<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Rick Morgan</b> <<a href="mailto:rick_a_morgan@yahoo.co.uk">rick_a_morgan@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>Date: Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 7:05 PM<br>
Subject: Details to pass on for Sheffield area Carbon Reduction Action Group (CRAG)<br>To: Patrick Gillett <<a href="mailto:paddygillett@googlemail.com">paddygillett@googlemail.com</a>><br><br><br><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tbody><tr><td style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;"><p>Thanks Paddy,</p>
<p> I appreciate your offer to pass on details to those who might be interested. </p>
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<p><b>Public meeting to form the group</b> : </p>
<p>5.45pm Thursday 13th March, Blue Moon cafe (next to Sheffield anglican cathedral), 2 St James' St. Those interested please e-mail <a href="mailto:sheffieldarea.crag@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">sheffieldarea.crag@yahoo.co.uk</a>. Folks from surrounding area (Barnsley, Chesterfield, NE Derbyshire & Rotherham) are also very welcome and if there are enough of them I'll help them start something more local to them. If anyone can't get there for the start, they are still welcome - if they could just let me know their ETA.</p>
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<p>The basic principles are :</p>
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<p>1. Members measure their carbon footprint from their household energy (coal, electricity,gas) and private travel by air and by motorised vehicles (e.g. car) using an agreed method. CRAGS in other parts of the UK have worked out rules for dealing with multiple occupancy, children etc...</p>
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<p>2. They set an annual target (e.g. 4 tonnes CO2) which reduces year on year towards a sustainable target per head.</p>
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<p>3. The group works together sharing knowledge, experience and providing encouragement to achieve the target. And socialise. The finding from other groups in the UK is that people become a lot more carbon conscious.</p>
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<p>4. The details of the exact CRAG scheme(s) to be set up will be discussed at a meeting. We will be looking at ways to attract funding to provide incentives for people such as tenants with limited control of the energy efficiency of their homes to participate ; how we might support local good causes linked to climate change such as flood relief fund ; and lastly, an educational scheme using virtual money that might be of value in schools. </p>
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<p><br>Regards<br><br>Rick Morgan</p>
<p>078 009 02103<br></p><div class="WgoR0d"><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="WgoR0d"><br>
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