Ecojam Bristol: Discussions
Latest BrSN Discussions
Latest discussions
Office space available for charities/ethical businesses!
Ethical Property have offices available to
rent now on Colston Street, BS1 & Brunswick Square, BS2. The Colston
Street Centre plays ho ...
Tell us what you think of Ecojam
Bristol’s Ecojam.org has just celebrated its first year since its official launch. We made Ecojam.org for you so we would like to hear how you t ...
Biofuel plant planning application
Biofuel plant application Development Control Meeting webcast watch live now! or in archive at the end of the week www.bristol.gov.u ...
Pizza Oven Workshop - Can you hold one?
Hi all,
I'm currently for schools as a support worker and looking for some one who can come and hold a work shop in making a pizza oven. ...
Leader of the council talks about transport & carbon reduction
Have a look at the videos here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfWaUBoRaHU
Also get involved in the debate about ideas for a new layout for ...
Re: New to Bristol?
WOW Bonnie, you have got off to a flying start heh! Thanks for your response. I will give you a ring in a few days. Best Emily
Re: Resource based economies: brave new thinking or Brave New World?
Dammit! Ok, so the embed thing didn't work like I'd hoped, but the link is good. Watch it.
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Resource based economies: brave new thinking or Brave New World?
A resource based economy advocates a departure from our profit-driven, monetary economy (no more money) to one where Earth's resources are share ...
Re: New to Bristol?
Hey Emily...I'm new to Bristol. Perhaps too new?? I've only been here since 1st December - my boyfriend and I moved down from London because I g ...
Can micro & community scale anaerobic digestion ever be economically viable?
Anaerobic Digestion (AD)
is a hot topic in the UK at the moment, driven by the rising cost
landfill & energy, but also by increasingly tight ...
Re: New model for a city
Great to see video content on the ecojam site. More please. Content wise with this one, I'll need to think on it some more - economics perceived a ...
New model for a city
Talk by Paul Romer
New to Bristol?
I'm looking for a story of someone who has come to Bristol recently, within the last two years, with an interest in sustainability, environmental ...
Re: Carbon Trading and Converging World
I'm afraid you haven't convinced me, largely because CW is based on the assumption of economic growth. You see this as inevitable and even ...
BBC: The arguments made by climate change sceptics
"Some commentators are unconvinced that rising greenhouse gas
emissions are the cause of modern-day warming. Either they say the
world is not ac ...
Ecojam Bristol: Bristol's Green News
Bristol's Green News
Bristol's Green News
Turn Me On: Join the Refill Movement.
Bristol based charity, Frank Water, has this week launched a competition as part of its campaign to encourage us to refill and reuse, rather than ...
The West of England Carbon Challenge Business Leaders Breakfast.
Reaching out to local businesses, The West of England Carbon Challenge holds an introductory breakfast for prospective joiners. Kesty Morrison see ...
Reclaim the Night
Last Friday evening Bristol city centre echoed to the sound of the samba beat as a group of drummers led the way for the ‘Reclaim the Night’ marc ...
Soil Association launches new Holiday Organic web directory
The Soil Association’s new Holiday Organic web directory is the perfect place to track down a fantastic rural hideaway this summer.
Browse your w ...
Local Solutions for Global Problems
The global economy is straining under the weight of debt incurred by nations who took short term decisions for quick profits, and encouraged the i ...
Bristol Airport expansion decision - crunch time - 3 March
Bristol International Airport (BIA) has lodged a planning application for a massive development with North Somerset Council. They are proposing to ...
Wear Fair? How to be Fashion-conscience
Everyone has their own eco-downfall, be it flying, power- showers or South African grapes. For Emmelie Brownlee it is fashion. Full of excitement, ...
Bath Celebrates Two Years as Transition Town
Bath is now one of 275 communities in the UK and abroad to be officially designated a Transition Town and this February it celebrated its two year ...
Avonmouth Power Plant Scheme rejected.
Bristol Councillors made a landmark decision last Wednesday when they rejected WB4 Bristol’s planning application to build a palm oil power plant ...
Engaging the Powers
Acclaim for Alistair McIntosh’s book on Climate Change ‘Hell And High Water’: “inspirational” says the Archbishop of Canterbury, "truly mental" sa ...
Understanding Your Carbon Footprint
There has been lots of talk about climate change and the need to reduce carbon emissions, but how many of us actually know what our own carbon foo ...
Local community gardens take inspiration from Cuba
Oil dominates our lives in a huge way and with resources dwindling rapidly across the globe drastic changes will have to be made to our lifestyles ...
Romance in the Air
Did you know house sparrows mate with the same partner for life? And, suitably for Valentine’s Day, it’s at this time of year they begin their hu ...
‘A Renewable World’ goes online
Our spaceship earth is about to crash unless we finally learn that our resources are finite and develop a renewable world. This is the message we ...
The Happy City Initiative.
Good news: happiness is coming to your city. Happiness is a great big door anyone can walk through’, says Mike Zeidler of The Happy City Initiative.
Ecojam Bristol: Events
Events
Green and ethical events
DIY for beginners
This course de-mystifies many practical skills, explains environmentally-friendly ways to carry out many common DIY tasks, and also covers supplie ...
Facilitation Training (London)
Working effectively with local communities is an essential part of getting things done in any neighbourhood. It is also important for the developm ...
Fuelling the Growth of Bioenergy
This free conference is targeted at anyone interested in or working in the bioenergy/renewable energy sector
The aim of this conference is to prov ...
INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY CARBON FOOTPRINTING
Find out what community carbon footprinting is, and how to carry one out, using case studies and including data gathering and methodologies for ca ...
Win Some, Loose Some – The Impact of Severn Tidal Energy
A Seminar by high profile speakers on the effect on the Environment, local jobs and lives by the shortlisted schemes to harness the energy of the ...
THE MEANING OF WATER
Join the Royal Anthropological Institute on the River Thames for an exciting event that explores economic, political and cultural issues that cent ...
Green, Open and Social ICT
Bristol is an unorthodox city. This is certainly true when it comes to ICT. The city is home to businesses, public bodies and community groups who ...
The Landfill Communities Fund
This event (previously The Landfill Tax Credit Scheme) examines how local community environmental projects are benefiting from this £65 million fu ...
PR AND THE MEDIA - Susan Pearson
A FREE Learning Lunch on PR AND THE MEDIA with Susan Pearson
CRUDE Screening
A powerful documentary on Chevron's destruction of the Amazon in their quest for oil. It's been billed as:
"A forceful, often infuriating story ...
Film Night with Biggerhouse!
Ten short films bring the Pierian Centre to life on Sunday 28th March. They are the work of Bristol- and Somerset-based Biggerhouse and their fri ...
HOW TO ENGAGE WITH THE MEDIA
A stimulating, interactive one-day programme that will introduce the media and the basic concepts of news and PR, explain the huge benefits of pos ...
HOW TO ENGAGE A LIVE AUDIENCE
A practical one-day introduction to making presentations to live audiences of different sizes.
Lovesickness in renaissance literature and culture
Dr Lesel Dawson from the Department of English at the University of Bristol will give a talk on Lovesickness.
HOW TO ENGAGE WITH THE MEDIA IN A CRISIS
A practical one-day introduction to representing your organisation in the media in the event of a disaster, emergency or other bad news.
EU project funded by: 