Tue 6-Mar-2012: 10:30-14:30: booksigning, Waterstones Stratford upon Avon, UK

Mon 5-Mar-2012 7:00pm: The Stratford Society, Stratford-on-Avon;
Peter will talk about The Shipping Forecast and his BBC career.

Details of times will follow (morning and afternoon).

• Hungarian edition published, of Sustainable Energy - without the hot air

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• Thu 24-Nov-2011 13:00, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK
  http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ces/news/seminars_events/ces_seminar_24th_november_2011.htm
  20% of the world's CO2 emissions from energy and processes arise in the production of just five materials: steel, cement, plastic, paper and aluminium. Demand for these materials is likely to double in the next 40 years, but the industries that make them are already very efficient, so if we look ahead with one eye open - pursuing energy and process efficiencies only - we can't make a significant reduction in their impact. However if, in addition, we look ahead with both eyes open - looking for opportunities to pursue material efficiency, to deliver the same services with less new material - we can make a much greater reduction in our impacts. This talk, based on the £1.5m EPSRC funded WellMet2050 project, will explore the realities of future material efficiency, particularly for steel and aluminium goods.
• Wed 23-Nov-2011 18:00, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
  The Inaugural James Blyth Lecture
  This lecture will be the first in an annual lecture series aimed at celebrating the life and work of James Blyth and the legacy he has left. James Blyth, a Professor of Natural Philosophy at Anderson’s College which has since grown and developed into the now University of Strathclyde, was a pioneer in the field of electricity generation through wind power. The wind turbine at his home in Maryhill was the world’s first-known structure by which electricity was generated by wind power, a design he patented.
  The lecture will contain details on Renewables and Wind Energy, looking at where we are and where we are going in the future and the role we can all play. The event is targeted at anyone with an interest in Renewables, particularly Wind Energy.
  For more information, or to register to attend: http://www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/aboutus/events/
• Sat 29-Oct-2011: 11:00-15:00 Peter Jefferson booksigning, Waterstones, Windsor, Berks, UK

Peter Jefferson at Words in Walden Festival, 23-Oct-2011

Peter Jefferson is appearing at the Words in Walden Festival, on Sunday 23-Oct-2011.

Location: Saffron Walden, Essex, UK

For more information, see Festival Preview

Running a home with minimal energy

Nicola Terry is on a panel advising on practical measures to minimise energy usage.

Wed 26-Oct-2011
17:00-19:00

LAB 005
Lord Ashcroft Building
Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge CB1 1PT

Tickets are free, but you should pre-book: http://www.angliaruskincommunity.eventbrite.com

David MacKay free talk, Bristol, 28-Sep-2011.

Government advisor calculates how to kick the fossil fuel habit

His free lecture, being held in the Wills Memorial Building on 28 September, is The Cabot Institute’s first lecture to celebrate its establishment as a centre for interdisciplinary research into global environmental change. ...

Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol
28-Sep-2011, 18:00-20:00.
For more details: http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2011/7908.html