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| Environment
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| Newark
& Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society’s
Environment Area is the topical initiative
at this year’s County Show.
The
Rt Hon John Gummer, MP for Suffolk Coastal,
will formally open the Environment Area
on the show’s opening day, Saturday
10 May. Mr. Gummer is a past Minister
for the Environment and still retains
a strong interest in environmental issues
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This Show Society’s innovation has
received support from Newark & Sherwood
District Council’s Risk and Resilience
Service, which will be the major sponsor.
Supporting
the initiative are Severn Trent Water,
EON, Nottinghamshire County Council’s
Emergency Planning Department, Newark
& Sherwood District Council’s
Waste & Recycling, Fly-Tipping and
Sustainable Energy Teams, the Environment
Agency and the Forestry Commission.
Full
of practical ways in which the public
can participate in slowing down the process
of climate change, the Environment Area
will be innovative, educational and fun.
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Based
on the four elements of Earth, Wind, Water
and Fire, the new area will encompass
activities, lectures and information stands
that will display examples of recycling
and alternative use, many of which can
be used in and around the home.
Turning
waste into compost, reusing water, solar
and wind-powered energy, bio-fuels, wood
burners, electric vehicles and using hemp
or jute bags instead of plastic carriers
are all practical methods that can be
introduced into our daily lives.
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New
product innovations, such as recycling
discarded rubber tyres into rubber crumb
for play areas and using reed beds for
sewerage disposal as well as automatic
passive detector lighting and heating
valves will be on display.
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Recent
climate change reports and events such
as the floods last summer have highlighted
the increasing need for all communities
and individuals to consider their actions
in light of climate change. We hope this
imaginative project will help us all do
that.
"We hope the Environment Area will
show the public how easy it is to incorporate
energy saving into their lifestyle in
a fun way.” |
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