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Lingfield & Dormansland Community Centre High Street Lingfield Telephone: 01342 833893; fax. 01342 836774 e-mail: lingfieldcentre@tiscali.co.uk Lingfield Eco-Awareness Day |
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Lingfield Eco Awareness Day Exhibition and Conference In association with  Lingfield Parish Council and Lingfield & Dormansland Community Centre at the Lingfield & Dormansland Community Centre, Lingfield Day Centre & Victoria Club To be opened by Peter Ainsworth MP in the Community Centre car park on 9th June at 10.30am admission is free and refreshments will be available
The aim of Lingfield Eco Awareness Day is to give local people practical help, advice and information as well as show casing some of the best products around. Supporting the exhibition will be a series of talks further illustrating how local people can make a difference. Lingfield is a vibrant community, with an amazingly active Community Centre. It recently won Surrey Village of the Year and is a Fairtrade certified area. ‘Lingfield Eco Awareness Day’ is intended to increase people’s awareness of how they can help reduce their carbon footprint. ‘Reduce, recycle and reuse’. Lingfield is prime commuter-belt country and has a discerning population where the strength of the green pound is high.
Peter Ainsworth our MP for East Surrey who lives in the village, will be opening the event in conjunction with the Parish Council. Peter is the conservative Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and has given valuable support to the steering group. Local Schools have been invited and there will be exhibits to excite, inform and involve youngsters. Many well know organisations and businesses will be exhibiting.
Lingfield Eco Awareness Day is sponsored by
Lingfield Eco Awareness Day is based around five popular areas of planet friendly living
Get energy friendly. See solar panels in action. Discover rain water harvesting. Wind Turbines explained. Find expert advice on energy from the professionals.
How do you eco-build or extend – meet experienced architects. Get great advice on sustainable design and building. See what’s going on locally.
Find out about the Brompton bike and its tax breaks, the ultimate in eco-commuting. What is happening in the car industry? What are hybrid cars, how do you convert your car to run on Bio-fuel. Come and see them.
Calculate your carbon footprint. Find out how you can save electricity. Join up to green utility providers.
Discover products that can help you recycle. Look at chemicals versus natural products to clean your house. Composting – what’s in it for you? Decorate your home in style with earth friendly and recycled products. Get advice and products for earth friendly mulches. Why eco light-bulbs? – find out. Geo thermal for your home – what is it and how does it work?
In the Lingfield Day Centre chaired by Brian Perkins
Benedict Southworth - World Development Movement 11am – 11.25am International Climate Justice Benedict is a Director of World Development Movement, which is a lobbying movement to eliminate the route causes of poverty, and the impact of climate change being exported to the third world.
Trewin Restorick – Global Action Plan 11.30am – 11.55am
David Jonas – Friends of the Earth 12pm – 12.25pm Peak Oil – What is it? And how should communities respond We have used up half of the world’s oil reserves during the last 100 years, and we will use up the second half a lot faster than the first. This will affect every aspect of our lives, especially food security. Several communities in the UK are preparing for the transition already.
Nick Pople – Practical Ways to Sustainable Homes 12.30pm – 12.55pm Many of our 25 million homes are improved, extended or rebuilt each year. Architect and South Bank Lecturer, Nic Pople, talks on easy ways that we can reduce our environmental impact.
HSBC – Paul Sheldrake- Public Relations Manager 1pm – 1.25pm The HSBC Climate Partnership HSBC, The World's Local Bank, find out what they are doing to support the reduction of the planets carbon footprint by inspiring individuals, businesses and Governments worldwide to take action.
Low Carbon Network – Mischa Hewitt 1.30pm – 1.55pm Earthships Buildings made of used tyres? Not connected to the main utilities and cheap to run! There is one in Brighton! Find out about low carbon living.
Patrick Vickerman – Crawley Climate Officer 2pm – 2.25pm
Marc Ter Kuile – An Inconvenient Truth 2.30pm – 2.55pm As a Business man, Marc wanted to understand more about how he could reduce his carbon footprint, and went to meet Al Gore as one of only 4 European attendees to the Inconvenient Truth seminars.
Mark Truswell – CEO Semplice Energy 3pm – 3.25pm
John Robbins – Making Your Home Sustainable 3.30pm – 4pm John has installed a Reed Bed, biomass heating,
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