CCA Newsletter Issue 24

Photograph of Paula Mossman at the 2009 Birthday party

Hi Everyone,

Here is the CCA Newsletter for Feb/ March packed as usual with news, and reports on whats happening with CCA.

We had a great 2nd birthday party at the end of January and look forward to our AGM in March.

Many thanks to those of you who came to and helped with the party and also to those people who have written articles for our Courier column. We now have a small bank of articles with the Courier for inclusion in the paper, but keep more coming.

Spring is almost with us but next winter you may want to consider hibernating! Apparently it was very popular in the 18th Century. Just think of all the fuel and food you could save. Here is a link from an article in the New York Times recently to learn more. Honestly its not a trick!

Paula

Dates for your Diary
2nd March	Steering Group Meeting
2nd March	Crediton Area CoHousing (CACH) Meeting
4th March	Food Group Meeting
6th March	Plastic and Recycling Group Meeting
7th March	Launch of Devon CAN (Climate Action Network)
11th March	WEN Meeting
11th March	Crediton Climate Action AGM
15th March	Film Showing: The Age of Stupid
23rd March	Community Supported Agriculture Project
25th March	WEN Meeting
25th March	Education Group Meeting
6th April	Crediton Area CoHousing (CACH) Group Meeting
8th April	WEN Meeting
16th May	Renewable Heat & Energy Open House Weekend
13th June	Food Group Slow Food Weekend

Feedback from the Waste Management Meeting

31st January

Review of Our Second Birthday

A huge thank you to everyone who came along to CCA's 2nd Birthday party at Sandford Village Hall ...

News Highlights

Codex Alimentarius

Anyone interested in freedom of choice with respect to our health may wish to sign this petition. Codex is a little known piece of legislation that has been rumbling around for years. It is now however due to be passed on 31st Dec 2009 and we have to stop this. If codex were to be passed th ...

Education & Public Awareness Group News

We've got off to something of a slow start this year and snow prevented the first meeting with the QE CCA team in February. That said, as the year begins to warm and the nights are less desperately dark we are kicking of meetings again. Here's a quick reminder for the key things we figure ...

Energy Group News

The Energy Group has finalised its 2009 -2014 plans. We are planning an Open House weekend for the 16th and 17th May for the general public to view working renewable energy generating systems in and around Crediton. We have several participants confirmed and we are covering everything from wind ...

Ask your MP to end fuel poverty

Over 5 million UK households are in fuel poverty - they can't afford to heat their homes. Every winter over 20,000 people in England die from the cold. This is due to leaky, energy inefficient homes. Ask your MP to end the plight of fuel poverty and reduce CO2 from housing by voting for the Fuel Po ...