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Written by John Franklyn

Sunday, 24 February 2008

Our third public meeting is arranged with Mark Pritchard MP for the Wrekin and a range of speakers on Friday 29 February 2008, 6.45 - 9.00pm, at Wellington Methodist Church (by the bus station), New Street, Wellington, Telford TF1 1LU.

The speakers include Rev. Peter Clarke (Methodist Church), Jane Smith (Clerk, Stirchley & Brookside Parish Council), Sam Pickles (Environmental Management Officer, Telford & Wrekin Council), and Mark Pritchard MP for The Wrekin.

We are also showing an excellent short film produced by Greenpeace - Decentralised energy: What are we waiting for? For those keen to see the featured film it is available on the internet at:http://www...e/decentralised-energy-w as well as a new initiative EfficienCity, which shows how pioneering, real world communities around the UK are using decentralised energy http://www.../efficiencity/index.html

The intention of the event is to provide an opportunity for local people to contribute to the Borough Council’s consultation process on its draft first climate change strategy for the community of Telford & Wrekin. This is now open to consultation to the end of March. Further information is available at http://www...ord.gov.uk/climatechange

The chair for the event is Reverend Malcolm Carroll, Baptist minister, who is very knowledgeable about climate change issues.

The intention is to start as soon after 6.45pm as practicable.

Hoping that you will be happy to promote this event on your website and you are of course very welcome to attend.

Draft programme for 29 February 2008

Introduction Rev. Malcolm Carroll

Telford FOERobert Saunders: how did we get here – setting event in context and local perspective

WellingtonMethodistChurch: Rev. Peter Clarke, church minister: church response to climate change, church ‘green team’, etc.

Parish council speaker: Jane Smith, Clerk to Stirchley and Brookside Parish Council: the developing response to climate change within a local parish council

Greenpeace film The Convenient Solution (18 min.)

Telford & Wrekin Council speaker: Sam Pickles, Environmental Management Officer: proposed climate change strategy, setting within work of the Council, how to respond to the consultation strategy, activity beyond the review of the consultation responses to draft strategy

Mark Pritchard MP

Discussion session with the speakers

END - Break for informal discussion

Flyer at the following link

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ajcobbler - Fiends of the earth

|SAdministrator |2008-03-23 13:38:13

They are at it again. This time including Stirchley parish clerk talking about climate change and the parish perspective. You cannot make it up. This from the clerk of a parish where the councillors have not the energy to walk around the estate to observe the rubbish in the headgerows. Perhaps it's too cold for them.

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