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Events (all events are free unless otherwise stated)

Any time: Ghost Forest

Angela Palmer's exhibition of huge primary rainforest tree stumps is on the lawn in front of the museum. The exhibition is intended to highlight the deforestation crisis. Runs until Fri 1 July 2011. Free, visible at all times. Oxford University Museum of Natural, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW.

27th April 2011 Oxford Green Drinks

An informal networking and discussion event for anyone interested or working in the environment, sustainability, climate change or other related fields. Meet, drink, exchange ideas and be merry. This is a part of the global initiative www.greendrinks.org. 27th April from 18:30 to 20:30 Front Room, The Kings Arms, Corner of Broad Street and Catte Street, Oxford

Wednesday 18th May 2011 UTILISE Utility management Workshop

Utilise is a one dat utility management workshop that helps you ientify areas for environmental improvement and cost savings at your business. IN an interactive programme you'll expolire utility billing and tariffs, gadgets and renewables, green marketing, waste minimisation, environmental management systems, grant and funding opportunities and much more! Book Now. Email info@utilise.org.uk or phhone 01243 777348. Utilise Workshops are free to attend to SMEs based in the South East throughthe Low Carbon Essentials programme part financed by the European Regional Development Fund. To find out if your business qualifies as an SME visit www.utilise.org.uk . 9:20-16:30, Oxford.

Friday 20th, Sat 21st & Sun 22nd May 2011: Wood Festival

Wood is Britain's Greenest festival. As well as celebrating great music it also celebrates nature. The event runs entirely on renewable energy and aims to highlight green issues and through participation promote an ecologically friendly lifestyle, with composting toilets, showers heated by wood-burning stove and a solar-powered stage. You can even spend your time dancing into the night in a bicle powered disco.

Tuesday 12th April 2011: Cafe Scientifique

Speaker: Dr Henry Snaith - Photovoltaic cells

The Cafe Scientifique is a successful UK community originally imported from France. Cafes Scientifiques are public forums in which scientific issues are discussed informally, involving scientists and non-scientists alike, aiming to inform, to entertain, and to provoke debate. The Oxford Cafe is hosted in Blackwells Bookshop on Broad Street, at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month. Doors usually open around 7:00 pm (earlier if it's cold and we are able to set up quickly!)

Tuesday 10th May 2011: Cafe Scientifique

Speaker: Colin Tudge, author of Good Food For Everyone For Ever

Thursday 9th June 2011 Science Oxford Live: Engineering The World

As climate change becomes a real possibility, scientists are being asked to come up with ways to solve the problems that this will cause. Experts from Science and Technology Facilities Council will be on hand to assess which ideas are realistic, and which ones are just pie in the sky.

Audience 13+, SO Live friend: Free, otherwise £5 per person or £16 per familt/group up to 5 people.

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