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Sustainable Homes Fair Saturday 4th July 2-6pm Parish Centre, Clonakilty (opposite Centra) Talks and demonstrations on energy conservation and generation. Market stalls, Face painting Advice on growing your own food Bring your bike to the bike doctor for advice on adjustment, repair or valuation. Free admission! ____________________________________________________________________
Clonergy 2020 Energy Audit The first step in Clonakilty’s journey to a sustainable energy supply is to find out how much energy the town is currently using. In the first half of 2009 we will be carrying out a pilot study of 50 randomly chosen households in Clonakilty town to determine their energy usage. We encourage all Clonakilty town residents and businesses to retain their energy bills (electricity, heating oil, coal, wood pellets, firewood, peat, gas etc.) as these will help us calculate our energy needs. Records for a full 12 months would be the most useful, but whatever you have can add to our information. Once the pilot study is complete we will be surveying more households and hopefully most local businesses. How to access your own 2008 energy consumption via the internet and/or telephone: Topaz/SIP customers phone 023 88 33 251 Ask for number of litres used in 2008 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sustainable Clonakilty Group If you are concerned about how we will all cope with climate change and oil running out, join our local group! Sustainable Clonakilty usually meets on the first Thursday of each month at 8.30 pm, June, July, and September (no meeting in August) and 8 pm, October to May. Our smaller meetings are held in O’Donovan’s Hotel, but for special guest speakers or larger gatherings we meet at the Quality Hotel. We advertise our meetings on our website, in shop windows, the library and Southern Star newspaper as well as directly mailing members who have provided us with an email address.
Our Guiding Principles are: Reduce wasteful use of scarce resources Reduce use of polluting substances Reduce negative impact on nature Meet human needs fairly and efficiently. We have run information evenings on subjects like:
We encourage everyone to have a voice and frequently our meetings break into small groups to facilitate this. We have active subcommittees working on things like:
Occasionally we make very enjoyable site visits to places like:
No need to tell us you are coming – just turn up, we’ll be very happy to see you! Or, if you’d prefer to confirm (if it is summer we may be out on a field trip) contact: Mark Holland, Chairperson Phone: 023 885 39 95 Mob: 086 602 0388 or Alison Wickham, Secretary Phone: 023 883 5241, Email: sustainableclon@gmail.com |
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