From richardc at coinet.org.uk Thu Oct 16 14:44:35 2008 From: richardc at coinet.org.uk (Richard Conibere) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:44:35 +0100 Subject: [COIN announce] COIN latest news - 1 of 2 Message-ID: <3B804A63B54C4D30AAD68EA3DB388E83@COINPC> With so much going on I've split up the latest COIN news across two emails. This is the first of the two looking at current training courses as well as talking about recent successes including Climate Action Groups and Open Eco-Homes. All the Best, Richard COIN Announce - 1of 2 1) Communicate It! London training series progress 2) Low Carbon Community network launched 3) Climate Action Groups in Reading 4) Successful Eco Open Homes Events 5) Eco Homes on TV... COIN Announce - 2 of 2 6) COIN courses for Trade Unions Take Off 7) Going National with Eco Open Homes 8) Locum Position at COIN 9) COIN seeks volunteer office manager. ******* 1) Communicate It! London training series progress. The London Communicate It! Series of trainings is now underway beginning with Communicating Climate Change in September. A small number of spaces are still available for the remaining events. First up is the Climate Speaker Training on Tuesday 28th October - COIN's course which gives participants all the tools they need to deliver a compelling half-hour talk on climate change and what to do about it. Please find more details in the attached flyer. Enquiries to Richard please at richardc at coinet.org.uk / 01865 403331 ******* 2) Local Carbon Community Network Launched A new network for community organisations working to reduce local climate impacts was launched at a gathering of over 200 groups in Llangollen on Saturday 4th October. The network will represent the interests of community organisations, support their work and push for more resources for them. COIN is a founder member of the network and helped design and facilitate the conference. For more information see http://low.communitycarbon.net/ and the new website http://lowcarboncommunities.net/ ******* 3) Climate Action Groups Take Off in Reading On 28 September 2008, COIN in partnership with Greater Reading Environmental Network hosted a "matchmaker event" aimed at facilitating the formation of Climate Action Groups across Reading. A Climate Action Group is a group formed by local people which takes action on a particular theme of their choice related to climate change over a six-month period. Of the 40 people who attended the 28 September event, 27 have joined one of the five action groups created on the day. The Climate Action Groups formed are: * Home-Owners Energy Group: Aimed at setting up a bulk-buying discount scheme for renewables and energy reduction products for local residents. * Monthly Car Free Day: Aimed at making the annual car free day a monthly event. * International Solidarity: Aimed at forging environmental links with existing twin towns in Nicaragua. * Reading Lobby Action: Aimed at setting up a public meeting on climate change and building links with the council. * Skills Swap Shop: Aimed at establishing a low carbon artists/ community skills swap shop to help people exchange low carbon skills. It's not too late to get involved. If you live or work in the Reading area and would like to get involved in any of the above action groups, contact Catrina Pickering, CAG Project Manager, catrina at coinet.org.uk, 01865 403 334. If you don't live in the Reading area but are interested in setting up a Climate Action Group in your area, do also get in touch with Catrina (contact details as above). ******* 4) Successful Open Eco-Homes Events 11th-14th September From richardc at coinet.org.uk Thu Oct 16 14:45:31 2008 From: richardc at coinet.org.uk (Richard Conibere) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:45:31 +0100 Subject: [COIN announce] COIN latest news - 2 of 2 Message-ID: <58DEF1D976364243B372B50C0954FFF5@COINPC> COIN Announce continued... 6) COIN courses for Trade Unions Take Off 7) Going National with Eco Open Homes 8) Locum Position at COIN 9) COIN seeks volunteer office manager. ******* 6) COIN courses for Trade Unions Take Off We're delighted to announce that we're now working with UNISON on a day's conference for Trade Union activists. The workshop will be help this Saturday 18th October at the UNISON conference in Swansea. The presentation will include the 'Green New Deal', negotiating and organising around climate change and communicating climate change. Enquiries about speakers for TU events to Tim Baster please - tim at coinet.org.uk ******* 7) Going National with Open Homes How to organise a successful Open Day event... COIN is now seeking other organisations that would like to replicate the open house model (or develop their own) in their own area. Would you be interested in organising an open days event for eco-renovated or new build eco-homes in your area? COIN is promoting a system, which is well tested and effective, building towards a national scheme of ecohouse open days. If you are interested we can help you with personal advice, contacts and a pack containing all the materials you will need. To order the 'How to do it' pack contact Antonia on toni at coinet.org.uk or George on george at coinet.org.uk or get more advice and support from our team by calling 01865 403334 We Can Offer... We can pass on our experience, advice and contacts with other organisations. We will tell you of any ecohouses that we know of in your area (and suggest ways that you could find some). We will also send you an electronic pack containing: * A spreadsheet for finding houses * A summary of our experiences and advice * Leaflet and poster templates * Financial advice and time guides * Two page write up template Information packs for participating householders * A template press release * Template feedback forms You are welcome to use these materials as they are, or adapt them to your own needs. We would also welcome anybody interested to be part of our Ecovation case study list http://www.ecovation.org.uk/htmldesigns/casestudies.html . You don't need to be located in Oxfordshire to share your experiences! Please also pass this information on to any other organisations that might be interested in hosting an open house event. More information about the pack can be viewed on http://ecovation.org.uk/htmldesigns/pack.html Thanks for your interest! The Ecovation team are looking forward to working with you... ******* 8) Locum Position at COIN A temporary locum project manager post to run the ecovation project. This is a one day a week post from Mid-November 2008 until the end of February 2009. The salary is ?19300 per annum pro rata, 7 hours per week. You will be managing the entire Ecovation project, including organising events, liaising with home owners and suppliers and publicising the project throughout the country. Please send a CV plus covering letter to Executive Director Tim Baster (tim at coinet.org.uk) Closing date for applications is Friday 31st October. Applicant must be available to start immediately. ******* 9) COIN seeks volunteer office manager The job would entail: administration, chasing up or presenting invoices, sending e mails and ensuring the office runs smoothly. We think the post would appeal to a retired professional or someone with experience of office management. The post would require a commitment of two days per week. Please end a CV and covering letter to Tim Baster tim at coinet.org.uk. If you would like to ask any questions about the post, please ring Tim on 01865 403 330. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: