South Bank glows in the Dark

This week, Planet South Bank have been working with our friends from York in Transition on a thermal imaging project, taking thermal images of our houses (and children and guinea pigs), to see where the heat is being lost. We chose the coldest possible time to do it in – which wasn’t strictly necessary, but will give some images, we hope. The York in Transition team will process the images over the next few weeks, and then we’ll call a meeting where all the South Bank householders can pick up their images, and talk over some ideas for improving their snug-ness ratings! Watch this space for time and venue. Many thanks to Peter, Edward and Andreas for making this project happen.

Gently glowing

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Introducing Planet South Bank

What is Planet South Bank? Planet South Bank aims to help local residents to learn more about climate change, reduce their carbon footprints, lead greener lives – and have fun doing it!

South Bank includes Clementhorpe, Bishopthorpe Road, Nunnery Lane and the roads off Scarcroft and up to the Knavesmire.

We grew out of the York Green Neighbourhood Challenge (January to June 2010), and we are planning regular events, stalls and activities throughout 2011 and beyond.

Planet Earth with Planet South Bank around itWhat’s next?

Meetings (inevitably). More information on these nearer the time.

Gardening. From now until the end of the main growing season (early November probably), we’ll be there on a more regular basis – see our Gardening page for details.

It’s been great to see the garden being so fruitful. Planet South Bank members have already been handing out veggies to local people and others are starting to come down and see what’s going on and take some produce home – which is what it’s all about. There are pictures of the garden’s progress on our Facebook page – just search on Planet South Bank and you’ll find us. It’s also a good way to keep abreast of what’s going on, especially if we put up additional gardening sessions at short notice.

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