrated assessment models of the costs and
impacts of policies to tackle climate change with the ultimate goal of
improving public and private decision-making.
Chris Hope has been an advisor to the House of Lords into aspects of
climate change economics, and a lead author and review editor for the third
and fourth reports of the IPCC, which was awarded a half share of the Nobel
Peace Prize in 2007.
Refreshments will be served!
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Time and Date: Join us at 7pm on Thursday 28th February
Where: Department of Pharmacology
Registration: Please Register Here for free:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/99184664
_____________________________________________________________________
CUEN brings together the academic community to share knowledge and interest
in issues of energy generation and use. We promote and support a structured
and interdisciplinary approach to teaching and research within sustainable
energy. This year CUEN is organising the second nationwide Annual Energy
Symposium for June 2008. For more information about our activities, please
visit: www.cuen.org.uk
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Cambridge University Chemical Society presents...
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* Biofuelling the Future ? *
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| Thursday, 28th February |
| 7.30pm |
| Winstanley Lecture Theatre |
| (Trinity College) |
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Biofuels present an attractive way to cut carbon emissions and move to more
sustainable fuels, by blending crops such as sugar and corn with petrol.
Gordon Brown has pledged that 5% of fuel in the UK be sourced from biofuels
by 2010; but with EU ministers poised to slash targets in the face of
mounting environmental concerns, are biofuels really the way forwards? Or
could the hidden costs actually accelerate climate change?
With Virgin Atlantic having completed the first biofuel-powered flight
earlier this month, are we witnessing a breakthrough? Or is the future of
plant-derived fuel more 'up in the air' than Richard Branson may care to
think?
Cambridge University Chemical Society presents a panel debate on the role of
biofuels in a post-oil world.
Panelists:
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- Darran Messem
(Vice President of Fuel Development at Shell)
- Mike Lawton
(Founder and CEO of Regenatec Ultra Low Carbon Vehicles)
- Dr. Andrew Boswell
(BioFuelWatch, and Green Party councillor for Norwich)
- Prof. David MacKay
(Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Cambridge)
The forum is to be chaired by:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Prof. Ian Fells CBE, FRSE
(Emeritus Professor of Energy Conversion at Newcastle University)
www.chemsoc.ch.cam.ac.uk
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Cambridge University Environmental Consulting Society (CUECS) and the
Cambridge Climate Coalition proudly present a talk on climate change and
its business impact.
Andy Jones, a consultant from Deloitte, will be giving a free talk on
climate change and its business impact in the Queen's Building Lecture
Theatre, Emmanuel College at 6:00pm, Tuesday 4th March.
His interactive talk will include the following: o An overview of UK &
international policy mechanisms o The impact of climate change on business,
strategic considerations, impacts by industry, current & potential
mitigation options for business
Andy is a member of Deloitte's Strategy Consulting practice and works on
the strategic and economic impact of climate change on businesses. He also
manages the firm's internal climate change network and thus, is very
familiar with Deloitte's activities in this space.
Please RSVP to cuecs at cusu.cam.ac.uk
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- CHANGE THE DREAM SYMPOSIUM -
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The Change the Dream Symposium is a day of information and reflection
on our relationship with the planet, and a call for us to heal that
relationship through a profound inquiry into how we might realise a
bold vision: an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling,
and socially just human presence on Earth. Indigenous people of South
America refer to our modern worldview as our "dream" and have urged
us, for the sake of all life, to "change the dream of the North". The
Symposium combines video clips from thinkers and activists with time
for reflection and group interaction for the participants. If you are
ready to be disturbed, inspired and moved to action, engaged in
awakening from and changing the dream of our modern industrial
culture, we invite you to come to the Symposium on March 9th.
Details:
On: Sunday the 9th of March,
From: 1.30 to 6pm,
At: Newnham Old Labs, Newnham College
£3 for students, £9 non-students, refreshments (but not lunch) included.
To register, please go to: http://bethechange.org.uk/symposium.cfm
'Can we rely on it that a 'turning around' will be accomplished by
enough people quickly enough to save the modern world? This question
is often asked, but whatever answer is given to it will mislead. The
answer "yes" would lead to complacency-- the answer "no" to despair.
It is desirable to leave these perplexities behind us and get down to
work.'
E.F.Schumacher
The symposium is a Cambridge Climate Coalition event.
www.cambridgeclimatecoalition.org.uk
For more information, please email Antony Melville,
antonymelville at googlemail.com.
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U8: International development research projects for students
As part of a special initiative, 8 research projects have just been
launched, under the title of BPR, the Banner Project Round. Each project is
undertaken by a small student team who will investigate and write a short
report on a pressing issue in international development (see the titles at
the bottom - they're great!). The projects provide participants with the
chance to extend their expertise in a policy area and consider critically
the actions and effects of different actors. The teams are compromised from
students at universities around the globe - from LSE to Delhi, from
Edinburgh to Addis Ababa.
Interested? Good. You can get involved. Time commitment: 5 hours a week
flexi.
To view the project proposals, go to http://www.u8development.com and then
go to U8 forums >> U8 research projects >> ideas for research projects and
look at any of the first eight entries all entitled BPR (ignore the one
entitled Banner Project Round - its just organisation stuff). For more
information, click http://odauk.org/index.php?section=104. To sign up,
email U8bannerpr at gmail.com
What are the project titles?
Sino-African relations: How are Chinese relations with nations in Africa
and the Middle East affecting those nations?
How can sustainable peace be brought to Somalia?
What are the necessary components of a successful post-2012 framework that
will stabilise atmospheric concentrations of CO2?
How will we meet the energy needs of the growing population of the world?
How can the cost of drugs for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria be sustainably
lowered for developing nations?
With what success could Brazil's Bolsa Escola scheme be adapted and
imitated elsewhere?
Analyse the failings of the reconstruction operations in Malaysia in the
aftermath of the 2005 Tsunami.
*****BIOENERGY DISPLAY IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS DURING SCIENCE WEEK*******
During Science Week (7th - 16h March), an algal bioreactor will be set up in
the Botanical Gardens and volunteers from the University are setting out to
help inform the general public about the potential of bioenergy (in
particular, the production of biofuels from algae) and about how to reduce
their individual carbon footprints. Members of the University are working
with Cambridge Carbon Footprint on this project, but more volunteers are
needed to help talk to the public, and inform them about energy issues. If
you have any available time during this week, it would be great if you could
help. Please contact Anna Stephenson on als53 at cam.ac.uk or phone her on
01223 334788 if you are interested.
The Summary and Aims of the project are detailed below.
Summary: *
We aim to inform about research that uses algae to recycle CO2 from flue
gas and produce biofuels. Algae need up to 10x less space to recycle CO2
than land plants, and they do not depend on good soil. We will build a
small-scale photobioreactor at the Cambridge Botanic Garden, in which we
will feed algae on air containing 5% CO2 to mimic flue gas, and harvest
the biomass to make biodiesel. Display boards will explain the challenge
for researchers, and for our life style: Although algae are very good at
recycling CO2 (100 te/ha/year), we produce so much, that an area 4x the
size of Cambridge City Centre would need to be covered with
photobioreactors to recycle just 10% of the CO2 produced by a small
power station. Research in Cambridge is aimed at improving the
efficiency of CO2 fixation by algae. However, the challenge of recycling
all our CO2 would become less daunting if we produced less to start
with. Visitors will hence be encouraged to have their carbon footprint
measured, and will be informed about local Energy Awareness / Climate
Change activities.
*Aims: *
- Inform about the challenges of sustainability and the opportunities
for bioremediation and bioenergy production using algae (including
limitations)
- Give the opportunity to measure visitor's carbon footprint
- Encourage visitors to find ways in which they can reduce their own
carbon footprint
- Inform about Energy Awareness / Climate Change societies and
activities in the Cambridge area, give the opportunity to join such
societies / activities.
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GET INVOLVED: FACULTY REPS, LEAGUE TABLE REVAMP, COLLEGE BALL RECYCLING
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1. CUSU Ethical and Environmental Affairs Committee and the GU
Environmental Officer are looking for keen students to be Faculty
Environmental Representatives.
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Please email Kelsey if you are interested, stating your name, faculty, and
year of study. You will then be contacted with further details. We have had
interest expressed from the engineering faculty, electronics laboratory, and
the Judge business institute.
Kelsey Edwardsen: environmental at gradunion.cam.ac.uk
Position description:
Faculty Environmental Representatives will act as champions of environmental
issues within their faculties. In practice this will primarily be through
liaising with the University environmental coordinators in each faculty,
with maintenance staff, and other appropriate staff within the faculty.
Energy efficiency, recycling and sustainable food are issues which
representatives are likely to deal with. There may be potential for
representatives to get involved in environmental matters regarding teaching
and research, depending on the faculty.
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2. LEAGUE TABLE REVAMP
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It's Started! A small team was formed at the climate conference and they've
gone on to have a few ideas. It's still very early stages though and they
could do with a bit of help so if you feel like getting involved in shaping
it (to whatever degree) do talk to Cathy Kunkel (ck332 at cam.ac.uk). Projects
have a habit of managing with not very many people but it just makes things
so much easier when there are a few more to split things between … so if you
feel passionate about this please please do get involved!
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3. COLLEGE BALL RECYCLING
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Student loan not quite going to make it to the end of Easter term? Want to
get into a ball for free? Then join one of the recycling teams! It's often
half-on-half-off so you can enjoy half of the ball too … without paying a
penny! Bring a few friends along too …
For further details contact Anna Tristram (act46 at cam.ac.uk) who'll be
pleased to hear from you.
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