Is it strong to be calling this an emergency? The question was raised by the Town Council. We discussed this at the BRACE meeting this week and the answer we came back with is yes.. emergency is absolutely the right term as immediate action is called for. Also Climate Emergency has been officially declared by…
repair cafe update
We have had a great response from people willing and able to help with fixing things at our Repair Cafe sessions (Oswestry 7th Sept 12-3pm , Llanfyllin 5th Oct 12-3pm) so now we are looking for other helpers to support our core team (and always happy to have more fixing experts we can call on!):…
Poster & next meeting
Its seems logical to follow on from Llanfyllin show with an open meeting and to invite new members to find out what BRACE is all about. We can also encourage any past attendees to come along as well and build some momentum. News includes the beginnings of a big conversation with RSPB who are going…
Next meeting, Llanfyllin show
We will be sharing a stall with Extinction Rebellion Oswestry & borders at the Llanfyllin show and it is a chance to engage with the community about the cliamte emergency. We are planning all sorts of activities and fun ways to interact with the public to build interest in our work
Professor Chris Rhodes Lecture
This 90 minute lecture is excellent I recommend any of you to watch it, its a worthwhile investment of time. I know Chris, he did the PDC in Reading a few years ago, but more importantly he was the youngest person to reach Professor status in his field of physics. He knows his stuff and…
UN chief warns of ‘grave climate emergency,’ says Paris Agreement goals not enough
Praising New Zealand’s climate leadership U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lauded the Paris climate accord, but said even if its promises are fully met, the world still faces what he described as a catastrophic three-degree temperature rise by the end of the century. Arctic permafrost is melting decades earlier than even worst-case scenarios, he said, threatening to…
Greening the landscape
These pictures below are a little tour of Machynlleth visiting the Gerddi Bro Ddyfi project where a tam of volunteers supported by a core team are gardening the edge of the town and the playing fields for wildlife, diversity and production. There are some great little ideas here and shows the possibilities of what we…
Electric Vehicle workshop
Ruth, Bill and I attended a workshop hosted by Renew Wales and Open Newtown to look at social/community requirements and potential benefits of using 3 funded EV cars across Mid Wales. In addition, there were speakers covering local government plans for a Wales-wide EV charging network and others explaining different Car Club models. Key points: Welsh…
join the National Conversation
The next BRACE meeting is July 4th. it is open to all and free to attend. We are exploring some of the many themes raised by climate change, and have already started more strands of conversation that we can keep up with. It seems to make sense to align our work to what is going…