Month of July, 2008

Saturday 26th July saw the Light Fantastic Trailer out in the blazing sunshine at the Britannia sponsored Leek & District Show, a popular event which had about 10,000 visitors. Despite the heat the energy bike drew a steady stream of enthusiastic visitors to the stall, and by the end of the day we estimate that we had had about 350 visitors to the exhibition.

Shrewsbury based caravan and leisure
company Salop Leisure have generously supplied the Light Fantastic project with
essential items to get the exhibition on the road.

Managing Director Mark Bebb said "I
am delighted to support this local project, we have a commitment to be energy
efficient at Salop Leisure and it's good to help others to do the
same."

I went along to my local art gallery today. In the window was the poster boy of climate change - the polar bear. Constructed from shredded plastic bags, standing on a bed of polystyrene packaging blocks, pleading to the world. The piece was by Tone Holmen, a norwegian artist whose work focuses on climate change in many forms. Check out her website here

India's largest vehicle manufacturer Tata is to release its latest model later this year - a car powered by compressed air.

The Light Fantastic Stall met with a very enthusiastic reception at the Bridgnorth Green Fair; many people stopped to try out the energy bike, have a chat and ask some questions about lighting and energy efficiency, and of course to receive their free lightbulbs. 

On Sunday 17th August we took the Light Fantastic stall to the Chorley Show
near Bridgenorth. The Chorley Show is a unique summer show in that it
has for many years endeavoured to promote local produce, arts and
crafts and more recently really take responsibility for its
environmental impact. Last year we carbon foot-printed the whole show,
highlighting ways in which their footprint cold be further reduced.
They have taken many of our recommendations on board, with displays and

One of the highlights of the Shrewsbury Summer Season is the famous Shrewsbury Flower Show, and this year we were there with the Light Fantastic trailer, giving out bulbs but not of the floral variety. Despite a gloomy forecast the rain more or less held off and it was a highly successful weekend for us.