Climate Week started today:
Not only are there sweeping ideas to debate:
There are also some very practical, on-the-ground projects to inspire:
Including:
The fight
continues
Over
30,000 of you signed our pre-budget petition to demand that the government
supports onshore wind and solar in the UK. Renewables didn’t get a mention in
the budget (though oil did)... but we’re not giving up. We’ve
got loads more planned for our wind campaign over the next few
months!
(Didn't sign the petition? You can still sign up for campaign updates
here!)
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Sunshine,
solar and hope
We’re brewing up a few solar solidarity projects
(solar-darity, get it? Sorry...) for the next few months. Loads of you answered
our call about city farms, racial justice groups or sexual health clinics that
might make use of some solar panels. We should be ready to reveal what we’re up
to soon...
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Solar-powered
trains!
Could we connect solar panels directly to railways to
power electric trains? We’ve teamed up with researchers at Imperial College’s
Energy Futures Lab to find out. The best bit? The idea came out of our work with the village of
Balcombe. Here's a great write up of the idea
from Ian Steadman at How We Get to
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Solar
leapfrogs ahead in 58 countries
Solar has become the cheapest source of energy in 58
low-income countries, including China, India and Brazil! Since 2015,
the world has added more capacity for clean energy than coal and natural
gas -
combined.
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Celebrating
Berta Cáceres
Berta Cáceres was a prominent environmental campaigner
and indigenous leader in Honduras, one of the most dangerous places in the world
to be an activist. We're celebrating her bravery, passion and determination, one
year after her
death.
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Science
Penguins!
We’ve been celebrating British Science week with this awesome citizen science project
from Penguin Watch. The project monitors penguins to work out changes
in the Antarctic ecosystem - but there are lots of penguins, and it needs your
help! Help scientists learn more about climate change, all from the comfort of
your desk, squishy armchair or
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Lighter,
longer
The seasons are changing! You may have noticed that
daylight's been hanging around a bit longer. So why not take advantage of these
longer days and try cycling to work or
school?
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