We're a fast-growing and effective network of local people, businesses and organisations working together to transform Winchester into a low carbon district. We have a positive vision for the future - low energy bills, healthy lifestyles, strong communities – with a target to reduce CO2 emissions by one-third by 2015. Together we will achieve this: become a WinACC member today to play your part.
24 hours to save Winchester!
Friday, 19 March 2010 - 12:00pm - Saturday, 20 March 2010 - 12:00pm
Winchester School of Art, Park Avenue, Wincheste
Conceived by the Solent Centre for Architecture + Design, 24 Hours to Save ….. Winchester is a 24 hour long design event to help generate ideas to make Winchester a sustainable city for the future. Hosted by Winchester School of Art, the event will bring together multi-disciplinary teams of architects, engineers, planners, artists and design students who will explore and analyse ideas and data to put together their design for a sustainable city by the year 2020.
The event will start at midday on 19 March when teams will have 24 hours to come up with a plan for the future city. Teams will be invited to attend a series of relevant talks, then, working through the night, sustained with fairtrade coffee and energy foods, they will present their ideas to an audience comprising other teams, local dignitaries and decision makers and public at midday on Saturday 20 March.
Part competition, part workshop, part action debate and part exhibition, 24 Hours to Save ….. Winchester aims to bring fresh thinking and challenging ideas into the public debate about how we will need to live in the city of the future if we are to attempt to redress the current pressure we place on ‘spaceship earth’.
HOW CAN YOU JOIN IN?
Members of the public are welcome to attend the talks on the afternoon of 19 March and the presentation of ideas at noon on 20 March. If you would like to attend a talk, please pre-book your place using the details below.
TALKS
4.15 pm Designing the sustainable city
5.00 pm Transport in the city
6.15 pm Balancing heritage and the needs of the sustainable city
7.00 pm Energy in the sustainable city
To book a place, please email : val@solentcentre.org.uk giving your full name or ring 023 8028 3053.
Posted Fri, 2010-03-12 21:26
Global warming: threat or opportunity? Weekend residential course
Friday, 9 April 2010 - 6:30pm - Sunday, 11 April 2010 - 3:30pm
Earnley Concourse, near Chichester, West Sussex
This topical and stimulating course will feature expert speakers from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton and from Winchester Action on Climate Change (WinACC). Topics covered will include past climate change, the Earth’s climate today and in the future, the likely effects of global warming, energy sources, global mitigation and adaptation policies and, finally, how individuals, countries and the international community can and should respond to the challenges ahead.
Posted Thu, 2010-03-11 17:41
Rob Veck stars on Act on CO2 Facebook
Rob Veck of the Colden Common Greening Campaign explains what promped him to give up a well-paid career at IBM to concentrate on climate change at http://www.facebook.com/notes/act-on-co2/greening-colden-common-and-rob-vecks-three-levels-of-carbon-reduction/377572867462
Posted Tue, 2010-03-09 10:07
Winchester leads the way towards a low carbon society
Major organisations in the Winchester District have pledged to reduce their carbon footprints in a pioneering local declaration on climate change.
Winchester District Strategic Partnership (WDSP) has been working with Winchester Action on Climate Change (WinACC) on 20:12, the campaign to cut the carbon footprint of Winchester by 20% by the end of 2012.
The first wave of organisations to sign up include the University of Winchester, Winchester Area Community Action, Winchester City Council and Winchester College. Winchester and Eastleigh HealthCare Trust is already working to a NHS scheme for carbon footprint reduction, but as a local public service organisation it has the same goals as the Winchester Declaration and has also signed. Since the launch, DC Leisure has also signed up. DC Leisure is the Council's partner which runs the River Park Leisure Centre.
The first wave of organisations to sign up include the University of Winchester, Winchester Area Community Action, Winchester City Council and Winchester College. Winchester and Eastleigh HealthCare Trust is already working to a NHS scheme for carbon footprint reduction, but as a local public service organisation it has the same goals as the Winchester Declaration and has also signed. Since the launch, DC Leisure has also signed up. DC Leisure is the Council's partner which runs the River Park Leisure Centre.
The Winchester Declaration on Climate Change gives organisations of all types, including businesses, charities and the public sector, the opportunity to pledge to reduce their carbon emissions by 20% between 2009 and 2012. For more information about climate change, how you can make changes, or to pledge to reduce your emissions, click HERE.
Posted Fri, 2010-03-05 14:54
Low carbon champions - the course for you?
WinACC’s third low carbon champion programme is now taking place on the evenings of 4, 11, 18 and 25 March. The programme is now full.
Insulate your roof and save your snow from melting
The snowy weather is good for spotting who's insulated the roof - see the contrast between neigbouring roofs in our pictures of Winchester on 6 January. If you still haven't got round to topping up your roof insulation, the Energy Saving Trust explains what to do and how to get a grant.
In case you're wondering: insulating the roof means that the heat stays indoors, instead of leaking out and melting the snow.
Posted Sun, 2010-02-28 13:20
Faith communities and climate change: sign up for a Carbon Conversation
Winchester Action on Climate Change (WinACC) is launching a new programme to help faith communities in Winchester tackle carbon emission and take up the climate challenge. The first course of Carbon Conversations started on 22nd February, running every Monday for 2 hours for six weeks. New courses starting throughout the spring - email faith@winacc.org.uk for details.
Government support for electric vehicles
A new £5000 Plug-in Car Grant will be distributed directly to the consumer at the point of purchase and will be available across the UK from January 2011. To support this, the Government will roll out a £30m trial network of electric vehicle charging points, called Plugged in Places.
Posted Thu, 2010-02-25 23:18
1700 UK scientists say climate change is real
Posted Wed, 2010-02-24 14:21
If you've been disturbed by recent media attacks on the science of climate change, read on...
Government pays you for renewable energy
Households and communities who install generating technologies such as small wind turbines and solar panels will from April be entitled to claim payments for the low carbon electricity they produce. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband announced the feed-in tariff (FITs) levels on 1 February 2010.
The tariff, which is available from April 2010, will be administered by Ofgem and energy suppliers will be responsible for paying the reward to their customers.
Posted Wed, 2010-02-24 11:25
