The Story of the Oxford Library of Things June 2024 The Speaker: Ben Tuppen Ben is Project Coordinator at SHARE Oxford. As their first part-time paid member of staff, he took on the challenge of building SHARE Oxford into a sustainable organisation for the future, in terms of team, finances and impact. Ben also managesContinue reading “Don’t Buy It; Borrow It”
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Electric Cars – What’s New?
May 2024 Two industry experts answer questions on: the state of the market, including second-hand the viability of relying on public charge points what to take into consideration when switching to an electric vehicle life with an EV in 2024 The Host Jacqui Hogan is an experienced speaker, and a careful manager of groups discussions.Continue reading “Electric Cars – What’s New?”
Sustainable Fashion
What are the three big problems in fashion? And what can you do to avoid them? Practical tips and resources to help you on your way. The Speaker – Madelyn Postman Madelyn Postman is Joint Managing Director of Grain Sustainability, a B Corp with the mission to help organisations champion people and the planet. WithContinue reading “Sustainable Fashion”
Banking for a Better Future
The Bank.Green platform equips us with the tools and insights necessary to assess and understand our bank’s climate commitments, while fostering a more environmentally responsible financial sector. Zak is dedicated to making it as easy as possible for us to get the message out there that we do not appreciate banks investing our money inContinue reading “Banking for a Better Future”
Farming that won’t Cost the Earth
February 2024 The Speaker: Ben Taylor-Davies aka Regen Ben Ben Taylor-Davies was born and raised on a farm in Ross-on-Wye and studied geography at Liverpool University. A job as an agronomist was going extremely well until 2012 when our young son was involved in a horrific horse accident which changed everything. A Nuffield scholarship inContinue reading “Farming that won’t Cost the Earth”
Trust the People
Wednesday 17 January 2024 7.30pm UK The Speaker: Aneira Co-initiator, Course Co-ordinator, Content Developer & Facilitator Trust the People [TTP] is a grassroots community building movement that shares democratic tools and skills to help people shape their communities for the better. Building a human-centred democracy Co-ordinating workshops, training, volunteering, community discussions Finding practical, resilient solutions to the challenges weContinue reading “Trust the People”
Hope for nature: the power of rewilding
Wednesday 6 December 2023 7.30pm UK The Speaker: Jan Stannard Jan is a co-founder and Chair of Trustees of the national rewilding charity Heal. She is also a co-founder and director of Bookmycharge, the bookable EV charging service, dubbed ‘Airbnb for electric cars’. She moved into the charity sector after 40 years serving on companyContinue reading “Hope for nature: the power of rewilding”
Nature’s Tool
Natural succession agroforestry systems November 2023 The Speaker: Angela Baptista Angela’s academic background is as a forest engineer. She worked for most of her life in conventionally cultivated vineyards, orchards and vegetable gardens, but she felt there was something missing. She now realises that the missing link was nature. She believes that we need toContinue reading “Nature’s Tool”
The Solar Panel
October 2023 The panel was made up of three people whose solar panel expertise comes from different angles: an architect, a system designer/supplier and a user. Each of them explained briefly their knowledge and experience and then answered a deluge of questions. Popular topics were: How long is payback for solar panels? (answer around 7Continue reading “The Solar Panel”
How leaky is your home?
… and how can you waste less energy? 21 June 2023 Alan Budden, ECO Design Consultants An ARB RIBA Chartered Architect and experienced Certified European Passivhaus Designer, Alan has a lifelong commitment to social and environmental sustainability. He acts as a consultant and lecturer to share his knowledge of Passivhaus design and future proofing. HeContinue reading “How leaky is your home?”
