Just a heads-up to anyone who's interested in the replies to the letters Mr. Hoare wrote to various State Departments on behalf of constituents last year. I have scanned copies of them and posted them in the blog. Just scroll down to below the original letters to find them. https://www.planetshaftesbury.org/post/climate-change-enquiries-from-simon-hoare-to-gov-t-ministers-follow-up-from-9-10-19-meeting

I've managed already to forget how I chanced upon this - but I thought this piece, an interview with Mark Billsborough, Head of Trading and Renewables at Co-op Energy, would be of interest to PS Forum readers. Here's the link: https://www.businessandindustry.co.uk/sustainable-business/better-support-needed-for-the-community-power-generation/

An interesting piece of research written up in last week’s New Scientist reveals that, in the subtitling of nearly 130 thousand UK TV programmes between September 2017 and September 2018, the word ‘beer’ got 23,648 mentions. The exercise, they say, reveals much about British preoccupations. ‘Dog’ got 105,245 mentions, ‘tea’ 60,060, ‘cake’ 40,043, ‘sex’ 56,307 and ‘Brexit’ 68,816. The term ‘climate change’ got 3,125, a little ahead of ‘zombies’ with 2,488. The research was commissioned by the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA), as part of an initiative to improve the visibility of climate change on TV screens. Good for them. Perhaps they might also consider the carbon footprint of the next James Bond film.

An interesting piece of research written up in last week’s New Scientist reveals that, in the subtitling of nearly 130 thousand UK TV programmes between September 2017 and September 2018, the word ‘beer’ got 23,648 mentions. The exercise, they say, reveals much about British preoccupations. ‘Dog’ got 105,245 mentions, ‘tea’ 60,060, ‘cake’ 40,043, ‘sex’ 56,307 and ‘Brexit’ 68,816. The term ‘climate change’ got 3,125, a little ahead of ‘zombies’ with 2,488. The research was commissioned by the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA), as part of an initiative to improve the visibility of climate change on TV screens. Good for them. Perhaps they might also consider the carbon footprint of the next James Bond film.

link provided by Phyllis Wolff-Paley: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/11/magazine/climate-change-exxon-renewable-energy.html

Thanks again to Phyllis Wolff for this link to a Guardian piece on initiatives like the 'share shop' in Frome. A good round up. The nascent PS waste group were going to look further into this, perhaps invite a speaker. Any developments? Anyway here's the link: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/24/library-of-things-borrowing-scheme-conquer-world?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Thanks to Phyllis for this Click this link to sign the petition "Grant legal protection to Swallow, Swift and Martin nest sites not just nests. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/250845

Thanks again to Phyllis... https://cleantechnica.com/2019/03/07/the-us-is-responsible-for-26-of-global-warming-emissions-is-morally-responsible-to-help-solve-it/

Thanks to Arthur Simmonds for this. Fairtrade Tea Party Information & Fairtrade Stalls and Refreshments Saturday March 9th 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Friends (Quaker) Meeting House Abbey Walk, Shaftesbury