Bricks and Bread Sustainable Living Centre co2 awareness day - Event to help people understand about co2 with demonstrations of easy ways to reduce carbon emissions

Bricks and Bread Sustainable Living Centre is hosting an event on 24TH October
to help people understand greenhouse gases and offering realistic ways for people and businesses to reduce their carbon emissions.

The event will highlight how people can make small changes to their life to not only reduce co2 emissions but to save money and become more self sufficient. This event supports the 350.org campaign to raise awareness about reducing carbon emissions from the current level of 390 parts per million co2 in the atmosphere.

At 3.50PM everyone attending the event will form a human banner to depict the numbers 350 We are inviting the media to come and photograph us to spread the word about this important message.

We are encouraging local children to use their creative talents to paint banners with the numbers 350 on them. We will display the banners at the event and photograph them for the 350.org team to display on a huge screen in Times Square in New York.

For more information please email centre@bricksandbread.com

Background on Bricks and Bread Sustainable Living Centre

Bricks and Bread Sustainable Living Centre based in Aldershot, Hampshire is a Community Interest Company created by people who are dedicated to making it easier to access independent advice, skills training and verified products to make it possible for people to live, work and build sustainably.

The Centre opened in June 2009 and will be franchising this business across the UK. It focuses on providing practical solutions and money making ventures which encourage people to see that adapting to sustainable living is an interesting journey of discovering new ideas and ways to live.

The company is run by people who are leading by example, having been materialistic consumers with careers in motorsport and the oil industry they have successfully adapted their lives over the last decade to become self sufficient and create sustainable businesses.

Their transition was driven by a personal desire to take responsibility for their impact on the environment without compromising their modern standards of living. It wasn’t easy but by collaborating with like-minded people they have proved it is possible to live a low carbon lifestyle and have a profitable business which benefits their local community.