The DCGC would like to give 2 different views on the BP spill in the Mexico gulf.
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Monday, 17 May 2010
Evidence based policy making lecture - a huge success!
Thank you to those of you who attended to make this event a huge success. Over 130 people attended to hear Dr. Miles Parker speak about evidence based policy making. After the lecture, a small group of interested academics, civil servants, members of CSaP, students, and others came together in a lively discussion with Dr. Parker over dinner at Darwin. We hope Darwin College can continue to play a role in linking academia with wider society.
His wealth of experience shed light on the way evidence has been used by the UK government. His lecture traced the history of evidence based policy in the UK from to the 19th century to today. He raised questions about the legacy left by the Rothschild Report in the early 1970s and asked how government might be a more intelligent user of science and other types of evidence.
We hope to organise another event like this in the Michaelmas Term. If you are interested in helping out, please get in touch with a member of the Green Committee!
His wealth of experience shed light on the way evidence has been used by the UK government. His lecture traced the history of evidence based policy in the UK from to the 19th century to today. He raised questions about the legacy left by the Rothschild Report in the early 1970s and asked how government might be a more intelligent user of science and other types of evidence.
We hope to organise another event like this in the Michaelmas Term. If you are interested in helping out, please get in touch with a member of the Green Committee!
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Energy saving competition!
I am currently away in Denmark doing research for my dissertation at the UNEP Centre for Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, but the rest of the Green Committee are working hard in Cambridge.
Our long awaited energy saving competition will start tomorrow and it's a chance for all of you to give some extra thought to using your energy responsibly for a week. The baseline electricity consumption has been monitored in all houses and the house achieving the biggest relative reduction during the week will win a great prize! Read more about the competition here.
Our long awaited energy saving competition will start tomorrow and it's a chance for all of you to give some extra thought to using your energy responsibly for a week. The baseline electricity consumption has been monitored in all houses and the house achieving the biggest relative reduction during the week will win a great prize! Read more about the competition here.
The reason that we're doing this competition is to get everyone thinking of little things they can do in their everyday lives to reduce their impact on the environment. Simple things like not leaving the computer on stand-by, boiling water in the kettle, switching lights off, not putting hot food in the fridge, and not leaving things to charge over night actually make a difference. If you make an effort this week, it will pay off! We will publish all results here on the blog and on the website, so everyone can see how the individual houses did. Do take this opportunity (you don't normally have someone taking your meter readings every week!) to see how much you can reduce your consumption just by being more aware!
It's a shame I can't be there to watch the process next week, but I look forward to seeing the results.
Best of luck!
Kristina.
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