Special guests welcomed to Chagford

In October, Chagford is hosting two free talks about the energy crisis, saving money and sustainability. 

On 2nd October, energy expert Fuad Al-Tahil will address the question “Can I be environmentally sound and still save money?” Fuad is from Teign Energy Communities, a community benefit organisation which supports local businesses or individuals who want to do something “green” but lack the technical expertise or the deep pockets, and they’ve been making a success of this for some years. Bring along your solar panel queries, your retrofitting problems, your questions about heat pumps – Fuad will try to answer them all!  That’s at The Globe Inn, 7.30pm on Monday, 2nd October. 

And for a separate event, one man in South Brent became tired of endlessly giving money to giant energy corporations to burn non-renewable carbon when there is so much free wind energy to be had on Dartmoor. Edward “Joddy” Chapman will describe how he and others battled with bureaucracy - and figured out the technology - to get permission for the wind turbine which now provides electricity for 100 homes in South Brent. It all started with a chat in the pub…. Anyone interested in local and community energy will find it a must. That’s on 16th October, 7.30pm at The Globe Inn.