To paraphrase the great Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Climate Change is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. It's so big that new evidence suggests many of us don't even talk about it any more (http://www.climateconviction.org). Which may be something of a barrier … Read more
Carbon Co-op took part in the very successful, Powering Up North conference in February 2015. Jonathan Atkinson spoke from the platform in a key note address on the challenges and opportunities of community-led deployment of whole house retrofit. Afterwards, Jonathan and Matt Fawcett provided an introduction to community smart grids and the use of open … Read more
Jane Massam, new member from Marple reports on attending the first Community Energy Conference, held on Saturday 19th October 2013. The event was organised by Co-operative Energy and focussed on small community energy schemes. The event was held at the National Geographical Society in London. As you know from your emails, Jonathan got two free … Read more
Many thanks to everyone who made it down to the Carbon Co-op 2013 AGM which took place on Monday 18th March at MadLab in central Manchester. The event was well attended with around half the membership present along with several non-members and interested parties. Chaired by Phil Korbel, the evening saw an overview of the … Read more