Nový Mlýn - green tech south bohemia

It’s hardly as traumatic as the Kashmiri earthquakes last year, but the following item was in the Metro yesterday about my mum’s school:

 ”THE unveiling of a children’s Noah’s Ark project had to be abandoned after a flood hit their school. Pupils had spent 18 months making the wall hangings of the Biblical event and were due to have it blessed by a bishop from in the area. But a sudden downpour saw the school flooded with 8cm of water and the service had to be cancelled. A friend of the school, the Rev Roger Bayldon, said: ‘It is quite ironic that the blessing of a Noah’s Ark wall hanging was to happen during the time of a big flood.’ The 3m by 4m wall hangings, depicting Noah saving a pair of every animal as the world flooded, were not damaged. They had to be removed from the building, Baden Powell and St Peter’s Middle School in Poole, Dorset, to nearby St Peter’s Church, with the intention of being returned for the blessing. ”

Wednesday, October 4, 2006 METRO

 Maybe the school could do with the version of bog which is adapted to store storm water and generate electricity from this.

Last night was the fourth green drinks.  It was well attended by TIC (the technology and innovation centre at UCE/Millennium Point) who were entertaining as ever! They had some good ideas about funding leads, and also told us about a biodiesel event which is happening next tuesday. Some serious networking was done, and some less serious drinking.

 Green Drinks 5 will be on the 7th November, provisionally at the same venue.

This temping thing is actually proving enjoyable!

The people I’m working with are lovely. They’ve been really welcoming and friendly, and things seem so straight forward in comparison to the work I’ve been doing for the last three years! There are things to do, in a set order, and instructions on how to do them… most of the time.
I’m setting up a hiking weekend club with the woman who shares my office. She’s new to the UK and wants to go on affordable weekends away to beautiful places - hence ‘Birmingham Social Climbers’ has been formed. It’s quite useful this knowing how to set up a voluntary organisation thing! Read the rest of this entry »