30th March 2011
University of Huddersfield
Fairtrade Breakfast
Cafe on 3rd, Central Services Building
09.00 - 11.00
Conference Presentations
Business School, BS1/07
10.00 - 5.45
Political Talk
Business School, BS1/07
6.30 - 7.30
Open to the general public
Friends of Earth
An environmental organisation working with individuals as well as communities on improving the health of Earth will open a series of presentations within the Green Conference and will also place a stall there
10 am – 11 am
Radical Low Energy Homes which Cost £75 a Year to Heat
Bill Butcher
Director of the Huddersfield firm ‘The Green Building Store’
Screening of ‘Future Passiv’ documentary on Passivhous low energy building design followed by a Q & A session
11.15 am – 12.15 am
What about the Climate Change?
Pauline Nealle
Oxfam speaker
Presentation about causes and impacts of the climate change on mankind and nature
12.30 am – 1.15 pm
Bettys & Taylors Yorkshire Rainforest Project
Samantha Gibson
Presentation about a campaign to protect an area the size of the Yorkshire Dales in Peru’s Amazon rainforest and support the Ashaninka community there
1.30pm - 2.30pm
Can Recycling Change the World or Is It a Waste of Time and Effort?
Michael Hibbert
Passionate about waste management, currently working for Recycling and Waste Management Training Programme at the University of Huddersfield
Presentation will skip through current issues with a focus on changing from linear consumption and disposal to a closed loop recycling and resource recovery model picking up the carbon economy on the way
2.15 pm – 3.00 pm
Ten Ways one Person Can Change the World
Kate Lock
Author of the book: “Confession of an Eco-Shopper: the True Story of one Woman's Mission to Go Green“
Presentation based on her book and life experiences giving exact guidelines for individuals who wish to make a difference
3.15 pm – 4.15 pm
Chemicals around Us
Dr Robert Allan
Teacher of environmental science at the University of Huddersfield
Presentation about pollution and chemicals around us - in water, air, soil, but also in food, cloth, creams, etc.
4.30 pm – 5.15 pm
Free-Market vs. State Environmental Policy? That’s the Question not only for Energetic Industry
Jan Müller
2010 graduate of the University of Huddersfield currently studying Economic policy at the University of Economics in Prague
Presentation discussing state regulated environmental policy illustrated on a photovoltaics case study from the Czech Republic
5.30 pm – 6.15 am
Political Talk
Representatives of Green Party, Liberal Democrats, Labour Party and Conservatives taking part in presenting their environmental problems and answering questions of the audience
6.30 pm – 7.30 pm
