Climate Week in Sidmouth .................................................. Matt Harvey and the Element in the Room ................... Thursday 5th March at 7.30pm

Climate Week is coming to Sidmouth:
Futures Forum: Climate Week in Sidmouth ... Rob Hopkins and the Atmos Project ... Thursday 5th March at 1pm
Futures Forum: Climate Week in Sidmouth ... The New Economics Foundation and systems change >>> "Coastal Communities and their Local Economies" >>> Saturday 7th March at 4.30pm

Also coming to Sidmouth is the creator behind the Transition Town musical:
Futures Forum: "Transition Town: The Musical"
Futures Forum: "Transition Town: The Musical" >>> looking for those final crowd-funding pledges

... the performance poet and comedian Matt Harvey - who pops up everywhere...
BBC - Saturday Live Matt Harvey Poet

Matt will be giving Sidmouth a few gems from his latest:



The Element in the Room is a book of poems inspired by energy – renewable energy in particular – and a book of pictures inspired by poems about renewable energy.

Some poems were prompted by reflections on the elements, some from talking with people working in the field, others from renewable technologies themselves – the look of them, their potential, people’s responses to them. Some are playful, cheeky, pithy, others more lyrical and solemn, some are just plain daft.

Among them there’s a sonnet, a country and western song and a prose poem called The Not-for-Prophit. You get the picture. None is intended as a ‘last word’, they are offered for your pleasure and interest and to provoke discussion.

The illustrations are by a range of talented artists, to be specific: Heidi Ball, Laura Cochón, Tori Dee, Chloë Uden, Josie Ashe, Naomi Ziewe Palmer and More than Minutes.

This book was produced in conjunction with Regen SW and The Centre for Business and Climate Solutions

Published Sept 2014 & Dec 2014

You can purchase a copy of The Element in the Room from Amazon
A free ebook/PDF version of this book is available here! TheElementInTheRoom

The Element in the Room – Poems inspired by Renewable Energy by Matt Harvey | thequixoticpress
The Element in the Room | Regen SW

And here's the programme for the night in Sidmouth:

The Element in the Room - poetry slam with Matt Harvey

Putting solar under the spotlight and giving wind-turbines a twist Poet in Residence for RegenSW, Matt Harvey will recharge our batteries with sustainable verse which is by turns nebulous, fabulous, frivolous and strange. This livewire versifier will brighten up your day.

Prepare to be enlightened... join performance poet Matt Harvey as he premieres his new energy-inspired collection, ‘The Element In the Room’.

Currently poet-in-residence with Regen SW, (a centre for expertise in sustainable energy), Matt has gleaned some stimulating new material inspired by our love affair with energy. Where do we go from here? If anyone can make light of the situation, it’s this man. Putting solar under the spotlight and giving wind-turbines a twist, Matt introduces a packed programme...

The Element in the Room - poetry slam with Matt Harvey | Community Energy Coalition

The event will kick off on Thursday 5th March at 7.30pm in the Cellar Bar in the basement of Kennaway House in Sidmouth (by the Triangle bus stop) - and will finish at about 9.30pm.

Tickets are £5 - available beforehand and on the door - but limited capacity.

The bar will be open for the whole evening - 7-10pm.

There is wheelchair access at the back.
Parking is limited.
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