Subject: AGM and celebration event announced! 🎉

Carbon Co-op AGM 2023 announced! Become a board member and more...

We have announced the date of our 2023 Carbon Co-op AGM and celebration event. Taking place between 10am - 3pm on Saturday 25th March, the event will be a hybrid in-person/online event at Bridge 5 Mill. The event will feature a celebratory meal and film showing with Q&A. This event is open to members and non-members alike, so make sure to register now.

In advance of the AGM we are putting a call out for people who would like to take on a greater role in the governance of Carbon Co-op. Now is your opportunity to become a board member or observer, if you think this is for you, make sure to take a look and find out more.

The AGM might be our biggest news this month, but it is certainly not the only thing going on. We have recently launched the final episode of the first series of Power in the City podcast, so make sure to give it a listen, and subscribe for any future episodes!

We are also hosting a workshop with Samuel Johnson-Schlee, looking at historic communications from the gas industry and what we can learn for the retrofit and energy transition - Gaseous Domesticities looks set to be an extremely interesting workshop and learning opportunity!

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Carbon Co-op AGM and Celebration 2023

After a gap of three years, we're back with an in-person/hybrid AGM celebration event. We will re-cap Carbon Co-op's work tackling climate change through collective action and highlight the progress made over the last few years, as well as the plans and challenges that lie ahead. Come along to hear about our work, offer your views and meet other members. The event features a celebratory meal and a film showing of the Oil Machine plus a Q&A.

📅 When: 10-3pm, Saturday 25th March 2023

🗺️ Where: Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Manchester M4 7HR; and online

👥 Who: the event is aimed at members but open to all!

📋 Booking: Register here (NB when booking select member or non-member and in person or online - if you are not sure whether you are a member get in touch).

Join the Carbon Co-op board

Could you help tackle climate change whilst being part of an inspiring and unique community energy organisation? Carbon Co-op's Annual General Meeting is approaching and we are recruiting new board members. Board members are elected by the membership, from the membership, so if you'd like to stand you need to be a current member or intend to join the membership. We're not only looking for board members, if you are curious you can become an observer and attend meetings to get a feel for what's involved before joining at a later date. Board membership involves attending six, two hour meetings a year, in person or by video call.

To express an interest in joining the board or becoming an observer, please register your details using the button below. (Deadline is 5pm, Thursday 23rd march 2023).

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Could you be a retrofit champion case study?

A picture of the cover of a Dom McCann's Retrofit Story

We are working with the Manchester School of Architecture to create a series of case studies, showcasing the nuts and bolts of retrofit for the general public to inspire and inform others. The project will see us matching Carbon Co-op members who have retrofitted their homes in some way, with master's students at the University of Manchester. The students will visit homes, speak to members and document improvements made. If you'd like to take part in this programme, please complete the short form below.

Power in the City - From 9 to 5?

Cover art for Episode 5 of Power in the City Podcast

This episode is about the grind, the toil, the sweat, the slog, the graft, the duty - and things like skills and craft, commitment and creativity. Yes, it’s about work! The green kind. It’s about working in the energy transition. What exactly is a green job? How do I get myself one of those? What motivates folks who have one? And is it the same as a good job? Join us as we talk to people that hold green jobs and those that create the conditions for more of us to have one.

With interviews by Electricity North West, Andrew Hunt about the Oldham Green New Deal, our very own Mumin Rahman and our colleague Antonia Jennings at CLES talking about Community Wealth Building and a just transition.

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Gaseous Domesticities Workshop

Gaseous Domesticies - 09/03/2023 10am-2:30pm

Join this co-production workshop based on Sam Johnson-Schlee's British Academy Innovation Fellowship research findings. The workshop will discuss how this research can inform new approaches to communicating with householders about energy adaptation and retrofit.

The workshop will introduce three data sets:

Archival research into the historic advertisement and comms regarding gas and heating
Machine Learning media analysis carried out by the research agency Space Doctors
Qualitative analysis of research with 13 householders

Through workshop exercises we will explore this data and identify implications and guidelines for how to communicate to householders about adaptation and retrofit.

The workshop will include light refreshments and lunch.

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