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21 January 2010: ‏Swindon Civic Trust Talk - One Planet Living

We're consuming resources and polluting the planet at a level the earth cannot sustain. If everyone in the world consumed as many natural resources as the average person in the UK, we'd need three planets to support us. So what would Swindon have to do to live sustainably?

Stephen Cairns from Swindon Borough Council's Planning Department will address this question on the evening of Thursday 21 January as part of Swindon Civic Trust's Events Programme. He will concentrate on the implications of one planet living for new developments in Swindon and the infrastructure (eg district heating?) needed to support them.

With concerns about the failure to reach meaningful international agreement in Copenhagen and some local cynicism about how Swindon can turn the Council's desire to be a green exemplar into reality, this has the potential to be a very interesting talk with a lively discussion afterwards.

7.30 pm on Thursday 21 January 2010 at Heelis (the National Trust Central Office), Kemble Drive, Swindon. Light refreshments served around 9.00 pm.

All are welcome to attend. Free to members of Swindon Civic Trust. Non-members are invited to make a donation of £4 towards our costs.

Rearranged date: 23rd February 2010: Renewable Energy - Wind, Wave and Biomass

Talk by: Sean Matthews BEng, MSc, CEng, MIMechE, Market Sector Manager for Renewables, Halcrow Ltd

Onshore and offshore wind power is set to grow rapidly and make up the majority of the 2020 renewable energy target. Biomass and marine power will become increasingly significant. This talk will give an overview of the renewable power sector up to and beyond 2020 in light of the awaited government’s Renewable Energy Strategy. The deployment, state of technology and likely future growth of major contributing technologies will be presented as will a vision of the overall future energy mix along with necessary actions to make it a reality.

Refreshments at 6:30pm, talk starts at 7pm.

This talk is free of charge and the public are welcome to attend. Please register at the Institute of Energy and Technology web site.

The venue is Swindon College, North Star.