Anthony Wilson is curating the exhibition again and you can submit work through his Sculpture Mad site.

• Ufnaigihu Ringtone
• Utumuxau Download
• Ephedvaiz Download
• Mifreivur Mp3
• Rofybrem Sound
• Iphexaj Ringtone
• Bleidreichoif Album
• Ydvekamau Download
• Meigrookoiwo Music
• Akraichoiznei Album

This conference proved to be a massive event last year, and at a mere £10 advance ticket it’s a sinch.

Find out more at the Biofuels Expo site

Help them to make up their minds by signing the World in Action petition - getting on for 300,000 have already done so in just a few days - let’s make it 500,000

We should do this for Gaia…………….

EARTH HOUR - 7.30pm to 8.30pm - Saturday March 31, 2007

Earth Hour is a fabulous opportunity for you and your family to do something about climate change. On one night, in one hour, more will be done, more will be demonstrated, and more will be learned than through a hundred ‘talk-fests’. And you can help make it happen.

What is Earth Hour?

It sounds simple, but it is very, very dramatic.
At 7.30pm on March 31st 2007, we will be encouraging companies, government departments, individuals and families to turn off their lights for just one hour. If we meet our objectives during the first Earth Hour, the savings in green house gas emissions will be the equivalent of taking 75,000 medium sized cars off the road for one whole year! Now that’s something worth doing.

Why?

The facts are alarmingly clear:

• The climate is changing! The 10 hottest years on record have occurred since 1990. In fact 2005 was the hottest year since record keeping began.
• More than 95% of the Great Barrier Reef will have been destroyed by 2050 if carbon dioxide emissions aren’t reduced. (WWF-International)
• One million species worldwide are facing extinction due to climate change.

But not everybody listens to the facts. Earth Hour is your opportunity to demonstrate how a simple change in our way of life could change, and help save, our planet.

The goals of Earth Hour:

Households : Most of us use unnecessary electricity. Appliances on standby, old style light bulbs, lights left on when we’re not using them. Earth Hour will help us all to realise just how simply we can make a dramatic impact upon global warming (and our own power bills). We will see it in action.

Companies : We want companies to be involved. If every company turned off its lights when the buildings weren’t in use, and combined it with energy saving technology, we would save between 2 and 4 million tonnes of greenhouse gasses every year. Earth Hour will show companies just how easy that is.

To make it an annual event : Out of the 8,766 hours in a year, let’s give one back to the earth.

What you can do:

Sign up to Earth Hour and Pledge to turn off your lights on March 31st from 7.30pm to 8.30pm by logging onto www.earthhour.org .

You will receive all the information you need to make Earth Hour a great success (and to cut your own energy bills in the long term). Pledging is free.

Get off standby : Turn off all the electronic equipment and appliances in your home that are not being used or are on standby. Computers, televisions, stereo equipment, phone chargers, DVD or video equipment.

Tell a friend : Spread the word about earth Hour by involving your friends, family and workmates. Get them to pledge at earthhour.org and most importantly, turn off the lights at 7.30pm Saturday 31 March 2007.

Spread the word - Once you have signed up for Earth Hour tell a friend; spread the word at work; tell your boss; mention it at school, at your local sports club or society group, you can even run it past your neighbours!

Make it an event.

• Get your family and friends to switch off their lights as well;
• Take some binoculars and look at the stars; sit and talk by candlelight;
• Explore your backyard by torchlight;
• Have fun with sparklers; or just do something non-electric as a family;
• Have a picnic-at-dusk; pretend you are camping; or have a candlelight dinner.

For more info on Earth Hour, check out
www.earthhour.org

EARTH HOUR. MAKE IT HAPPEN.

A message from the REA:

Renewable Energy Association Conference:

Zero carbon development conference: new opportunity for renewables?

The REA Mass Market renewables event is to be held in Manchester on the 14^th and 15^th of May. The programme for day 1 of the event “Zero Carbon Development: New Hope for Renewables� schedule is here in pdf form. More information on the second day - a DTI sponsored Industry Dialogue Workshop can be found below.

A wide number of organisations with an interest in zero carbon development will be present at the conference and are sending out details of the event to their members, including:

• Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
• Town and Country Planning Association
• Envirolink North West
• Renewables North West
• Regen South West
• Renewables East
• Sustainable Building Association
• Home Builders Federation
• British Urban Renewal Association
• National Housing Federation
• Sustainable Homes

If you have an interest in sustainable development this is an event you won’t want to miss.

The REA are also in discussion with low carbon building phase 2 suppliers, about the possibility of organising a speed-dating event, aimed at connecting suppliers with installers. More information about this will follow at a later date.

Delegates to this event will also receive a two month free subscription to Powerhouse, the email newsletter aimed at all those who work in this sector.

The REA is a trade association rather than a profit-making conference company. Our events are aimed to give maximum benefit to our members rather than to make money. Programmes are developed by policy-makers working at the cutting edge of the industry, thus delivering conferences that are key and relevant to all those with an interest in this area.

To register please use the registration form on the attached programme. For more information contact lsleeper@r-e-a.net

DTI Industry Dialogue Workshop

We are delighted to announce that the DTI is so keen to engage in a dialogue with the renewables industry and find a way to ensure on-site generation can reach its maximum potential, that they are sponsoring an event on the second day.

The purpose of the DTI sponsored workshop is to identify key conditions needed to ensure the on-site renewables industry can realise its full potential. The day starts with a plenary session where Rachel Crisp of the DTI will set out their Microgeneration Strategy. The day will then break out into technology specific work groups to identify market conditions, barriers and incentives to help push the industry forward. Facilitators will come from Faber Maunsell and the Centre for Sustainable Energy. At the end of the afternoon groups will report back to a full plenary session where the chair will pull together all strands to identify a way forward for both the industry and DTI.

So if you have strong views on the way forward and wish to be a part of the future for renewables, you really should come to this event.

Given DTI sponsorship and its wish to hold a dialogue with as wide a representation of industry as possible, delegate costs have been kept to a minimum and cover the cost of administration and registration alone.

Documentation will be sent out to all delegates a few days prior to the conference to give them time to prepare for sessions.

This site is aimed at people like us - who don’t know a lot about renewable energy. We’re writing it up as we learn more, and hope that this helps others find thier way with it more easily.

The Biomass pages are just a start - looking at the basics - what biomass is, where to source it - and a starting point for looking at biofuel. Shortly there should be some more work uploaded giving a lot more detail on biodiesel.

Go to Anthony Wilson’s site - SculptureMad - for more information. This is a picture of one of his pieces - Mother and Child from Space.