Climate Change Summit Agenda

Save our Shropshire
Allan Wilson, Save our Shropshire

We will only conquer the Climate Emergency if people change their lifestyles. However, people have formed their habits and attitudes on travelling, heating, eating, and the countryside over tens of years. They are ingrained into their minds. People only change the way they live if they can see what is in it for them. People will always say ‘why?’ when asked to do something different. Education answers the question ‘why?’

We have 500,000 people in Shropshire, so we set up Save Our Shropshire to explain to them, through parish and town councils, the disastrous consequences of climate change. We show how each person contributes to it, why we all need to change, and how to make the changes. We will explain our objective of helping parish and town councils to be at the heart of helping their communities. As President Barack Obama said, ‘If you think education is expensive, wait until you see how much ignorance costs in the 21st century.’

@SaveOurShrops

Carbon Literacy Training for Town and Parish Councils
William Gibb, Project Officer, The Carbon Literacy Project

An introduction to The Carbon Literacy Project and the new Town and Parish Councils Carbon Literacy Toolkit.

@Carbon_Literacy

Speak Carbon
Pete Watkins, Zero Carbon Consultant, Speak Carbon

Pete Watkins from Speak Carbon in Yorkshire will provide a sneak preview of a brand-new tailored workshop covering the co-benefits such as health, costs, resilience and green space, local council programmes have brought to their communities.

The session will provide clerks with the basis for a plan and practical actions to encourage communities to change their lifestyles.

The workshop was pioneered by Save Our Shropshire and two other council areas in October last year and is now ready to roll out across the country.

@speakcarbon

Plenary Session – Barriers and Opportunities for change:
Chair Allan Wilson

1. Delegates to post their thoughts on what are the barriers to getting the community to change their lifestyles for the planet in the chat section of Zoom (15 minutes)
2. Collation of key themes (5 minutes)

What are the key opportunities for overcoming those barriers – Allan Wilson

Are your Christmas lights eco responsible?
Katherine Owen & Garry Brown, Blachere Illumination

Blachere Illumination truly are market leaders in the provision of Eco Responsible Festive lighting – come along to see how their Eco Ranges can help you and your council.

@blachereuk

Leading the Way to Creating a Plastic Free Community
Rachel Yates, Plastic Free Communities Manager, Surfers Against Sewage

Effectively tackle single use plastic where you live, from policy and business engagement to community action…and join hundreds of councils across the UK who are already part of the Plastic Free Communities network.

@sascampaigns

Local Action to Tackle the Climate and Nature Emergency
Sandra Bell, Senior Sustainability Analyst, Friends of the Earth

Why we won’t meet national climate targets without action at the local level and what town and parish councils can do using the powers and resources that they have to tackle climate change and help to restore nature. 

@FoEint

Act with Impact – Tackling your Big Emission Sources 
Rachel Coxcoon, Director, ClimateGuide

Rachel will look at where the main emissions come from in a rural community, advising on where best to concentrate your efforts on tackling the climate emergency. 

@RachelCoxcoon