Climate change speaker meetings

COMING EVENTS IN COIN OXFORD CLIMATE CHANGE SPEAKER SERIES

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd

SLEEPWALKING INTO DISASTER: ARE WE IN A STATE OF DENIAL ABOUT CLIMATE
CHANGE?

George Monbiot, an award winning author and broadcaster, writes
regularly on climate change for his weekly column in The Guardian. He is
a highly acclaimed and inspirational public speaker.

George Marshall is Co-Executive Director of the Climate Outreach
Information Network. He is currently preparing a book on denial and
climate change

7-9pm. Doors open 6.30. The Holywell Music Rooms, Holywell St., Oxford.
Price £2/ £1 entry on the door

When most people accept the dangers of climate change why do they keep
flying for their holidays and buying ever larger cars? Why is it so hard
for us to face up to the realities of the threats? Will new fuels and
technologies really save us, or are they just a fantasy and further
evidence of our denial?

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OTHER COMING SPEAKER EVENTS

THURSDAY OCTOBER 27th
HOMES FOR THE GREENHOUSE.

7-9pm The Vaults- see Venues for details. Price £2 / £1 concessions on
the door

To meet government climate change targets houses will need to use 60%
less energy by 2050. How does government policy need to change to
achieve this target and what role will individual householders play?
Come to the talk and learn about the practical steps you can take
straight away.

Gavin Killip from the University of Oxford Environmental Change
Institute presents the research of the 40% House Project on the
combination of rebuilding and new technologies that will transform
Britain's homes.
Local pioneers will present the practical steps they took to achieve
this target in their own houses.
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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 24th
"WILL THE POLITICIANS EVER SAVE US FROM CLIMATE CHANGE?"

Town Hall- see Venues for details. 7pm-9pm. Doors open 6.30. Free entry.

Two exceptional speakers who have struggled to make the political
process work share their perspectives on the importance and the
impotence of politicians.

Charles Secrett is the former Executive Director of Friends of the Earth
and is the director of Active Citizens Transform.
Caroline Lucas is the Green Party MEP representing the South-East of
England. She is one of the most powerful speakers on the environment.

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THURSDAY 15th DECEMBER
I'M DREAMING OF A GREY CHRISTMAS

Town Hall- see Venues for details. 7pm-9pm. Doors open 6.30. Free entry.

Will climate change bring us a future without snowmen, Jack Frost and
icicles...or does it have some even nastier surprises for us? Two
leading experts present the long range weather forecast the UK and
around the world

Helen Young is the lead presenter at the BBC Weather Centre and appears
regularly on television, radio and web presenting forecasts and
discussing climate issues.
Dr Stephan Harrison is a Geographer in the University of Oxford
specialising in glacier melt and climate change.

The Climate Outreach and Information Network
16B Cherwell St. Oxford, OX4 4BL, UK.
Telephone 01865 727 911
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