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'You see, we should make use of the forces of nature and should obtain all our power in this way. Sunshine is a form of energy, wind and sea currents are manifestations of this energy. Do we make use of them? Oh no! We burn forests and coal, like tenants burning down our front door for heating. We live like wild settlers and not as though these resources belong to us'. Thomas A Edison 1916.
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WHAT YOU CAN DO
To find out how much carbon dioxide you create and to get a simple, personalised action plan to reduce your carbon footprint please click on this link actonco2.direct.gov.uk
The Quaker Green Action (QGA) Carbon Calculator'
The great strength of Quaker Green Action's calculator lies in providing estimates for food, waste, and discretionary spending as well as energy, giving an overall picture in relation to per capita emissions. You can easily combine these estimates with actual figures for transport and domestic energy use'. To download the 2 page pdf file which can be printed out to fill in, please click HERE
Ethical Consumer.org - Carbon Calculators Reviewed
Carbon calculators are essential tools for the growing movement of voluntary carbon reduction. This website page is full of useful information and guidance for a better understanding of how to calculate your carbon footprint. To read more, please click HERE
The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan : National Strategy for Climate and Energy and : Transition to a Low Carbon Society. To visit this Department of Energy and Climate Change web site page and download either of these 2 pdf files, please click HERE
The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan : Analytical Annex
To visit the DECC web site and download this pdf file, please click HERE
United Nations Environmental Programme - Priority Products and Materials Report 2010
Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production - on the Environmental Impacts of Products and Materials to the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management.
The purpose of this report, the latest from the Resource Panel, is to assess the best-available science from a global perspective to identify priorities among industry sectors, consumption categories and materials. For the first time, this assessment was done at the global level, identifying priorities for developed and developing countries. It supports international, national and sectoral efforts on sustainable consumption and production by highlighting where attention is really needed.
'We now know that food, mobility and housing must - as a priority - be made more sustainable if we are serious about tackling biodiversity loss and climate change. In most countries, household consumption, over the life cycle of the products and services, accounts for more than 60% of all impacts of consumption. We know from previous research that a doubling of wealth leads to 80% higher CO2 emissions, so population predictions for 2050 make this even more urgent.'......................................................
This is a comprehensive and valuable Report, explained with the aid of photographs, charts and diagrams. To download and read the 112 page pdf File, please click HERE
The UK Renewable Energy Strategy 2009
The UK Renewable Energy Strategy 2009 Executive Summary
Both these pdf files can be downloaded from this DECC web site page, please click HERE
The Royal Academy of Engineering - Generating the Future - UK energy systems fit for 2050
The Climate Change Act, that became law on 26 November 2008, has committed the UK to at least 80% reductions of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. While there is a wealth of reports and studies on future energy systems and technologies, there is no clear and realistic overall picture of how these targets might be achieved and what such an energy system might look like.This report, produced by a working group of Fellows of The Royal Academy
of Engineering, considers possible energy scenarios that could meet the 2050
emissions reduction target. Four scenarios are explored. They describe the whole energy system in broad brush strokes and are illustrative rather thanprescriptive, identifying the principal components of the system and contributing towards a better systems level understanding of the most salient issues.
To download and read the Full Report, please click HERE
Zero Carbon Britain - An Alternative Energy Strategy'
The authors of Zero Carbon Britain present a time-scale for action that begins now. I commend their imagination (coupled with realism), their integrated view and their sense of urgency, as an inspiration to all who are grappling with the challenge that climate change is bringing to our world'. Sir John Houghton. 2007. Former Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Former Director of the UK Meteorological Office. To visit the Zero Carbon Britain web site home page and download the Full Report, please click HERE
Zero Carbon Britain 2030 - A New Energy Strategy - The Second Report - 2010
zerocarbonbritain2030 provides political and economic solutions to the urgent challenges raised by the climate science, outlining how we can transform the UK into an efficient, clean, prosperous zero-carbon society."The great transition to a zero-carbon Britain is not only the most pressing challenge of our time, it is also entirely possible. The solutions needed to create a low-carbon and high-wellbeing future for all exist, what has been missing to date, is the political will to implement them.”Dr Victoria Johnson, New Economics Foundation.
Covering energy, transport, land use, the built environment and industry, each chapter of the report has been written by bringing together the UK’s leading thinkers in their field including policy makers, scientists, academics, industry and NGOs.To download the Full Report, please click HERE
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change
Annual Energy Statement July 2010
To download this 28 page pdf File : Departmental Memorandum, please click HERE
The New Politics of Climate Change - This pamphlet by Green Alliance director, Stephen Hale, outlines a new approach to persuading politicians to act on climate change. To visit the green Alliance web site and download this pdf file, please click HERE
Worcestershire County Council - Scrutiny Report - Tackling Climate Change
April 2009 . This 80 page downloadable pdf file outlines in detail the policies and initatives WCC have in mind to take Worcestershire through the changes ahead.
To see the report please click HERE
Worcestershire Partnership - Climate Change Strategy - 2005 to 2011
2009 Review
This is a comprehensive 59 page document that can be downloaded as a pdf file, which outlines the strategy and current progress in tackling the effects of Climate Change here in Worcestershire. To see the report please click HERE
Worcestershire County Council's Sustainability Policy and 2006/7 Action Plan
This 35 page document can be downloaded as a pdf file. To see the report please click HERE
Worcestershire County Council - Climate Change Scrutiny Task group -
Notes on their visit to Trent Bridge House Nottingham January 2009
Purpose of the visit - The Scrutiny Task Group wished to find out about best practice demonstrated in Nottinghamshire. This is a seven page downloadable pdf file. To see the report please click HERE
Worcestershire County Council - Renewable Energy Study - December 2008
To download this 106 page pdf File, please click HERE
Get Serious about CO2.com
CREATE JOBS, SAVE CASH, CUT CARBON - A guide for local government
This quick-read pamphlet is for local government members and officers. It outlines key policy areas where you could deliver tangible benefits for your community by acting now to tackle climate change. It is based on independent research, expert advice and Friends of the Earth's longstanding work with local authorities. To download the full report, please click HERE
Sustainability in Austerity : How Local Government Can Deliver During Times of Crisis
A book by Philip Monaghan. This should be of great value for anyone with responsibilities in our local community. To read a short synopsis of this book, please download the pdf file HERE
The Hockerton Housing project in Nottinghamshire - is the UK's first earth sheltered, self sufficient ecological housing development. The houses are amongst the most energy efficient, purpose built dwellings in Europe. To visit the web site please click HERE
BBC 2.'The Future of Food' by George Alagiah. 2009. If you would like to read some personal notes (in an attempt to cover the main points) that have been taken down from the three episodes of this excellent programme, then please click HERE