November 30th, 9.30 am - 4.30 pm - The Paramount Hotel, Oxford

Featuring:

• Sir Crispin Tickell - Former British Ambassador to the UN
• Jordan Stephens, South East England Climate Champion
• Fred Pearce - Author of 'The Last Generation'

...and many others.

See www.climatesoutheast.org.uk for more details and information on how to book your place.

This event took place on Thursday 16th November, 2006

Oxford Solar Initiative and the Climate Outreach Information Network present an evening of inspiration, practical tips and shared visions on low-carbon living.

What will the future low carbon society look like, and what steps can we take in our own life to start living it today? We welcome two outstanding speakers to help answer these questions.

What will the future low carbon society look like, and what steps can we take in our own life to start living it today? We welcome two outstanding speakers to help answer these questions. Penney Poyzer is the owner of the award-winning 'Eco-Home' and presenter of the BBC's 'No Waste Like Home'. Leo Hickman is a Guardian journalist and author of 'A Life Stripped Bare: My Year Trying to Live Ethically and A Good Life'.

NEWSFLASH - A complete audio transcript of George Monbiot's COIN lecture on Thursday 19th October at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, can now be heard at climate.oneworldblogs.net

We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Richard Sexton on 20 September after a short and brave struggle with cancer. Richard was one of the founders and co-executive director of COIN and he remains with us in our hearts and in our minds.

Please send any letters of condolence for his family c/o the COIN office.

We hear all the time about climate change, but how much do we really know about what it means for our lives? Building on the success of COIN's 2005 Speaker Series, the 2006-2007 series began last month with two top speakers, Eco-lawyer Maria Adebowale, Director of the Environmental Law Foundation and Andrew Simms, Policy Director and head of the Climate Change programme at the New Economics Foundation.

The next event will be on Thursday June 22, featuring Ruth Bond, a trustee of the Women's Institute board member of Stop Climate Chaos, and Good Energy's Chief Executive, Juliet Davenport. The title of the event is "Women and climate change: is the female of the species more deadly than the male?"

COIN, in partnership with journalist Phil England, brings you Climate Radio – the best informed and challenging views on climate change. Pertinent, accessible and authoritative, these shows go beyond the platitudes and confusion that dominates mainstream debate. All the features on Climate Radio were first broadcast on Resonance FM.

more info...

On January 26th COIN held the inaugural meeting for its new Action Group programme. The Action Groups form around topics and themes chosen by the participants. Four new groups formed at the meeting- focusing on lifestyle change, carbon rationing, local policy change, and despair and empowerment.

Read more about the COIN Action Groups

COIN has launched a new resource called Perspectives on Climate Change. Perspectives gathers together the views and advice of leading academics, thinkers, politicians and environmental activists on how we can stop climate change and create the shift in society necessary for an environmentally sustainable future.

Perspectives are now available from Michael Meacher M.P., Joanna Macy, Ph.D., George Monbiot, George Marshall, and Caroline Lucas, MEP.

We hear all the time about climate change, but how much do we really know about what it means for our lives? Over the next seven months, COIN presents a series of monthly speaker events to bring together some of the leading experts and thinkers on the problems and challenges of climate change.

more info...

Joanna Macy, a leading voice in movements for peace, justice and a safe environment, presents a talk entitled Facing Climate Change, and other great adventures. The talk will be a unique and inspiring approach to climate change and other challenges of our time.

World leaders say climate change is one of the most serious threats facing humanity. Are they right? If so, what should they do? What should you do? Who will benefit and who will pay? Take part in the hottest debate of our times.

Visit the world's first truly global debate on climate change on opendemocracy.net

Former Environment Minister Michael Meacher has agreed to be patron of the Climate Outreach Information Network.

On 18 November 2004, COIN hosted a talk by the former Environment Minister Michael Meacher MP entitled "Climate Change - What can we do?". Further details from the talk will be available here soon.

COIN's pilot Climate Change Speaker Series event was held on 3rd June 2004 and was a great success.

For details and information on the topic discussed, Personal Carbon Rationing as a Solution to Climate Change, please see the event writeup

Motivational research has consistently found that two of the key motivators for personal change are providing simple practical actions that people can take, and leading by example.

We believe that people are prepared to imitate what friends, colleagues and neighbours are doing. Few go it alone unless they have peer-support or a good example to follow. Many of COIN's activities aim to illustrate what is possible by example.