South Wiltshire Agenda 21

SCRAP is a new organisation affiliated to South Wiltshire Agenda 21 dedicated to ridding Salisbury of unwanted plastic bags and packaging. This is being done in a number of other towns and cities across the country.

A meeting has been arranged to discuss the strategy and aims for the group:

St Francis’ Church Hall
Thursday 18 September, from 7 to 8 pm

Download SCRAP flyer

SCRAP (Salisbury City Residents Action on Packaging) is a group of City residents who wish to get rid of unsustainable packaging in Salisbury. Its first objective is to eliminate the use of single-use plastic bags in the City, and an initial action is to supply each household in the City with a shopping bag made from sustainable materials. Although SCRAP has been established with the active involvement of two ward Councillors, it is a non-political group, and it already has support from all local political parties, Local Agenda 21 and the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. We wish to broaden our support to include local businesses and other interested parties.
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A seminar to discuss the Economics and Politics of Climate Change will be held at:

The Board of Education Centre, Devizes Road, Salisbury, SP2 9LY on 26 September 2008.

The seminar will be given by: Eliot Whittington (Climate Change Adviser with Christian Aid)

The Salisbury Diocese Environment Group will host a day-long seminar to help understand the Economic and Political Implications of Climate Change within a theological context. Download more information and booking form

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The latest edition of Salisbury Campaign for Better Transport can be downloaded below.

Features include:

TransWilts cross-Wiltshire Rail Service (Salisbury to Swindon)
Local Development Framework and transport impacts
Westbury Bypass
Stonehenge/A303 saga

Salisbury CfBT Newsletter June 08

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Message from Wiltshire Community Wind Energy about their next meeting:

The next meeting of the Wiltshire Community Wind Energy Group will be on:

Date: Thursday 17 July, 7-9pm
Place: United Reformed Church, Fisherton Street, Salisbury.

Further details at:

http://www.wiltshirewind.org.uk/news.htm

This will be an important meeting as we aim to build on the one held in May. If you would like details of the May meeting please look at the news section of the website where there are some brief notes and the ‘powerpoint’ presentation.

Please come along and bring a friend!

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Saturday 14 to Sunday 22 June

Information about events taking place in Salisbury during Bike Week are available below:

http://www.salisbury.gov.uk/transport/sustainable-transport/cycling/bike-week.htm

Please join us on as many events as you can.

COGS

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There will be a FREE showing of the film ‘A Crude Awakening - the Oil Crash’: We’re running out and we don’t have a plan.

Date: Wednesday 11 June 2008
Venue: Hinton Hall, Tisbury at 7.30pm

Admission FREE but donations towards costs welcome.

Travel
Trains from Salisbury to Tisbury run every half hour at this time with a journey time of only 15 minutes.

Salisbury: 18.53 arrive Tisbury 19.06
Salisbury: 19.23 arrive Tisbury 19.36

Tisbury: 21.52 arrive Salisbury 22.08
Tisbury: 22.59 arrive Salisbury 23.13

A sketch map of Tisbury showing Hinton Hall off Church Road.

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Come along to the Green Food event of Salisbury Festival. This is a discussion to explore the current issues about ethical, organic, whole and healthy food and how to address them. A The Chair of South Wiltshire Agenda 21 will be on the Panel.

Date: Wednesday 28 May 2008, 6.00pm
Venue: Salisbury Playhouse 6.00pm.
Cost: £8.00

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The postponed Forum meeting on Transition Towns will be taking place on 15 May:

Details 
Thursday 15th May at 6.30pm
City Hall, Salisbury
Topic: Transition Towns - Addressing Climate Change and Peak Oil
Speaker: Ben Brangwyn

For more information about the Transition Towns network and to find out which towns in the UK are involved go to, visit http://www.transitiontowns.org/

To find out more about the talk and to forward information to friends and colleagues, download the following:
Transition Towns poster
Transition Towns flyer

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Wiltshire Community Wind Energy is a voluntary group who believe that appropriately sited wind turbines are part of a solution to climate change. 

Their first meeting will be on: Tuesday 27 May 2008 at 7pm
Bridge House, Stallard Street, Trowbridge BA14 9AE

Download Wiltshire Community Wind Energy

Contact info@wiltshirewind.org.uk

Other information at http://www.wiltshirewind.org.uk

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The next SWA21 Forum meeting on 10 April has been cancelled and will be postponed to: 

Thursday 15th May at 6.30pm
City Hall, Salisbury
Topic: Transition Towns - Addressing Climate Change and Peak Oil
Speaker: Ben Brangwyn

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