Fuel poverty

A huge thanks to everyone who attended our seminar last night, looking at 'Community, collaboration and cash: can sustainability survive on a shoestring?'; we hope you had as much fun as we did! As always, there was a fantastic atmosphere, and our speakers Phil Downing, Daniel Vockins and Clare Hierons did us proud- the debate carried on well into the night.

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The last few weeks in the office before Christmas always fly by, and this year has been no exception at SE². We’ve been busy working on our Christmas newsletter; our chance to share some of our favourite projects from this year and take a closer look at the exciting things we’ll be working on in 2013. You can read it here if you haven’t already!

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NO to the conservatory tax! NO to ugly, bird-killing wind turbines! NO to outlandishly expensive renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency programmes and infrastructure upgrades! It’s easy to caricature those parts of the media who seem to object by reflex to any environmentally positive policy suggestion. But it’s important in this time of coalition to find ways of working together.

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Like a long-forgotten pop group from the 1990s, cold weather has decided to make a comeback. At SE², we’ve spent much of the past winter delivering training to frontline workers from local authorities, the NHS and the voluntary sector. We’ve talked about the health impacts of cold weather, ways to spot someone who might be at risk from the cold and some of the simple, proven solutions that are available. Here are some of the things that we have learned along the way:

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