Newsletters

  What's in the newsletters:

Summer 04:

CHAIN meeting, what are PCBs and Dioxins;  Advice on running a plastics recycling business;  Dealing with potato blight;  Organic Food for All;  Green electricity tariffs;  Our Carbon Calculator;  Site wind turbines by the sea;  New Mersey Crossing;  bike-events.com for cycling holidays;  Sustrans' advice on road engineering.

Autumn 04:

Empty Roads (and poem);  CCC cycle training;  Sailing on tall ships;  Dunweedin recycled rubber mulch; Kit for outdoor work and education;  Heritage apples and pears sought;  VREN AGM notes;  Environmentalism as a culture;  Train to install PV;  Contacts for farmers considering wind farms

  Winter 2004/5

A Franciscan Blessing; A Letter from South Africa (from 'The Rough Guide to a Better World'); Miscanthus; Transportable biodiesel refinery; CIS Tower PV; Energy by osmosis in estuaries; Domestic Tradable Quotas; Hydropower - known resource in local waters and formulae for other streams; Domestic Wind Turbines; DEFRA renewables guidelines, PPS22; North West Organic Centre website listing organic outlets; Netregs - environmental legislation for businesses; Eco-Congregation resources; Planet Earth - free mag from NERC; BTCV resources; advice on BMX tracks; leaflet distribution via VRBC; Energy awareness for schoolchildren officer; National Express offers; Traveline and continental travel advice; data on Riversdale Bridge traffic; Second Mersey crossing at Runcorn; No to M6 widening; Cycling - how many watts do you do?; Local Mock Wood (recycled plastic); Banned timber treatment; Tetrapak recycling

Spring 2005

Will we get wind? And assessment of the pros and cons of wind power; Advice on Getting Grants; Parish Council contacts; Peace Tax Seven; Wildlife Trusts’ campaigns – marine habitats and invasive water creatures (mainly plants); Aliens via Tree Ferns; Harlequin Ladybirds; Schools – BBC Teachers’ Channel; School Meals; Globe Programme resources; Environment Speakers; Green Energy Machine; Lifestyles – shoddy buildings; How Long to Recharge Batteries; PixelFountain sustainable planning workshop; Babygroe baby products; Rail Promotions; Stone Mastic Asphalt controversy; Traveline website – is at www.traveline.org.uk (note ‘org’); for local journeys, the link is now http://journeyplanner.cheshire.gov.uk/ > Plan a Journey; Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership; Vale Royal Locks Repair; Gov’t Publications – sustainable development strategy, soil action plan; Job Websites; Resources from Centre for Alternative Technology and Low Impact Living Initiative; Satellite Images of the UK; Vertical composting Units in Manchester; Econexus GM reports; Secure Computer Recycling; Recycled Bricks; Little Budworth Pool water level; Corporation Meadows Save Money; Heating Oil from Chip Fat.