Derby Climate Coalition delivered 1000 surveys to residents in the New Zealand area of Mackworth ward, Derby asking about recycling. Over a quarter of these were returned. Most residents wanted to continue to have a kerbside recycling service – and of those expressing an opinion, four out of five do not think the council is doing enough to address climate change.
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The Council consults on it’s plan to scrap inner-city recycling
Paul Robinson, Derby City Council strategic director, came to speak to the Derby Climate coaltion on May 17. As a result we sent him this letter on the May 23rd, copied to the leader of Council, Paul Bayliss and to cllr Ranjit Banwait
Dear Paul,
Thank you very much for coming to speak to the Climate Coalition last Thursday. As you know, people were very engaged. We agree with you that that many of these streets do have problems with waste management and that a move to a simpler system may help.
Since last week we have had a further discussion among ourselves and as a result, there are a number of issues that we wish to explore with you further. Continue reading The Council consults on it’s plan to scrap inner-city recycling
Waking the giant!
How can climate change affect the Earth?
Last Saturday I heard Bill Mcguire, Professor of Geophysical & Climate Hazards at University College London, talk about how a changing climate can trigger earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes. Ironically he was speaking at Cromford Mill in Derbyshire, which contributed, as much as anywhere else, to the start of the Industrial Revolution . It was here that Richard Arkwright proudly opened the world’s first factory nearly 250 years ago. Continue reading Waking the giant!
The Council is planning to scrap inner-city recycling
The Council wants to take away your and your neighbours’ recycling bins.
You’d then have to put all your waste in your black bin. This would be collected weekly.
This change is only being considered for inner city areas. People living in leafy suburbs will still get a recycling service. Continue reading The Council is planning to scrap inner-city recycling
Letter to Paul Bayliss, leader of Derby City Council
To Paul Bayliss
Leader of Derby City Council
30 April, 2013 Continue reading Letter to Paul Bayliss, leader of Derby City Council
Proposals to cut staffing on Railways will affect all of us!
Over the next six years train operating companies are embarking upon a new programme of cost-cutting (refer to the McNulty report http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/12658.aspx) that could see:
- over 20,000 railway jobs put at risk,
- the closure of 675 ticket offices and
- a 50 per cent increase in the number of unstaffed stations.
Train companies are driving through the cuts in an attempt to find £3.5bn in efficiency savings by 2019, as requested by the government.
If the cuts go ahead one in ten staff currently working on the railways – including train guards, maintenance workers, and ticket office staff – could lose their jobs and around three-quarters of all the UK’s railway stations could become unstaffed.
This is not a case of creating a million climate jobs but of saving 20,000 Climate Jobs. The better and more attractive the railway service, the easier it will be to get people off the roads and to stop catching planes to places within the UK like Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Therefore Derby climate Coalition supports the TUC led Action for Rail campaign.
Silk Mill March & Rally 2013 features active environmentalists
Support the annual Silk Mill march.
10.30 am Saturday April 27th 2013
Assembly Rooms, Market Place, Derby
The march will go to the Silk Mill for the laying of the chaplet commemorating the struggle of the workers there in 1834 and will then continue back to the Market Square for speeches and entertainment, with the rally starting at midday
Speakers include
Manuel Cortes General Secretary TSSA transport union and
Romayne Phoenix People’s Assembly steering group.
Both are active supporters of environmental issues.
Derby Climate Coalition will be running a stall. Please come and help.
PEAK DISTRICT CLIMATE CHANGE & ECO FESTIVAL
Join us at Cromford Mills to learn about climate change, network with others, and entertain the kids! To find out more about the festival go to www.arkwrightsociety.org.uk
Silk Mill Flooding
Here is a picture of the Silk Mill flooding.
Note the date. But the event happened!
Picture thanks to Derby Telegraph.