Events also on 13-19 Oct

CLIMATE CHANGE & ME isn't just a one-off. There are also FILMS, TALKS AND CLOTHES SWAPS from 6-9pm at Highbury Fields School from Monday 13-16 October. Films start approx 6.45pm, end at 8.15pm and then if you like, stay for a half hour discussion. (And don't forget the car boot sale on Sun 19 October at Drayton Park School) .


Mon 13 Oct – Watch Al Gore’s classic Nobel/Oscar-winning presentation on climate change, An Inconvenient Truth. Snacks on sale from Market Playgroup.

Tues 14 Oct – Discover how to go plastic bag free with Message in the Waves and Orlando Jopling (who helped Newington Green do this). Somali-style samosas on sale.

Wed 15 Oct – Watch The End of Suburbia with Duncan Law from Transition Town Brixton OR bring a posh piece of clothing you no longer wear and join a SWISH clothes swap. (7-.8.45pm)

Th 16 Oct - Watch Cuba deal without oil and get gardening in the city in Power of Community OR
get practical advice how to green your office in a talk from Friends of the Earth’s Karen Leibenguth (7-8pm). Snacks on sale from a South American charity.

Sun 19 Oct - Car boot sale at Drayton Park School, Arvon Road, N5. Sellers 9am, buyers 10am. Breakfasts and bargains.

Green your office

Come and find out how Friends of the Earth has reduced its paper use, found sustainably sourced products and encouraged staff to recycle everything - from tea bags to PC monitors at Highbury's CLIMATE CHANGE & ME evening conference. Tickets for the evening events are free, just turn up anytime from 6pm at Highbury Fields School, Highbury Hill. Karen's inspiring workshop runs from 7-8pm on 16 October.

"Of course you'd expect Friends of the Earth to have good recycling systems in place, but we've found that you need to keep on encouraging and inspiring staff. We make it easy, we explain what and why, and we give out awards," says Karen Liebenguth who has worked at the environmental campaigning organisation, based in nearby Old Street, for three years.

Karen (right) is in charge of keeping Friends of the Earth's office and staff green. Come and find out the innovative, but simple, ways this is achieved. Karen can answer your questions too.

If you've ever felt frustrated by the waste in your office then please come and find out how to do something practical about it on Thursday 16 October from 7-8pm.

Useful books: Save Cash & Save the Planet (Collins) available here.