Author: Julia Patrick

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It’s our 10 year anniversary! Watch our short film about LCON

Moved by the failure of the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, in 2010 a group of North Oxford residents got together to find ways of taking local action to combat climate change. To mark our first ten years, and to help more people find out who we are and what we do, we have made a short film. We describe the activities we have carried out over the years, reflect on where we need to go next, and share our hopes for a future Oxford. Watch the film on our YouTube channel – and if you like it, please share! 

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Cutteslowe school children plant 100 tree seeds

Children at Cutteslowe Primary School show off their newly planted tree seeds.

It’s National Tree Week, the UK’s largest tree planting celebration, marking the start of the winter planting season. There are various opportunities across Oxford and Oxfordshire to get involved: Oxford Friends of the Earth are planting 400 trees in Botley on 5 and 6 December; Rose Hill and Iffley Low Carbon will be planting the first phase of their orchard in late January or early February; and Banbury Trees has received 950 saplings from the ‘I Dig Trees’ scheme which will be planted at a local park.

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What’s the harm in flying? Key messages and recording now available

A big thank you to all who attended our webinar, ‘What’s the harm in flying?’. We were delighted to welcome Dr Sally Cairns from the Institute of Transport Studies at the University of Leeds, and our trustee and climate psychology expert Rebecca Nestor, to explore the environmental impact of flying alongside its psychological appeal and emotional power.

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Let’s not forget about the climate emergency: write to your local councillors

Oxford City councillors following their Climate Emergency declaration in 2019.
Photo: Mati Warwick

It is a year since Oxford City Council held its Citizens Assembly on the climate emergency, and budget planning for next year is beginning at officer level. We are concerned that short-term financial pressures may take priority over climate commitments.

Councillors need to be reminding officers of the crucial importance of sticking to the City Council’s commitments on the climate emergency, and we’d encourage all LCON supporters and other concerned citizens to ask their local councillors to do this.

Below is a template email you can use as the basis for your own communications, and you can find out who your local councillor is, and their contact details, here.

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Oxford 2040 webinar and panel discussion – recording and key messages

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Oxford 2040 event! The event explored what a thriving Oxford in 2040 could look like, and what action we need to take, drawing on Damon Gameau’s inspiring film ‘2040‘.

Our panel of guest speakers included Barbara Hammond MBE from the Low Carbon Hub on energy, Abena Poku-Awuah from the Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel on travel, and Harpreet Kaur Paul, lawyer and climate-just solutions consultant, on food and farming.  A recording is now available here.

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Webinar 23 July: How to stop funding fossil fuels?

Forest fires, floods, hurricanes – extreme climate events are taking their toll around the world. To avert a growing climate crisis, we know that the vast majority of fossil fuel reserves need to stay in the ground.

If “money is the oxygen on which the climate crisis burns”, how do we stop funding fossil fuels?

We are delighted to welcome Ben Caldecott, Director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme and leading expert in Sustainable Finance, together with student campaigner Anna Olerinyova, for a webinar on fossil fuel divestment, on 23 July 7.30-9pm. Ben and Anna will discuss the fossil fuel industry’s central role in the climate crisis, what can be done to stop funding it, and how we can all play our part.

The event is open to all. Find out more and register through eventbrite.

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Webinar on Sustainable Fashion – key messages, recording and slides

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Sustainable Fashion webinar with Kim Polgreen (Sustainability Educator) and Stephen Cawley (former Head of Sustainability at John Lewis). We hope you enjoyed it and found it useful.

For those who were unable to attend, a recording of the webinar is now available here and you can access the slides here: Kim Polgreen and Stephen Cawley.

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