Invited guests and members of the public watched the launch of Marches Energy Agency's (MEA) latest project, "Light Fantastic" in the castle grounds on Thursday.

A MARKETING campaign that provoked ‘car rage' among some of Britain's motoring writers by converting the iconic playground game Top Trumps to promote green vehicles is up for an award.

Climate change charity Marches Energy Agency isn't often listed alongside major car manufacturers, but it is competing with BMW and Citroen for the GreenFleet ‘Green Marketing Campaign of the Year'.

AN environmental charity launched by one person in Shropshire long before global warming moved to the centre of the political agenda marks its 10^th birthday this week (THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER) as one of Britain's top climate change organisations.

Marches Energy Agency's mission is to bring about more sustainable use and generation of energy through education, demonstration and inspiration.

It's a far cry from September 1998 when the fledging sustainable energy initiative began life in a small office in the Shirehall in Shrewsbury.

In a week marked by record increases in energy prices a new Bioenergy guide has been launched to raise awareness of technologies which offer a way out of the peak oil pinch. The Bioenergy Guide was been launched at the On-Farm Anaerobic Digestion seminar which was held at Walford College on Tuesday 5^th August, an event attended by 80 delegates from around the country.

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.

Seven Bishops from four continents have pledged to cycle or walk 450 miles each this year rather than driving. This public commitment for action on climate change was made on Saturday, 12^th July at Leominster Priory, Herefordshire. 

FOR the past year, Shrewsbury’s Marches Energy Agency has been assisting businesses in Shropshire to access grants and assistance to reduce their fuel bills and generate their own power.

People with an interest in green and environmental issues from across the county are meeting up again next month in Shrewsbury. The next event is at Cromwells Hotel in Shrewsbury at 8pm on Wednesday the 2^nd of July.

COMMUNITY HALL GETS THE WIND IN IT’S SAILS 

A COMMUNITY hall just outside Shrewsbury is leading the way in using renewable energy in the fight against Climate Change. 

CLIMATE CHANGE CHARITY LAUNCHES SUMMER OF FANTASTIC EVENTS