By Osian Rees On Saturday 19th November, Bristol Energy Network hosted a workshop facilitated by Jose Barco, Fausto Peña and Kat Wall of Community CoLab. The workshop was titled “Community Powered Change: Making decisions that make a Difference”. The workshop was attented by a vast diversity of people representing organisations that spanned from campaigning for … Continued
By Emilia Melville Bristol is the largest city in the south-west of the United Kingdom. It has a strong history of environmental and sustainable initiatives, and was awarded Green Capital of Europe in 2015. This award was won partly thanks to the richness of grassroots sustainability initiatives, including urban food growing projects and community energy … Continued
By Ingrid Wadman As part of Bristol Healthy City Week 2016, Bristol Energy Network held a panel discussion on health inequalities and climate change. Simon Roberts from Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) was the chair for the evening and Sado Jirde from Black South West Network and Laurie King from The Bristol Pound were invited … Continued
Thando Zwane When one of our members contacted us saying that she had an idea about putting on an event, I was both curious and excited. Emilia had this idea when she met one of her father’s friends, Nicola Peel, who works in Ecuador in the Amazon where there have been massive oil spills that … Continued
By Ingrid Wadman The latest Bristol Energy Network meeting was held at Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC), an arts organisation and charity contributing to communities with projects using art and digital technologies. During the meeting, organisations across Bristol presented projects, all related to energy, with focus areas mainly in Easton and West Knowle. The projects … Continued
By Ingrid Wadman On 4 October, Nikki Jones, researcher/writer on global energy, gave her third talk in a series of seven on energy and climate change at the Salt Café on St George’s Road, south of Brandon Hill Park. The aim of the talk was to give an overview of the oil and gas industry, … Continued