@Osbrook

Redundant/retired , 1st Calow Cub Leader, Motorhomer & Twizy owner. Fan of LED lighting and Solar. On-Grid house lit Off-Grid

 Chesterfield, UK
Joined January 2009
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Transition will be at the Repair Cafe, Sat 19th Nov 10am - 1pm to show how to make simple door draught excluder using surplus materials that might go to waste in landfill. This simple way to banish cold draughts, save money bills which all helps towards combating climate change.
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Chesterfield's famous Potato Day is back and taking orders. potatoday.org.uk
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Hike the Windfall Tax on oil and gas profits - not our energy bills - Sign the Petition! chng.it/RyJYnshr via @UKChange

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Hike the Windfall Tax on oil and gas profits - not our energy bills

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No to fracking and UCG on our beautiful coastline - Sign the Petition! chng.it/QPmbBTBP via @UKChange

Sign the Petition

No to fracking and UCG on our beautiful coastline

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#EnergyForAll - Everyone has a right to the energy needed for heating, cooking, and light - Sign the Petition! chng.it/p8zFYqpq via @UKChange

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#EnergyForAll - Everyone has a right to the energy needed for heating, cooking and light

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We may not have open shop event as that's not yet been decided. So get your orders in early.
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Chesterfield's famous Potato Day is back and taking orders. potatoday.org.uk/
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We would like your help sharing the Right to Repair petition far and wide. It would really help drive home the point that people want to be able to fix their things. therestartproject.org/petiti…
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Derbyshire County Council: Maintenance of Chesterfield Skatepark - Sign the Petition! chng.it/yddqpkMf via @UKChange

Sign the Petition

Maintenance of Chesterfield Skatepark

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From RESTART - Free webinar and you're invited! What companies hide: the high carbon impact of making our electronics. Thursday 2 September 2021, at 7pm UK. t.dripemail2.com/c/eyJhbGciO…
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Birmingham City Council: Save The Bees! Ban the use of Pesticides in Birmingham's Public Green spaces - Sign the Petition! chng.it/TzMsnySx via @UKChange

Sign the Petition

Save The Bees! Ban the use of Pesticides in Birmingham's Public spaces.

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Heard about the #RighttoRepair? New UK measures are a start but we need a REAL right to repair. We're NOT done yet! Sign our petition for 💪 rights for community repair groups and DIY-ers ⬇️ lower VAT on repair 📱include mobiles and computers therestartproject.org/petiti…

Petition: Give everyone a real right to repair

The new measures for repair are a good precedent, but not yet the Right to Repair we urgently need in the UK. This petition is for more.

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Chris Brooks retweeted
Simon Evans@DrSimEvans18 May 2021
Renewables replace fossil fuels as the backbone of the global energy system in the IEA net-zero scenario Global energy supply in 2020: 79% fossil fuels 16% renewable 5% nuclear In 2050: 67% renewable 22% fossil, of which 5% unabated 11% nuclear 6/ carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl…
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IEA: Renewables should overtake coal ‘within five years’ to secure 1.5C goal carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl… @CarbonBrief @DrSimEvans

IEA: Renewables should overtake coal ‘within five years’ to secure 1.5C goal - Carbon Brief

The world needs a “radical” shift towards renewable energy to get on track for net-zero emissions by 2050 and the 1.5C climate target, says the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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The next Countdown to COP event from @TransitionChez is on Saturday 22 May. This event features some great guest speakers talking about how to embed carbon literacy at all stages of education. Find out more about the event and reserve your place here: transitionchesterfield.org.u…
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This Government needs to invest in good, green jobs now to tackle the climate crisis and unemployment at the same time. From care workers to engineers to bus drivers, there are millions of green jobs this country needs. @tobyperkinsmp, will you fight for #GreenJobsForAll?
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What @transportgovuk isn't telling us @CommonsTrans theguardian.com/environment/…

Carbon emissions from England's roads plan '100 times greater than government claims'

Exclusive: Experts in court challenge to £27bn programme say official emissions calculations dramatically underestimate figures

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'Right to repair' law to come in this summer. Some details here. bbc.co.uk/news/business-5634…

'Right to repair' law to come in this summer

Manufacturers will be obliged to make spare parts for appliances available to consumers.

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The Right to Repair - please support I just took action with @theactionnet: Become an endorser. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/beco…

Become an endorser

We are a coalition of European organisations pushing for system change around repair. We represent community repair groups, social economy actors, self repair and any citizen who would like to...

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Chesterfields Potato Day 2021 went very well considering we were unable to have a shop this time. the surplus has been moved to Inspire Community Garden where it will be sold off. Please see transitionchesterfield.org.u…
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