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An electric car club for Oxford North? Low Carbon Oxford North has been exploring the potential for car clubs over the last year. Car clubs have lots of benefits for communities and individuals, by taking cars out of circulation, reducing pressure on parking, making savings for families, ...What's our Foodprint? Public Meeting 6 March Low Carbon Food in North Oxford 7pm-8.30pm at the North Oxford Association Low Carbon Oxford North hosted an evening of information and discussion around how our food consumption affects our carbon footprints - from growing, transport, packaging, c...We're recruiting again - project manager needed Project manager needed for Community Energy project to commence immediately. This project, which we hope will be funded by DECC, aims to provide 200 Energy Performance Certificates to householders in North Oxford during the months of February and ...Volunteers needed for Cutteslowe Community Woodland Volunteers are welcome for the continuing work in the Cutteslowe Park community woodland on Sunday 8 January from 10.30 am to 1.30pm. Meet at the Woodland notice board just past the allotments. The weather looks good for the day but please wear suit...2011 - Low Carbon Oxford North's achievements We started 2011 with our big recruitment drive. Thanks to our hard-working supporters and street champions, we leafleted 8,000 households in Oxford North, organised public meetings, gave talks at social and community events, organised stalls in Summert...We're recruiting - part-time fund-raiser wanted Summary Low Carbon Oxford North is looking for a part time fundraiser to help raise funds for its work. More information is below. LCON Low Carbon Oxford North (LCON) is a charity which was founded in early 2010 and gained its charity status in earl...Help us plant... ...trees and wildflowers on Sunday 27 Nov from 11-3pm in Cutteslowe Park. LCON promised to plant a tree for every two members joining and we are pleased to be joining with the Forest of Oxford and the Friends of Cutteslowe Park to help develop the C...Open Homes in Oxford North: 12-13 November 2011 Following our successful solar energy evening on 8 November 2011, we're very grateful to three LCON supporters for making their homes available to view. See the details below. The viewings have now taken place but you can read about the homes in the...Wolvercote Farmers' Market is nine years old Wolvercote Farmers’ Market celebrates its 9th birthday this Sunday (23 October)! The market will be open as usual, 10am-1pm, and continue to offer a selection of quality local and/ or organic meat, vegetables, fruit, nuts, bread, conserves and savou...LCON wins Best Community Project award We were thrilled to win in the category of Best Community Project at the Oxfordshire Charity and Volunteer Awards on 10 October. Organised by Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action, the awards are about saying thank you to Oxfordshire's volunteer...Summertown Apple Day Success Low Carbon Oxford North are pleased to announce that the Summertown Apple Day held on October 1st was a great success. Over 100 people attended over the course of the day and an estimated 100 litres of “Low Carbon Apple Juice” was pressed thanks to...Making the most of the sunshine - public meeting, 8 November Confused about the recent government announcement about the Feed-in Tariff? Our next public meeting is a chance to hear from local experts and investigate solar installations before the feed-in tariff rules change. With contributions from local people ...Carbon footprinting service You can now find out just how big, or small, your carbon footprint is by taking advantage of this new service from Low Carbon Oxford North. You can see how your footprint compares to the national average, see which activities contribute most to your t...Apple Day LCON's sustainable food group is excited to announce plans for an Apple Day in North Oxford on Saturday 1 October at St. Michael's Church on Portland Road in Summertown. We will have use of a large apple press and pasteuriser, so you can bring your...Low-Carbon Living Programme starts soon - a few places left Our first Low-Carbon Living Programme starts in September. Sign up or go to the programme description for more information. Or ask to have your carbon footprint measured and then decide: contact the programme organiser Tim Nicholson (use the link or ca...LCON and Wolvercote Farmers' Market join forces for the summer During July and August the Wolvercote Farmers' Market will be moving to St Michael's Church on Portland Road in Summertown. Starting on Sunday 24 July the market and cafe will be there every Sunday until 28 August, selling the usual delicious veg, me...Oncore launches at Cherwell June 6th saw the launch of the joint project between The Cherwell School and Oxford North Community Renewables (Oncore) to put over 200 solar panels onto the school's roofs. Fifty parents and other local people attended the meeting to hear...Wind Week - 12-19 June We like this blog post about the UK's forthcoming Wind Week, by the renewables campaign group Embrace My Planet.June newsletter now out Our latest newsletter is now out, with information on solar energy investment, food and Low Carbon Living Programme. Download it here.Tell us what you think about Sustainable Food LCON Sustainable Food is gaining momentum, and we would love to know what you would like to see done! To help us decide which projects would suit the North Oxford community best, please fill in our survey. It’s only 5 questions, and we’ll be u...FIT for purpose? An update on the feed-in tariff The feed-in tariff (FIT) is what is driving the considerable interest right now in installing solar panels (of the electricity-generating variety) on roofs. The bottom line is that by installing photovoltaic cells you are in the unusual position of b...Low Carbon Living Programme gets funding We are very excited to announce that we have secured funding from the National Lottery to employ a coordinator for our Low Carbon Living Project. After a formal interview process Tim Nicholson has been appointed. This means the programme can get un...Renewable energy - update and survey Please complete our survey and find out where we've got to with our social enterprise on renewable energy. Visit Oxfordshire's very own wind farm Our nearest windfarm is Westmill Wind Co-op, on the Oxford side of Swindon: at Watchfield SN6 8TH. Westmill has 5 turbines, which can be seen from the road (and the train). The Co-op has set up WeSET (Westmill Sustainable Energy Trust) who organise sit...Become a Street Champion Low Carbon Oxford North (LCON) is looking for people to join the growing group of Street Champions who have volunteered to do what they can in early March to encourage other people in their street to cut their carbon. Becoming a Street Champion is a...Transport and Car Clubs Travel is responsible for 24% of the carbon footprint of the average UK citizen and at the recent Low Carbon Oxford North event we heard how getting involved with car clubs is an excellent way to tackle this significant source of emissions.Is Solar Energy for Me? Thursday 25 November 2010, Cutteslowe Community Centre Dr Christian N. Jardine, of solar energy installers Joju, explained the relative merits and costs of installing solar thermal and solar PV systems. You can listen to the presentation accompanie... Share this page