Climate Week 2017 - Bigger than ever!
Events! Talks! Films! Walks & Cycle Rides! And much much MORE!
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Climate Exhibits - at various locations by ACA, Aberdeen Multicultural Centre & others.
Aberdeen Central Library, Adult lending & Children’s lending Belmont Filmhouse Café Bar Bon Accord Centre, top floor (25th +26th only) Tempo café, Bon Accord Centre (stand on 25th+26th) Climate Change themed Library Events in Aberdeenshire Libraries Kids Competition: (5 to 8 year olds, and 9 years and over): Make a ‘car of the future’ out of recycled materials, closing date of 25th March 2017. Download details [here]. Libraries will host different events with Climate Change as a theme throughout the week; some are listed below. You can follow Aberdeenshire Libraries on Facebook, or download Library App. For exact time and dates look up your local library (https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/libraries/). |
The programme booklet is nicer to read, but please check this web page for any last minute changes.
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Thursday 23rd March 2017
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Donside Hydro Guided Walk by ACEnergy, RSPB, Aberdeen Rangers Service
14:00 at Donmouth, by the bird hide on the Esplanade Ranger Simon Whitworth will be leading this walk along the river Don, pointing out wildlife on route to the Donside Hydro project. Jane Fullerton, ACEnergy, will then give a guided tour around the Hydro. The Donside Hydro harnesses energy from its neighbouring river – The Don – to create electricity which is then sold to the national grid. Income generated from the project will be channelled into initiatives that achieve social and environmental benefits for the local regeneration area. Film Screening – “Just Do It” by Aberdeen Climate Action 19:00 at Montgomery Development and Education Centre (MDEC), 79 Queen St, Aberdeen AB10 1AN The film film "Just Do It" gives a true and humourous inside look at activism, with its beauty, planning, energy and ingrained moral drivers. Never again will you take the media's depiction of these protectors at face value! (Documentary. Download the activists help-guide here) Bookbug Session: a Story around Environment & Weather 10:15am to 10:45am at Portlethen Library Storytelling Event with Pauline Cordiner 11am to 12pm at Banff Library School Class from Banff Primary School invited along to a Storytelling Event with Pauline Cordiner, from Grampian Association of Storytellers. Stories about Environmental Issues & Climate Change. Talk - How Does Food Shape Our Urban Lives? by Carolyn Steel, author of "Hungry City, How Food Shapes Our Lives", organised by RGU Go Green 17:30 at RGU, Garthdee, Sir Ian Wood building How do you Feed a city? Everyone is welcome to this one-of-a-kind talk on food security and the history of farming. Carolyn Steel is a leading thinker on food and cities. Her 2008 book Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives is an international bestseller, and her concept of ‘sitopia’(food-place) is widely recognized in the field of food urbanism. Carolyn has taught at Cambridge University, London Metropolitan University and the London School of Economics. A director of Kilburn Nightingale Architects in London, she is in international demand as a speaker, including a talk at TEDGlobal in 2008. Facebook event site here. Central Library: Stand with Free Advice from Home Energy Scotland 10:00 -16:30: Home Energy Scotland will be offering free and impartial advice about how to save energy, reduce carbon foot print, grants and schemes available for home renewables and reducing energy bills. (FB event here). |
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Friday 24th March 2017
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Go Green’s Zero Waste Café by RGU Go Green
18:00 - 20:00 at Ruthrieston Community Centre This popular zero-waste café has been running for over half a year now. This night will be the culmination and a celebration of all of Go Green’s activities with a free delicious meal , good live music and an interesting exhibition. Everybody is welcome to come celebrate with us – on the house! Film Screening – “Merchants of Doubt” by Aberdeen Climate Action 19:00 at Vue Cinema Aberdeen Join us for a screening of this impressive and unique film “Merchants of Doubt”! A gripping expose of how a small group of people and companies manage to misinform governments and millions of people, in so doing cause destruction and death, yet use the same techniques time and again, for Tobacco, Climate Change, Flame Retardants, GMO's etc. In these times of Alternative Facts, Fake News, and escalating populism this film contains essential understanding. Few events are as revealing and informative as this film - if everyone saw this film the world could be a better place. Book here or just show up & buy your ticket at the door. Presentation on RENEWABLES by Home Energy Scotland 3pm-4pm at the Central Library in Aberdeen. We have a presentation including specialist renewables advisors and Ross Henderson, a homeowner from Inverurie who is part of the Greener Homes Network in Central Library to answer any questions about what renewables are suitable for the home and hints and tips on the process of installing renewable measures. (FB event here) Central Library: Stand with Free Advice from Home Energy Scotland 10:00 -16:30: Home Energy Scotland will be offering free and impartial advice about how to save energy, reduce carbon foot print, grants and schemes available for home renewables and reducing energy bills. (FB event here) |
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Saturday 25th March 2017
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Tempo Cafe stand and display
In the Tempo Cafe (Bon Accord Centre, ground floor) there will be an information stand and a working display of Climate Change effects by the Kittybrewster School, some general information boards to make you think about action, on what you can do. It's also a great place to unwind, have a coffee and a cake, with a kids play corner, all without breaking the bank as well as proceeds going to a good cause! Bon Accord Centre stand and display On the first floor there will be a stand by the Aberdeen Multicultural Centre and Aberdeen Climate Action, jointly, with information of Climate Change in a global context, illustrating the importance of acting together, globally and locally. If we don't the impacts will hit us all, and if we do act we'll promote harmony and peace in the process! Silent Squirrel Spotting Safari by Aberdeen Countryside Rangers
7:00 – 9:00 at Hazlehead Woods (in the morning!) Join the Countryside Rangers on an early morning journey jaunt to find signs of the woods’ red squirrel population. Perhaps you’ll be lucky enough to see one of the squirrels!These woodsare being managed to make them more climate change resistant and better for biodiversity. Please wear sturdy footwear and clothing suitable for the weather, and bring a hot drink if you wish. Meet at the far end of the West Chapel Hazlehead Crematorium car park. Booking essential. Please call 01224 326429 to book and for further information. Maud – Auchnagatt Cycle with the Aberdeenshire Rangers, Aberdeenshire Council 10.00 – 13:00 at Aden Country Park Enjoy a circular cycle ride from Aden Country Park to Auchnagatt, returning via the Formartine & Buchan Way. 15 miles, moderate to easy with only a couple of short hills. Details of the route can be found here: http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/media/2469/route3_003.pdf Free event for adults only. Booking is essential. Meet: Aden Country Park, Car Park Contact: Buchan Rangers at buchan.ranger@aberdeenshire.gov.uk to book and for further information. Bennachie Cycle with the Aberdeenshire Rangers, Aberdeenshire Council 10.00am – 13.00pm An opportunity to discover parts of Bennachie by bike on a 3.7 mile cycle on a route consisting of a mixture of paths and forestry tracks that incorporates gradual inclines and descents. Bikes must be suitable for forestry tracks. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. Booking is essential Contact: garioch.ranger@aberdeenshire.gov.uk or call 07786 021 781 Meet: The Bennachie Centre Visitor Car Park AB51 5HX (Forestry Commission car park charges apply) The challenges of Diversification from Oil, Arms & Nuclear Weapons to Alternative Energy by Aberdeen Climate Action and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament 14:30 - 16:30 at University of Aberdeen, New Kings 10 Panel Discussion on the Challenges of diversifying the Scottish, particularly the North East's, economy away from Oil & Gas, and Nuclear, to Alternative Energy. The Lucas Plan Documentary (35m) will be shown as inspiration, followed by a panel and audience discussion on how a change in industry can occur, towards alternative energies and disarmament, with the drive coming from the workers. The event will be chaired by Fiona Napier, ATUC; speakers are Jelte Harnmeijer, Hutton Institute, expert on community renewable energy; Erik Dalhuijsen, ACA, Petroleum Engineer; Veronika Tudhope, Scottish CND; Myshele Haywood, Green Party. Full press release here. Outreach and Earthlings by Vegan Outreach Scotland 11am-5pm, at St Nicholas Street Plaza Vegan Outreach Scotland and Aberdeen Earthlings Experience are joining forces to host an Outreach and Earthlings event! There will be an outreach/information stand with vegan food samples, leaflets, and other giveaways. We will be leafleting and talking to the public, or for those who prefer a less interactive role you can don a mask and participate in the Earthlings demo showing recent undercover footage from British slaughterhouses and farms. Because what we eat plays such a huge role in our approach to our environment and the climate! Stand with Free Advice from Home Energy Scotland 10:00 -16:30 at the Central Library in Aberdeen: Home Energy Scotland will be offering free and impartial advice about how to save energy, reduce carbon foot print, grants and schemes available for home renewables and reducing energy bills.. (FB event here). EARTH HOUR Walk by Aberdeenshire Council Rangers 19:30 - 21:30 at Delgaty Woods Why spend Earth Hour huddled around a candle when you could be out in Delgaty Woods, under the stars, enjoying a hot drink by a roaring fire? All electrical devices, including torches are banned – can you handle it? Join the Aberdeenshire Rangers for an hour of down-to-earth, back-to-nature living. Bring food and drink to share or just eat it all yourself! Free event but booking is essential. Meeting point: At the southern entrance to Delgaty Woods, near the Mill of Delgaty; OS Landranger Map 29 grid ref. NJ 758 496. Postcode: AB53 8HL –sat-nav users, head east from this point a couple of hundred yards to the entrance to Delgaty Woods. This is NOT the main Castle car park or the one further up the hill from the main Castle entrance. Contact: Formartine Ranger 01358 726417 or 07786 021780 formartine.ranger@aberdeenshire.gov.uk Earth Hour Switch Off by ALL! Join us for the Earth Hour Switch-Off, wherever you are, on Saturday 25 March, 8.30-9.30pm. Take inspiration from Aberdeen City Council’s switch-offs, for the whole weekend (25-26 March), happening at Marischal College, Wallace monument and gardens, St Mark’s Church, and St Nicholas Kirkyard. And then why not use the occasion to organiase a candle-lit dinner at your home with some friends, and talk about.... what action you can take to change things!! You can sign up on the WWF Earth Hour site here. |
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Sunday 26th March 2017
Tempo Cafe stand and display
In the Tempo Cafe (Bon Accord Centre, ground floor) there will be an information stand and a working display of Climate Change effects by the Kittybrewster School, some general information boards to make you think about action, on what you can do. It's also a great place to unwind, have a coffee and a cake, with a kids play corner, all without breaking the bank as well as proceeds going to a good cause!
Bon Accord Centre stand and display
On the first floor there will be a stand by the Aberdeen Multicultural Centre and Aberdeen Climate Action, jointly, with information of Climate Change in a global context, illustrating the importance of acting together, globally and locally. If we don't the impacts will hit us all, and if we do act we'll promote harmony and peace in the process!
In the Tempo Cafe (Bon Accord Centre, ground floor) there will be an information stand and a working display of Climate Change effects by the Kittybrewster School, some general information boards to make you think about action, on what you can do. It's also a great place to unwind, have a coffee and a cake, with a kids play corner, all without breaking the bank as well as proceeds going to a good cause!
Bon Accord Centre stand and display
On the first floor there will be a stand by the Aberdeen Multicultural Centre and Aberdeen Climate Action, jointly, with information of Climate Change in a global context, illustrating the importance of acting together, globally and locally. If we don't the impacts will hit us all, and if we do act we'll promote harmony and peace in the process!
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