Events
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Saturday 26th January,
4 - 6pm
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Climate Change Consequences
Douglas Holdstock, editor of Medicine, Conflict and Survival, talks on climate change and its repercussions on community health, welfare and environmental causes of conflict. Mary Holdstock talks on the ground breaking Decentralised Energy Project initiated by Woking Borough Council.
Brockenhurst Village Hall
Exhibition Room |
Wednesday 6th February,
7.30pm |
Greening the New Forest
Claire Gingell from the New Forest National Park Authority talks about some of the exciting eco projects taking place in the New Forest.
Brockenhurst Village Hall
Exhibition Room |
Saturday 16th February,
7pm
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Free DVD Night
Are you giving up plastic bags for lent? Come and see our free showing of the BBC Documentary, 'Message in the Waves' about the islands of Hawaii. This is the film that inspired the village of Modbury, Devon to get rid of their plastic bags.
Methodist Hall, Avenue Road, Brock |
Wednesday 20th February,
7.30pm
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Climate Change, The Factor 40 Problem
Have humans really caused climate change; doesn’t it happen naturally? Is the threat that serious? Won’t mankind find solutions in time? Come and hear one of UK's top scientists John Shepherd and put your questions to him.
John is a professor at the National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton and an Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. He claims, to keep CO 2 in the atmosphere to an acceptable level, greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced by a factor of forty.
Brockenhurst Village Hall
Exhibition Room
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Thursday 28th February,
7.30pm
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A Low Carbon Lifestyle, What would it be like?
Dr Caroline Lucas, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing our area, is on the European Parliament Committee addressing climate change. She was voted Politician of the Year in the Observer Ethical Awards 2007.
Caroline believes having a good quality of life and safeguarding the climate are mutually dependent. It serves both our own wellbeing and the wellbeing of the planet to challenge our ever-increasing consumption, and waste, of natural resources. Do you agree? Come and see.
Brockenhurst College, Lyndhurst Road |
Thursday 6th March,
7.30pm
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Gardens as Havens for Butterflies
An illustrated talk by the Hampshire Butterfly Conservation Group covering the potential effects of extreme climate conditions on New Forest butterflies.
Brockenhurst Village Hall
Exhibition Room |
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