From Bracknell Friends of the Earth...
Dear Local FOE Activist Friends,
As you know we are booked to be on the bandstand in Bracknell on the 13th from 10am to at least 2pm weather permitting.
I suggest we aim to start setting up at 9.00. If all goes well with good public interest we may stay longer, weather permitting.
I spoke to Nick Mercer of www.c-realevents.demon.co.uk fame on Friday, and confirmed that he will come with his pedal generators, and hopefully Anita as an assistant, although as usual we must be expected to help them set up, supervise the machinery with them now and then ,and help them pack up.
The basic aim is to engage the public on the subject of Climate Change, and Renewable Energy in particular- as a major main part of the solution, by way of the usual familiar Christmas themes.
Unless anyone has any better ideas, the basic plan is to have a real Christmas tree in a pot with LED lights on it driven by one pedal generator, another pedal generator to power a music machine which will produce Christmas carols, and another generator for whatever the kids want.to try out - but particularly to power at least one appropriate bin liner monster.
The Recyclops one we have is less appropriate for the basic theme, so we wont use that.
The Climate Change one sure is on message still - and it can be used.
But I think John said he wont be available on the day, since it is a Saturday (It would be great if you could be there John, even just for the morning!!) and so he has volunteered to make us up a new monster based on the renewables theme. John, I don't know if you can get large yellow bin bags for the basic material but that would be good since it is the colour of the sun, and all it needs is a suitable big happy face stuck on it and some labels like WIND, WAVE, SOLAR PANELS, BIOFUELS, CSP, CCS etc or whatever you fancy. I have seen white bags.and silver bags but not yellow though. I wonder of we could actually make up a round sun shaped monster in yellow somehow if we can just get some yellow polythene sheeting?
Do have a look at our website John - I dont think you have seen our bin liner monsters in action have you? See picture at bottom of home page.
http://bracknell-foe.makingithappen.co.uk/
If you pop round to see Nick I am sure he can blow one up to show you how they work.
Silvia is painting the rest of the plywood wall I made up with red bricks and varnishing them so that it will take graffiti and be weatherproof.
Siliva has suggested re-running the biofuels free-entry competition from the big day out in July and I do think that is appropriate and would be an added attraction, so I assume she will also try and organise some sponsors for the prizes again.
I will supply and bring the Christmas tree and the pot, and bring the usual table an FOE tablecloth and appropriate FOE literature etc., since I am the only one with large enough transport.
(Nick has a enough on his plate with the pedal generators! I trust he can provide lights and some carol music on a music cassette or something.)
Finally, I promised you some green wigs or hats to brighten up our Black "prophets of doom" FOE cagoules!
Just leave that up to me. I will hand them out on the day. Do please wear your cream FOE T-shirts under your cagoule to display now and then if it is not too cold to give people a quick flash of the green FOE logo & creamy colour!
Bright green stockings might be a good idea on the ladies?
Bright green trousers on the boys?
I have some green waterproof overtrousers and may need them anyway if it rains a lot!!
I can't find any green noses. Red ones would do to pick up on the "Rudolph" aspect of Christmas I guess!
Or yellow to pick up on the renewable energy theme of the sun?
These noses are pretty uncomfortable things to wear anyway, so this is an optional extra, if you want to provide and wear your own.
You can also do your own thing to attract attention with a mask and face paints etc if you want. I can get face paints and make up cheap or even for free from my wife's shop.
Just let me know!.
All best
Bill Dowling
FoE
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I think you should remove this old posting now! It is past its sell-by date, and was cancelled at the last minute on Dec13th anyway due to bad weather
Bracknell FOE were in Bracknell Market on Friday Dec19th instead, and we managed to make £12.50 for our funds by selling some of our small accumualation of bric-a brac. Wow!!
It was very cold, in spite of being under cover in the market - simply because they will insist on leaving the huge loading doors open for the greengrocer at the far end! But,it was a worthwhile and enjoyable experience,which we will repeat, although the small number of children passing through made interest in the pedal generators we had there, by courtesy of Nick Mercer and
www.c-realevents.demon.co.uk, was
less than expected. And, we still seem to have a population in Bracknell that is far from concerned about climate change and environmental matters. They were far more interested in buying our bric-a brac! Materialism still comes way before Environmentalism, I guess!
David Young clearly has his work cut out to win votes for the Green Party. We will keep trying to help!
Best wishes from Bill Dowling, Bracknell FOE coordinator
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