Draft Agenda Community Energy Champions Launch Party ... - Regensw
Draft Agenda Community Energy Champions Launch Party and workshops 4 March 2014, 10:00 – 16:00 Venue: Burrator room, Lakeside Function Suite at Roadford Lake Country Park Just off the A30 between Okehampton & Launceston, Devon PL16 0JL, map ref: LR190 421900
9.30
Tea/coffee
10:00 Welcome and introduction to championing energy in your community Cheryl Hiles, director, Regen SW and Ray Arrell, South West Water (SWW) 10:30 Hear from 2013 SW Sustainable Energy Champion, Green Energy Award Winner and Chair of a local community energy group Dr Stephen Frankel, Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network (WREN) 11:00 Making the case: standing up for renewable energy - interactive session to help you make the case and learn how to respond to those opposed to new projects and change. Chris Church, expert facilitator and chair, Low Carbon Communities Network 12:30 Lunch and interactive myth busting session 13:00 SWW hydro installation, site visit 1 13:30 SWW hydro installation, site visit 2 13:30 Myth busting* wrap up - explore popular myths surrounding wind and other renewable energy technologies and get advice on how to deal with them. Group session 14:00 How to run an effective campaign - letter writing, event and online campaigning Jonathan Pyke, Action for Renewables RUK 15:00 Community Energy Champions – the details, logistics, follow up events, support Jodie Giles, project manager, Regen SW 15:30 Making plans, next steps - facilitated workshop session to gather your ideas on how the network will operate, the type of campaigning you want to do, and plans for the future. Group session 16:00 close *For those of you who were able to attend our taster sessions at Renewable Energy Marketplace, this is a chance to explore the issues in more detail.
Thanks to our event sponsors:
About this event At Regen we spend a lot of time shouting about the good things going on with community energy and the commercial renewables sector. We would love you to join us which is why we are launching Community Energy Champions as part of our work supporting communities. We are looking to recruit a band of enthusiastic and confident supporters of community and renewable energy who can stand up locally in favour of projects in the south west. We believe community energy and renewable energy projects that properly engage local residents and offer appropriate local benefits are an asset in any community, giving us greater energy security, helping us protect the environment and retain the economic benefit locally through the creation of jobs and use of the local supply chain. Despite opinion polls consistently showing a majority of the population are supportive of renewable energy1, our regional media is still filled with negative stories and letters, and the anti-wind lobby in particular are excellent at getting a lot of attention. We want your help to reverse this trend.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-attitudes-tracking-survey http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2292324/public-support-for-renewables-remains-as-solid-as-ever http://www.trillionfund.com/majority-of-uk-public-support-renewables/#.UvInWmJ_uoM
Thanks to our event sponsors:
9.30
Tea/coffee
10:00 Welcome and introduction to championing energy in your community Cheryl Hiles, director, Regen SW and Ray Arrell, South West Water (SWW) 10:30 Hear from 2013 SW Sustainable Energy Champion, Green Energy Award Winner and Chair of a local community energy group Dr Stephen Frankel, Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network (WREN) 11:00 Making the case: standing up for renewable energy - interactive session to help you make the case and learn how to respond to those opposed to new projects and change. Chris Church, expert facilitator and chair, Low Carbon Communities Network 12:30 Lunch and interactive myth busting session 13:00 SWW hydro installation, site visit 1 13:30 SWW hydro installation, site visit 2 13:30 Myth busting* wrap up - explore popular myths surrounding wind and other renewable energy technologies and get advice on how to deal with them. Group session 14:00 How to run an effective campaign - letter writing, event and online campaigning Jonathan Pyke, Action for Renewables RUK 15:00 Community Energy Champions – the details, logistics, follow up events, support Jodie Giles, project manager, Regen SW 15:30 Making plans, next steps - facilitated workshop session to gather your ideas on how the network will operate, the type of campaigning you want to do, and plans for the future. Group session 16:00 close *For those of you who were able to attend our taster sessions at Renewable Energy Marketplace, this is a chance to explore the issues in more detail.
Thanks to our event sponsors:
About this event At Regen we spend a lot of time shouting about the good things going on with community energy and the commercial renewables sector. We would love you to join us which is why we are launching Community Energy Champions as part of our work supporting communities. We are looking to recruit a band of enthusiastic and confident supporters of community and renewable energy who can stand up locally in favour of projects in the south west. We believe community energy and renewable energy projects that properly engage local residents and offer appropriate local benefits are an asset in any community, giving us greater energy security, helping us protect the environment and retain the economic benefit locally through the creation of jobs and use of the local supply chain. Despite opinion polls consistently showing a majority of the population are supportive of renewable energy1, our regional media is still filled with negative stories and letters, and the anti-wind lobby in particular are excellent at getting a lot of attention. We want your help to reverse this trend.
1
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-attitudes-tracking-survey http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2292324/public-support-for-renewables-remains-as-solid-as-ever http://www.trillionfund.com/majority-of-uk-public-support-renewables/#.UvInWmJ_uoM
Thanks to our event sponsors:
