Allerdale and Copeland Green Party

Rock Solid?

Expo at Kendal Museum - 24 March to 19 May 2012 For more information and application form please contact: wildart@mariannebirkby.plus.com

In Lakeland's leaky geology a huge system of underground tunnels to contain man's most long lasting legacy Is it possible? Is it ethical? How will we tell future generations? Should we make more waste?

This Expo would include:

Exhibition - Northern Artists- specially created artworks based on the "Rock Solid?" Lakeland Geology theme. Different disciplines from traditional watercolour and pottery to poetry and multi media.

Performance - storytelling "The Powerful Yellow Monster" and other performance tales tbc

Films - a screening of Into Eternity / Fight For Country

http://www.intoeternitythemovie.com

http://www.rhproductions.com.au/Productions.htm

The "Rock Solid?" Lecture Dr Helen Wallace - Executive Director of Genewatch UK
A Walk up Scafell

This will give a flavor of the scale of the proposed geological excavation- up to 1000m deep x 10km square

Workshops - Future Language

Anthropologists, linguists, futurologists are discussing the issue of how to warn future generations about nuclear waste. One major hurdle is the rise and fall of civilizations while the waste remains dangerous for millions of years.

"Expert Judgment on Markers to Deter Inadvertent Human Intrusion into the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant" http://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-control.cgi/1992/921382.pdf

How to communicate that the nuclear waste is dangerous, how to physically and mentally repel intrusions in the waste area, and how to be sure that future peoples don't ignore these warnings like we currently ignore the curses warned of in ancient Egyptian tombs!

Energy Saving Trust

There is financial help available if you're planning to make energy saving improvements to your home.

Cumbria Green Build

A project which aims to raise awareness of the opportunities for all of us to create a more sustainable future in Cumbria through the clever use of our buildings, through prudent energy use and low carbon energy generation.

Is growing trees the answer to the gloom and doom of Loweswater and other Lakeland hill farmers?

See the web site of the Transition Network

CUMBRIA FOREST FOOD NETWORK "Pioneering Forest Gardening"

Cumbria Forest Food Network is an informal grouping of over 40 People and Projects.
Our Aim is to develop Forest Gardening as an element of Cumbria's community food resource by supporting People and Projects with a coordinated programme of Research, Trials, Demonstration Projects and Promotional Activities. With the assistance of The Royal Society of Arts and Cumbria University we have been successful in establishing this initial research project. Watch our for further news and developments