http://lowcarbondiary.communitycarbon.net Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:55:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [HTML1] The Low Carbon Communities Network has a new volunteer, she's a bit of a whizz on the internet and has set up a twitter account for the LCCN and added twitter updates to the LCCN facebook page so now it's even easier to keep in touch. Both of  these are ... http://lowcarbondiary.communitycarbon.net/2009/08/03/the-low-carbon-communities-network-on-facebook/ [HTML1] I like this countdown clock, you can download the HTML code yourself if you want to add it to your site, like we did for the Low Carbon Communities. DECC's Road to Copenhagen booklet. http://lowcarbondiary.communitycarbon.net/2009/07/17/countdown-to-copenhagen/ Yesterday I went to London, a day full of meetings and catching up. It was lovely to spend some time with Tessy Britton who sometimes lets me blog about non climate change things on Thriving Too and the Stop Climate Chaos AGM was thought provoking and exciting as well as ... http://lowcarbondiary.communitycarbon.net/2009/07/17/why-ed-miliband-should-jfdi/ Those of you who know me have probably already heard of Colalife and why I support it, but for those of you who don't. This week you have a unique opportunity to find out more - and choose to support it for yourself. ColaLife is a campaign to get Coca-Cola to ... http://lowcarbondiary.communitycarbon.net/2009/07/14/why-im-tweeting-for-colalife/ Welcome to Hopenhagen. On December 7, 2009, leaders from 192 countries will gather at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark to determine the fate of our planet. Let's turn Copenhagen into Hopenhagen. Hopenhagen is a movement, a moment and a chance at a new beginning. The hope ... http://lowcarbondiary.communitycarbon.net/2009/06/30/what-gives-you-hope/ I have to admit to being stupidly excited about going to Birmingham tomorrow for LocalGovCamp, which has been organised by Dave Briggs and a host of his contacts: "LocalGovCamp is an unconference for local government. Taking place on 20 June 2009, at the Fazeley Studios in Birmingham, it will be a ... http://lowcarbondiary.communitycarbon.net/2009/06/19/off-to-localgovcamp/ Over the past few months my life seems to have been taken over by climate change related events and the blossoming of the Low Carbon Communities Network. Life - and writing this blog - seems to have been "on hold". Apart from the essentials such as planting out the ... http://lowcarbondiary.communitycarbon.net/2009/06/19/dear-diary/ Today I'm at Trafford Hall in Cheshire running a workshop for North West Together We Can Partnership. This is event is for community volunteers in all sectors, not just environmental projects. One of the big issues that we've been discussing today is "What is a Community Activist"? There has been quite ... http://lowcarbondiary.communitycarbon.net/2009/05/20/what-is-a-community-activist/ [caption id="attachment_82" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Watford Screening"][/caption] It's been a hectic few weeks leading up to the cinema release of the new British Climate Change Documentary Age of Stupid. Starting with the Premiere on 15th March, where low carbon community volunteers spoke on over 40 locations to share their stories about how ... http://lowcarbondiary.communitycarbon.net/2009/03/21/smart-not-stupid/ Possibly because I'm incapable of keeping my moth shut I've found myself following the online debate about the Government's new initiative to create "Digital Mentors". On a personal level it's something I'm quite excited about, until a few months ago I had never posted a comment on a forum let ... http://lowcarbondiary.communitycarbon.net/2008/11/07/digital-torment/