Support for residents, local businesses in, or around, the village of Ibstock, Leicestershire - to consider, debate, act and adapt to the effects, positive or negative, of climate change, global warming and decreased availability of fossil fuels.

There are many things that you are genuinely concerned about that don’t always hit the headlines . . . but of late, climate change, global warming and energy choice are big news. Together, we can discover what, if anything, this means to you and those you care for, in our bit of Leicestershire, now, . . . or in the future.

For a start, please join the Ibstock does . . . community. Create, or respond to a topic in Discuss this!; or just explore the menu on the left. By using this site, you can gain an understanding of the issues, help yourself and others and secure a more sustainable future - in fact, become part of a Climate Friendly Community.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Edmund Burke

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Upcoming Event

Join the Mili-band

Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has invited people to mobilise to demand action on climate change so we are doing just that On Saturday July 4, thousands of people will come together to form what is being called "the Mili-band" which will be a human chain surrounding Kingsnorth power station in Kent, to renew our demand that no new new coal-fired power plant is built here unless it has CCCS working at 100% (or very close) from the start.

Campaign against Climate Change supporters will be meeting at 9.00 -9.15 am at Victoria Station to take the train to Rochester where there will be a shuttle service to join the Miliband at Kingsnorth

The timetable for the day then looks like this :

9.30-11am	Shuttle buses ferry people from Rochester station to the event centre
10-12am	Assembly on site and registration
12-1pm	Groups set off to take up their positions in the Mili-band
1.30pm	Photographs and video of the Mili-band
2pm	Finish and return to events centre
2.30pm	Live music on stage
3.00	Summer fête starts
3pm-5pm	Shuttle buses return people to Rochester station

How do I get there?

By train. Pick up a free shuttle bus to the site from outside Rochester train station in Kent between 09:30 and 11:00. Buses will be returning from 15:30 to 16:00
By car. There is no parking for private cars but you can park in Rochester and get the shuttle bus.
By coach. There will be coaches leaving from Oxford, Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham and Coventry on the day and returning after the event - you can reserve a free space on a coach here.
Arranging your own transport. If you have hired your own minbus, please arrive at Kingsnorth holding site no later than 11.30 (maps will be available on this site in June). Parking for minibuses must be arranged either by contacting Will Tucker on 0121 634 3611, or emailing wtucker@oxfam.org.uk.

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/campaign/climate_change/miliband/miliband.html

Saturday 04 July 2009

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Upcoming Event

Join the Mili-band

How do I get there?