BBC - Get Writing - - A3411983 - Tackling climate change in the West of England

BBC - Get Writing - - A3411983 - Tackling climate change in the West of England ()

  „But the trigger for a project to achieve some critical mass in Bristol came from something very simple - a conversation over coffee. The RSA launched a “coffeehouse challenge” this year. The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, to give it its full name, has been celebrating its 250th anniversary by going back to its roots – debate key issues over coffee.So all round the country, people got together to discuss ideas for practical action. In the West, people from local business, the community and NGOs met to work out what a low carbon West of England might look like.“

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  „1652: The first coffeehouse opened in England.  Coffee houses multiplied and become such popular forums for discussion that they were dubbed "penny universities" (one penny was the price of a cup of coffee).“

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