Miriam Saxl, Translator

Location

Oxford

Years on Crude

2? (little bits over two years...)

Years on Crude as % of total life

7.6%

Jet, jeep, bike or bus

Totally bike

Original Crude connection

Polly and Boo

Scared of

being in denial over climate change myself

Guilty of

still wanting to go to far away places and considering possibly flying at some point (though all short haul has finished! and I'm proud.)

Life outside Crude

Work for COIN (Climate Outreach Information Network)

Website

www.coinet.org.uk

Here you can read about what work COIN does!:

COIN is an action-centered, education-centered climate change charity, running a range of interesting projects. Our mission statement is that we seek to create a 'powerful and vocal community' able to push forward climate
change action and policies.

Projects:

** Climate Change Speaker Training - day-long workshops for the public, giving them the materials and confidence to deliver carefully-put-together, thoughtful half hour talks on climate change to any
group they may chose;

** Action Groups - designed to enable groups of residents to take self-directed action on climate change, with other like-minded individuals;

** The Ecovation Initiative - bringing together a community if 'eco-renovators' to exchange info and best practice - see www.ecovation.org.uk;

** Speaker Events - e.g. in the past few months, Mark Lynas' booklaunch for 'Six Degrees';

** Climate School - intensive residential courses for all on climate change...

Also see www.aliveearth.org for an alternative to Live Earth!

Quotes

Would you rather have a new, bigger television, or a new friend? More and better don't lie in the same direction anymore. And that's good news, at a moment when good news is scarce.

- Bill McKibben, Los Angeles Times