Originally posted on 9 December 2009 On the 28th of November, five Sheffield Renewables volunteers trekked to and fro between our office and the workroom at Heeley City Farm, transporting our tools and equipment ready for the model making workshop. The first challenge was to work out how we extract the motor from a broken […]
Originally posted on 26 November 2009 On the 31st of October, eight Sheffield Renewables volunteers gathered outside a church hall in Walkley with a car full of tools and recycled odds and ends. The aim was to work on our model Archimedes Screw and to start work on a bicycle powered electricity generator that could […]
Originally posted on 26 November 2009 I first encountered Sheffield Renewables at the Green Fair in June 2009. I jumped at the chance to get involved because I’ve been interested in water power for as long as I can remember. I like hands on activities, so I was attracted to the Kelham Island workdays. The […]
Originally posted on 13 July 2009 All are warmly invited to come along to out into night this week. It is a chance to learn about what we are up to and find out about our volunteering opportunities. The session will run from 8:30pm to 10pm upstairs at the Red Deer pub (18 Pitt Street, […]
Originally posted on 7 February 2009 Sheffield Renewables launched its new website and information materials today from their stall at Peace in the Park. Our summer campaign is all about ‘V’, ‘S’ and ‘I’. These are the three things we need to make our projects a success: enthusiastic volunteers lots of local support willing investors […]