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Day Tasks Tue, Wed, Thur, Sun s British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) activities: a variety of practical tasks. 0) 931 3316.Day Tasks Sun ‘s (62 other days} Notts Wildlife Trust conservation activities at wildlife reserves around the county. O) NWT on 958 8242.Monthly Nottingham ELA (Environmental Investigation Agency). 7.30pm. Nott’m Knight, W.Bridgford. O) Lesley Peasant, 01509 235885. '_\_____ _ _Mon lst Greenpeace Support Group meeting at the Narrowboat Pub, Canal Street. O) David Meatcher on 925 7186. V T‘?-’*gé\_?__mo _ . Trammg

Tue 2nd Oiifam Campaigning Group meeting. 7.30pm, upstairs at the Bell Inn, Market Square. _Tue 2nd NOGS (Nottingham Organic Gardeners) meeting. (D ll/fike Poyzer on 01636 814324 after 6.30pm.

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Meet at The Winding House Car Pei-1<. on 967 0042. , Q3‘Mon 15th Pedals meeting. 8.30pm at the Ferry Inn, Wilford, preceded by a short ride departing from the top of Queen’s bridge Road,

opposite Nottingham BR station at 7pm. 0) Hugh McClintock on 981 6206;Thur 18th Notts Transport 2000 meeting. 7.30pm at the Tom Hoskins pub, near Nottingham BR Station. O) Ron Gillotton 920 1238.Sat 20th Christian Environment Conference, Mansfield Road Baptist Church, Nottingham.

Contact Ashley Baxter at the Nottingham Churches Environment Network on 948 3500 ext 6123.Mon 22nd ‘Road Traffic Reduction Bill’ Public Meeting, from 7.30pm, Angel Row Library, Nottingham.Mon 22nd Nott’m World Development Movement. 7.30pm. International Community Centre, 61B Mansfield Rd. CD Nick Osmond, 960 779 7.Wed 24th Nottingham Women’s Environmental Network meeting. 8pm at 5 Meynall Grove, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham. 03 960 5843.Thur 25th Franchising - Conservation & Environment Groups - helping groups to access funds for training purposes.

1 lam at Broxtowe College, High Road, Chilwell. Contact Pat Hardiman on 922 8161.Fri 26th Critical Mass Cycle Ride to protest against traffic congestion. Meet in the Market Square at 5.15pm.

Contact Box CT1l/1, Rainbow Centre, 182 ll/Iansfield Road, Nottingham, NG1 3HW.

MAY 1996Day Tasks Tue, Wed, Thur, Sun ‘s British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) activities: a variety of practical tasks. ® 931 3316.Day Tasks Sun ‘s (8: other dcgvs) Notts Wildlife Trust conservation activities at wildlife reserves around the county. O) NWT on 958 8242.Monthly Nottingham ELA (Environmental Investigation Agency). 7.30pm. Nott’m Knight, W.Bridgford. Q) Lesley Peasant, 01509 235885.Fri 3rd Greenpeace Youth Group. 7.30pm. Trent University library, Shakespeare St. Q) Megan MacFarlane, 921 2246 to confirm venue.Sun 5th Leen Valley Conservation Volunteers meeting. 10.30am at Rise Park Corrununity Centre. O) 975 51 69 for details.Tue 7th NOGS (Nottingham Organic Gardeners) meeting. G) ll/like Poyzer on 01636 814324 after 6.30pm.Tue 7th Oxfam Campaigning Group meeting. 7.30pm, upstairs at the Bell Inn, Market Square.

Q) David Eminson at the Oxfam Campaigns oflice on 942 3892.Thur 9th Friends of the Earth meeting. 7.30pm at Angel Row Library. Q) Tim Gray on 922 3439.Sun 12th Oxfam Walk for Basic Rights, in Sherwood Forest.

See article for details. Q) Chris or Rijft at Oxfam Campaigns, on 942 3892.Mon 13th Nottingham Permaculture Association meeting. G) Phil Corbett on 947 49 77for details.Mon 13th Greenpeace Support Group meeting at the Narrowboat Pub, Canal Street. O) David Meatcher on 925 7186.Tue 14th Local Agenda 21 Conference - Progress 8: Implications for Planning. Price £95 (limited places available at £50 for voluntary groups).

From 9.30am, at the Portland Building, University of Nottingham. Q) the Conference Secretary on 951 4883.Thur 16th Notts Transport 2000 meeting. 7.30pm at the Tom Hoskins pub, near Nottingham BR Station. 0) Ron Gillott on 920 1238.W/E 18-19 BTCV ‘Bowls on the Pole Lathe’ Course in Burton Joyce. Cost £40. 0) 931 3316.Mon 20th Pedals meeting. 8.30pm at the Ferry Inn, Wilford, preceded by a short ride departing from the top of Queen’s bridge Road,

opposite Nottingham BR station at 7pm. Q) Hugh McClintock on 981 6206.Wed 22nd Nottingham Women‘s Environmental Network meeting. 8pm at 5 Meynall Grove, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham. O) 960 5843.Fri 24th Critical Mass Cycle Ride to protest against traffic congestion. Meet in the Market Square at 5.15pm.

Contact Box CT1l/I, Rainbow Centre, 182 Man.iy‘ield Road, Nottingham, NG1 31-IW.Sun 26th ‘Woodland Wildflowers’ walk looking at the natural history of wildflowers, in Bestwood Country Park. 10am-l2noon

Meet at Bestwood Lodge Drive Car Park. 0) 967 0042.Mon 27th Nott’m World Development Movement. 7.30pm. International Community Centre, 61B Mansfield Rd. O) Nick Osmond, 960 7797.

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SEA EMPRESS OIL SPILL - A CALL FOR ACTIONThe February grounding of the Sea Empresstanker has caused Widespread damage towildlife - and is threatening to match, inbird-kill terms, the gravity of the AmocoCadiz disaster off Brittany in 1978. TheRSPB and other organisations are nowcalling on the government to take immediateaction on a range of measures to preventfuture disasters of this type.

The Sea Empress ran aground on rocks at StAnne"s Head off Milford Haven on 15thFebruary carrying around 130,000 tonnes of oil.She was finally towed to a disused jetty inMilford Haven six days later after losing 70,000tonnes of Forties (North Sea) crude. To date,nearly 6,000 oiled birds have been recoveredfrom the affected area, of which half were deador have subsequently died in captivity.

More than half of the known victims arecommon scoters, a sea duck. Scoters feed onshellfish with are highly sensitive to oilcontamination, leaving the UK’s mostimportant site for this species blighted for theforeseeable future. More than half of the scoterpopulation known to be in Carmaithen Bay atthe time has been found oiled.

The Countryside Council for Wales report thatat least 120 miles of the Welsh coast has beenoiled, mostly within the Pembrokeshire Coastal

National Park, representing 12% of the Welshcoastline. The resulting damage to nationalmarine resources has been unparalleled in itsextent, affecting more protected wildlife areasthan any other single pollution incident in theUK.

Evidence from previous spills shows that birdpopulations are resilient and may recover intime, but the effects on the fragile seabedcommunities are likely to be much moreinsidious and persistent. Shellfish are amongthe most sensitive accumulators ofhydrocarboncontaminants - in parts of Shetland, more than 3years after the Braer spill, fishery scientistshave still not advised lifting the ban on catchingdog whelks, prawns and mussels. The Welshfishing community earned £1 million (at fnstsale) from dog whelks last year, and more than£1 .5 million from lobsters and crabs.

The RSPB and seven other wildlifeorganisations have jointly written to the PrimeMinister and the Secretary of State forTransport calling for urgent action on thefollowing -

1. An Independent enquiry. The govenimenthas aimounced an inquiry convened by theDepartment of Transport.

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OXFAM WALKOn Sunday May 12th 1996 Oxfam will beholding it’s 30th annual sponsored walk.The walk will take place in the SherwoodForest Pines Park. There will be threecircular routes of 18, l2 and 6 miles, allstarting and finishing at the same point. Themoney raised will go towards Oxfam’soverseas programme working to secure 10Basic Rights, denied to millions.

The majority of the worlds poorest peopledepend on the natural world for theirsurvival, yet for many of these people theenvironment is deteriorating so fast itundermines the daily struggle to maintain,let alone improve, their living standards. InVietnam, for example, the devastatingeffects of the Americans use of chemicaland biological warfare left 250,000 hectaresof land ruined and its effects can still beseen today.

Oxfam has started an environmentaleducation project to encouragereforestation, providing the funds toestablish tree nurseries and plantations.

Ifyou are interested in walking for BasicRights please contact Chris or Rifiit atOxfam Campaigns on 942 3892.

ENVIRONMENTALMANAGEMENT

G RANTSTwo schemes operated by the EuropeanUnion (EU) offer businesses grants to helpcover the costs of carrying outenvironmental reviews and improvingenvironmental performance.

The Small Company Environmental andEnergy Management Assistance Scheme(SCEEMAS) is designed for companiesemploying less than 250 people, involvedin manufacturing, power generation, wastedisposal or recycling and with a tumover ofless than £16 million each year.

The EU Eco-Management and AuditScheme is open to manufacturing, mining,power and waste disposal industries, aswell as local authorities.

For more information contact theSCEEA/MS office on 0345 023423.

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NETWORK NEWS NETWORK NEWS~ STRUCTURE PLAN REVIEW _. ..... y -

Alterations to Nottinghamshire CountyCouncil’s Structure Plan are currently open forpublic consultation. The Structure Plan covers afive year period, designating which areas of thecounty need more housing, industry, tourismetc. The Proposed Modifications documentincludes the delay of the proposed Fourth TrentCrossing to 1999 at the earliest (page 67), andthe modification of details of the Green Beltpolicy (page 39).

Modifications to the plan were put forward bythe independent panel who conducted theExamination in Public last year. Theseproposals have been considered by the CountyCouncil, who have now opened the ProposedModifications documents to public commentuntil 12th April, with the documents available_at the following locations -

* Notts County Council, Trent Bridge House,Fox Road, West Brldgford,* Ashfield District Council, Urban Road,Kirkby in Ashfield,* Broxtowe Borough Council, Foster Avenue,Beeston,* Gedling Borough Council, Civic Centre,Arnot Hill Park, Arnold,* Newark and Sherwood District Council,Kelham Hall, Newark,* Newark Library, Beaumond Gardens,* Nottingham City Council, ExchangeBuildings North, Smithy Row, Nottingham,* Rushcliffe Borough Council, Civic Centre,Pavilion Road, West Bridgford.

For more information contact the Planning andEconomic Development Department at NottsCounty Council on 982 3823.

SEA EMPRESS OIL SPILL - A CALL FOR ACTIONContinuedfrom front page.

However, its dual role as both regulator andprotector of shipping and ports industry throwsdoubts on its ability to conduct an objective andsearching inquiry. The inquiry should addressall aspects of the incident, and the state of

north western Scotland.

4. Action should be taken immediately toidentify and establish Marine EnvironmentalHigh Risk Areas - recommended in theDonaldson report as ‘comparatively limitedareas ofhigh sensitivity which are also at risk

implementation of the Donaldson Report from shipping ’. These areas should include(published by the inquiry into the prevention of measures to minimrse the risk posed bypollution from merchant shipping, set up in1993 following the Braer spill).

2. Immediate publication of the investigationinto the Borga grounding last year - the tankerran aground on the rocks of St Anne’s Headover four monthis ago, without spilling oil.

3. Emergency Tug Provision. An emergencysalvage tug should be stationed at MilfordHaven, contracted to the Coastguard on thesame basis as tugs in the Dover Straits and

shipping in these sites.

5. Implementation of the Donaldson Reporton the prevention of pollution from merchantshipping. Government should take swift actionto complete implementation of the report,which covers accidental and deliberatepollution incidents.

Based on a report published by the RSPB. Formore information contact the RSPB on 01767680551.

Nottingham Eco-Centre Associationis looking for a

COORDINATORto work an average of 8 hours a week on a freelance basis for six months, helping

us create a major environmental centre for Notttngharn.

The main areas of work will be liaising with advisors and partner organisations;assisting with ftmdraising and the business plan; and basic admimstrauon. How-

ever, the Coordinator will need to be flexible about tasks and hours.

The Coordinator will provide their own basic office facilities. Time will becharged at £10.00 per hour, plus reasonable expenses.

Interested? For details write to NECA, 16 Villa Street, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9ZNY, or phone 922 3439 and leave your address. The deadline for applications is

15th April 1996.

NECA thanks Nottingham Green Partnership for its support.

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Lord Mayor Sylvia Parsons & John HeppellA/H’ sign the petition supporting the RoadTraffic Reduction Bill last month, with Tim &Paula of Nottingham Friends of the Earth.For more information contact Tim Gray on922 3439.

GREEN NETWORKPROJECTS

A meeting of Green Network memberorganisations was held in February to decidewhich projects Green Network should planfor 1996. This followed on from consultationwith people attending the AGM, a postalsurvey ofmember organisations, and a surveyof Green Network News readers.

Green Network News now alternates between6 and 4 pages, with the 6 pages issuescontaining feature articles. This change wasmade in order to provide enough time andmoney for other networking projects. Theseare the main activities we aim to carry outduring the year -

* Environmental Directory - the directory isavailable this month (see the advert fordetails). The directory will be updated early in1997. I* Information Service - using our local andnational databases, details can be providedabout a wide range of organisations, coveringa variety of issues.

* Community Links - organisations will becontacted to encourage wider use of GreenNetwork services.

* Training/Networking event in the summer- an event bringing together localorganisations, to share skills, experience andideas.

For more information contact AdamWoodward at Green Network on 941 7849.

Winners of the latest Waste Warriors (thechildren ’s environmental club) competitioncollect their WH Smith voucher prizes. WHSmith supported the club by providing prizesforfuture competitions. Some of the childrenare dressed in jar, can and clothing costumes(all of these can be recycled). For moreinformation about Waste Warriors call 9483500 ext 6515.

NATURAL BREAKSNatural Break holidays offer a verycost-effective way of enjoying some of theUK’s most beautiful landscapes whilehelping to enhance them. With over 500holidays to choose from, you can do anythingfrom dry stone walling in the Yorkshire Dalesto managing the habitat of the sallow tailbutterfly in the Norfolk broads. A weekendbreak costs from £15., and a week’s breakstarts from £28. The activities are organisedby BTCV (the British Trust for ConservationVolunteers).

No experience is needed - just energy andenthusiasm. Trained leaders will show youwhat to do, and you will meet people from arange of backgrounds and ages who shareyour interest in the conservation.

Work usually starts at about 9am each day,after a good breakfast. Lunch is usually apicnic, and there are plenty of tea breaks,before the working day ends at around 5pm.At least one full day in each week is kept freeto explore the surrounding area.

As well as weekend and week-long activities,BTCV organises regular day tasks inNottinghamshire, both at weekends andduring the week.

For more information about week andweekend breaks contact ETC V on 0149]839766. For information about day tasks,contact the local ETC V ofiice on 931 3316.

ENERGY AWARENESS TRAININGDo you work with or visit people in their ownhomes? If so it might be worth undertakingsome training in energy awareness. There is agreat deal that we can all do to cut down on ourfuel bills - if only we know about it. Did youknow that turning down your room thermostatby 1° C can reduce your fuel bills by 10%, andthat f1tting reflective panels behind yourradiators can cut your heating costs by 15% ?Do you know what advice you would give to anew neighbour if they asked you to help themset up their timer and programmer for theirheating and hot water system, or theycomplained about dripping windows and mouldgrowth on the walls?

The Nottingham Energy Awareness Project canprovide answers to all of these questions andmore through the training it provides in energyawareness for organisations or groups ofpeoplewho work closely with people in their homes -including housing OfllC€I‘S, health workers,social workers, community development andadvice workers.

A typical course, which can be tailored to meetthe needs of specific groups, lasts about threehours and covers all aspects of energy use in thehome. Subjects include fuel poverty and olderpeople, identifying heating systems andcontrols, heat loss and insulation, condensation,cheap ways to cut down on your fuel bills, andgrants and awards for energy efficiencyimprovements. Undertaking some training canreally make a difference to both your own andother peopleis lives.

The Nottingham Energx Awareness Project is apartnership initiative between the nationalenerg» ejficiency chanity NEA, East A/IidlandsElectricityplc, and Nottingham City Council. Ifyou would like to find out more about theproject and the training it can provide, pleasecontact Fiona Swan at NEA Nottingham Ofiice,c/o Bestwood District Housing Ofiice,Elmbridge, Bestwood Park, Nottingham, NG55PF Qahone 920 9528).

NEW TRAINING PROGRAMMESBTCV Enterprises have introduced two newtraining programmes to try to fill the gap in theprovision of environmental work experienceand training left by the demise of theCommunity Action Programme.

The recent cancellation by the government ofthe Community Action Programme has left ahuge gap in the provision of crucialconservation and wildlife protection work inNottinghamshire. The Prograrrnne provided theopportunity - over its two year life - for over150 unemployed people to get involved inpractical environmental projects all over thecounty. The provider of this programme locallywas BTCV Enterprises, the training and tradingdivision of the British Trust For ConservationVolunteers, who worked in partnership with a

number of local environmental organisations.

One of the training programmes set up to fill thegap left by the end of Community Action isalready running, and due to be repeated in Julythis year. The NVQ level 2 programme inPractical Environmental Skills will introducepeople to the basic skills of conservation suchas hedge-laying, fencing, tree planting,coppicing and path laying. On April l BTCVEnterprises will start an NVQ level I course inForestry. Again this is an introduction to basicskills and will involve tree planting, pruning,fencing, use of tools and tree identification.

JeffBuck. For more information on any ofthesecourses contact JeffBuck at BTC VEnterpriseson 950 015 7.

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