South Wiltshire Agenda 21

Local Action on Climate Change – 12.11.09 Public Meeting Salisbury

South Wiltshire Agenda 21’s next public meeting is on Thursday November 12th at 6:30 pm at the City Hall in Salisbury.
Our speaker will be Ariane Crampton, Wiltshire Council’s Climate Change Officer.
This will be a great opportunity to find out about the new Wiltshire Council’s plans for action on Climate Change locally.
All welome!

View the Wiltshire Council Climate Change presentation.

Age of Stupid – further Salisbury showing October 22nd

“I defy anyone coming out not to feel like they’ve got to make a difference ”

Caroline Lucas MEP

The Age of Stupid is back by popular demand. Following a sell-out performance in September there will be a further showing of this blockbuster film about climate change at 7:30pm on Thursday 22nd October at the Studio Theatre Ashley Road Salisbury – cost £5.

To avoid disappointment you can reserve a seat in advance by emailing us (see ‘Contact’ page). Reserved tickets need to be picked up at the theatre by 7:15pm on the night.

Wiltshire Council affirm support for Nottingham Declaration & 10:10 Campaign

There was great concern across Wiltshire when 9 councillors signed up to a motion put to the Wiltshire Council meeting on 15.9.09 requesting that the Council withdraw from the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change (a commitment to tackle the causes and effects of Climate Change).

However there was cause for celebration when the motion was resoundingly defeated – the final recorded vote showed 6 in favour of the motion and 84 voting against (i.e. in support of the Declaration). Not all of those who had signed up to the motion in fact supported it after the debate!

Consultation on the South Wiltshire Core Strategy

Consultation on the South Wiltshire Core Strategy, part of the local Development Plan, started on 10 August and runs through until 30 September.

Consult information on the process and the documentation.

Information is also available at the Public Library, Salisbury or the Planning Office at Wyndham Road.

South Wiltshire Agenda 21 will be submitting a response, any comments for inclusion in the group’s response would be most welcome, bearing in mind that at this stage (leading up to the Examination in Public) comments will only be accepted on the prescribed form and can only be made on the ‘soundness’ of the Core Strategy (i.e. whether it meets legal requirements in terms of process and compliance with policy etc – notes accompanying the representation form give full details).

Help save the 2 degree limit – G8 Summit in Rome

Avaaz.org is encouraging all climate campaigners and anyone who cares about the global effort to retard man-made global worming to make their voice heard in a worldwide petition to be presented to the G8 representatives in Rome this week.

Avaaz says:

The G8, meeting in Rome this week, is weighing a pledge to limit global warming below 2 degrees centigrade, the level at which scientists say a deadly climate chain reaction becomes dangerously likely. Canada, Japan, and Russia are trying to veto the 2-degree limit — and an immediate global outcry is needed to rescue it.

Cycle your way to Wilton Carnival

Cycling in Wiltshire / Photo: Chris Neal

As part of this year’s Wilton Carnival, South Wiltshire Agenda 21 will be joining with the Cycling Opportunities Group Salisbury (COGS) to promote cycling and biodiversity. Activities include freshwater minibeasts, reptiles and bees…

Saturday 4 July 2009

Procession followed by events in Castle Meadows for all the family.

Cycle ride from Alderbury to Wilton along the proposed Sustrans Connect 2 route.

More details on the COGS website http://www.cogsbike.org.uk/

Action on climate change in Wiltshire – talk

Change of wind in Wiltshire? / Photo: Andrew Dennes

As part of our 2009 focus on global and local responses to climate change, our forthcoming November meeting will be a talk and discussion, led by Ariane Crampton, Climate Change officer for Wiltshire Council.

Come and listen to Ariane talk about how our county plans to lead on the issue of climate change and reduce Wiltshire’s carbon footprint.

Date: Thursday 12 November 2009, 6.30 pm
Venue: The City Hall, Salisbury (map)

Keep visiting this site to find out details of venue and time, to be confirmed. And in the meantime, find out more on how our local representatives are tackling the causes of climate change.

Wiltshire Council signs Nottingham Declaration
Environment and Sustainable Development in Wiltshire
South West Climate Change Impacts Partnership
Fair Shares, Fair Choice campaign by Sustainability South West

Time for change… a message from our Secretary

Everyone can voice their own individual views but we also need to speak with one voice on issues which are important to us.

New directions / Photo: Frank Da Silva

As we say goodbye to Salisbury District Council, we in South Wiltshire Agenda 21 are moving into the unknown, along with everyone else in Wiltshire. For the past 12 years we have worked quite closely in partnership with the District Council on Recycling, Fair Trade City status, walking maps and cycle routes, school travel, Green Business Award and a draft Climate Change Strategy. We are now seeking to find a niche for ourselves in the new local government structure, to find out how we can continue to put our ideas forward and influence the Wiltshire Council, Area Boards and Community Partnerships? The two most likely arenas of influence for groups like Agenda 21are through the new Environmental Alliance at County level and the Community Area Partnerships locally. We already have an Agenda 21 representative on the Salisbury Community Partnership steering group.

South Wiltshire Agenda 21 will continue to be a network of individuals and groups in this part of Wiltshire. Everyone can voice their own individual views but we also need to speak with one voice on issues which are important to us. This website will be developed so that it can become a vehicle for exchanging ideas and stories, both good news and bad. So let us have your stories………………………………….

Pam Rouquette
Secretary South Wiltshire Agenda 21

Countdown to CO2penhagen

Time to make a difference

Sewing the seeds of self reliance in Africa / Photo: Self Help Africa

In December 2009 world leaders will meet in Copenhagen for crucial international talks about a strong new climate deal. This must insist on sharp cuts in carbon emissions from rich countries and include ways of financing clean development in poor communities. It mustn’t just mean relying on individuals to make lifestyle changes. The rich world cannot expect Southern delegations to accept blanket targets for emissions cuts. World leaders need to agree targets according to a country’s responsibility for emitting – and their capability to deal with the problem

The way forward for South Wiltshire Agenda 21 – next forum meeting 22 January

Please take note of the next Forum meeting in your diaries, as it is a particularly important one for the future of SWA21.

City Hall Meeting Room, Salisbury
Thursday 22 January 6.30-8.30pm

We will be looking at our priorities for action and the future structure of the organisation at a time of change.

The meeting will encourage active participation so that everyone present will have a chance to contribute. There are many people interested in environmental issues who are not currently members of SWA21 but may be active in other groups or who as individuals are doing their own bit towards creating a ‘greener’ future. We would like to ask all our members, organisations and individuals, to speak to people they know and invite them to join us for this brain-storming session.

Further details will be made available soon.

With best wishes for Christmas,
Pam Rouquette (Sec. South Wiltshire Agenda 21)

South Wiltshire Agenda 21

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