Green Heart of Hawick

The first A Greener Hawick Day on 16-17 May put climate change and the energy crisis firmly on the local agenda, with a weekend of talks, workshops and discussions organised by the Greener Hawick group. The members first got together at a talk by climate change expert Dr Michael Shallis last year, and has grown rapidly since then. The town's new Heart of Hawick venue drew a good crowd, and several working groups have now been set up to look into issues including local food, renewables, green spaces and energy reduction. Kevin Ferguson from the organising team said he'd been pleasantly surprised at the strong interest, particularly in allotments and home improvements. The group are also hoping to work with the local building trade to raise awareness about what individuals can do to improve their homes' energy efficiency. Anyone interested in getting involved should contact the chair, Dr Michael Shallis, via ShallisMandR@aol.com.

Green Heart of Hawick

Friday 16^th May
Tower Mill Auditorium
6pm Film screening
Al Gore’s movie An Inconvenient Truth
(Tickets from box office £5/£4)

8.15 pm opening by John Lamont, MSP
The Challenge of the Time
A Talk by Dr Michael Shallis
Followed by a full discussion of all the issues in Tower Mill Auditorium

Saturday 17^th May
Second floor of Tower Mill
The exhibition opens at 10.0 am

Seminar room:
11am Grow local, buy local
A short talk by Sarah Eno, Chair of Borders Organic Gardeners

12 noon Energy in the Home: providing heat and keeping it in the home
A short talk by Sandy Black, SBC Energy Advisor

2pm Sustainable development
A short talk by Euan Robson, Chair Scottish Sustainable Energy Foundation

3pm Local economy, local currency
A short talk by Jonathan Dawson, sustainability educator at the Findhorn Foundation and President of the Global Ecovillage Network

All these talks will be followed by time for a full discussion.

4.30 Transition Towns and Hawick
A short talk by Michael Shallis and Jonathan Dawson, followed by our final discussion

In the DVD room:
10am, 12 noon, 2pm A Convenient Truth
How a city in Brazil was transformed

11am 1pm, 3pm The Power of Community
How Cuba became self sufficient in food

In the Civic Space (outside):
2pm Solar One: mobile alternative energy exhibition in a van

In the Greener Hawick room:
Vision table – write down what you would like to see happen in Hawick
Membership stand

Organised by a A Greener Hawick - your local environmental group