MCC’s Next Meeting

Tuesday, 13 November, 7.30 pm

Victoria Rooms Reading Room, Milverton. 

Come and join us in taking action on climate change. 

Milverton’s Carbon Footprint  

The results are in! 

·       9188kg per person

·       9400kg national average

·       Food and transport biggest contributors 

600 households individually called upon 3 times in 10 days!  Each household sent a personalised report on their carbon footprint and ways to reduce it by either e-mail or post. Many thanks to Nikki Lewis and her students at Richard Huish College, Ecos Trust, Milverton Parish Council and the Milverton Climate Challenge volunteers who made it all possible. To reduce Milverton’s food print help us establish a Milverton Producers’ Saturday Stall in the village where gardeners, allotment holders and local growers can sell their surplus produce to local residents.  Milverton food for Milverton people – you can’t get more local than that!  Interested? Then contact Milverton Climate Challenge at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . To calculate your carbon footprint and to find out what you can do to reduce it check out these fabulous sites:- 

www.wwf.org.uk/oneplanet

www.est.org.uk 

www.risingtothechallenge.org.uk  

Big Savings on low energy light bulbs available from 8 October at Milverton Post Office Stores 

Get the latest low energy light bulbs for a little as 60p each from Milverton Post Office Stores from Monday 8 October.  Milverton Climate Challenge has negotiated this special price to help Milverton and other local communities conserve energy – the first step in the battle against climate change.   See the range at the scheme’s launch at Milverton Community Market on Saturday 6 October.  Special thanks to Milverton Climate Member Tim Bidlake-Corser for making this happen. 

Eco - retrofitting Day – Saturday October 20 Victoria Rooms Milverton  

Take advantage of expert advice from Tim Simmons of SCAT’s Genesis Project on how to make your home more eco friendly.  Join Tim to find out how to make energy and money saving changes to your home.  Especially valuable in light of the new Home Information Pack’s energy performance rating.   

MCC Fundraising Disco – Friday, November 9 8.30, Victoria Rooms, Milverton 

Join Phil Chambers and friends for a drink and a dance at what promises to be a great night out. 

Milverton Climate Challenge Featured In Inspiring Film 

An inspiring 3 minute film on what Milverton Climate Challenge and Milverton Primary School are doing about climate change has been produced by Somerset County Council’s Rising to the Challenge Team.  The film will be shown at their roadshow events, to primary school and will also be featured on their website.  We hope to show the film at our meeting on 12 September. 

Click here to view the video 

Milverton Community Renewable Energy Consultation

CAFÉ (Community Action on Energy) are working with us on what sources of renewable energy are possible for Milverton.  We are looking for a beacon community project to kick-start the initiative.  If you are responsible for a community building in Milverton that could do with an energy saving makeover than please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . If you are interested in helping make renewable energy a reality for Milverton than please get in touch, we are currently working through a list of preliminary considerations before CAFÉ comes down to Milverton to give us a free one and a half day consultation. 

Cool Earth 

Do something now to protect our planet go to COOL EARTH and buy ½ and acre of rainforest.  Rainforests are made of living carbon - more than 260 tonnes are locked away in each acre.  Destroying them releases more climate warming CO2 each year than the entire USA.  Cool Earth is a charity that protects endangered rainforest. This combats global warming, protects ecosystems and provides sustainable jobs for local people. 

The Convenient Solution 

If you can only do one thing this month, please watch Green peace’s new film, The Convenient Solution, which details why decentralised energy and energy efficiency are better than nuclear power for helping us tackle climate change:

Click here to view the video 

Climate Friends  

Somerset Wildlife Trust are holding a Climate Friendly Fortnight, 15th – 30th September, a festival of hundreds of climate awareness events and practical action across the South West. Check out CLIMATE FRIENDS to find out more. 

NATIONAL CLIMATE MARCH - SATURDAY 8th DECEMBER

GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION  

Join people all around the world to demand that world leaders take the urgent action we need to prevent the catastrophic destabilisation of global climate. The National Demo in London will be one of many demonstrations on climate taking place all around the world on the same day midway through the UN Climate Talks in Bali. If you would like to form part of a group travelling up from Milverton and the surrounding communities then please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .