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 Barmoor Anti Wind Farm Group


We are often asked for help and advice on how to run an anti-wind farm campaign. Unfortunately, because of the enormous amount of time which has to be devoted to run it properly, it is difficult to give individual help and advice, but can we suggest you use the wealth of information from the links above and from the pages on this site which chronicle our development, from initial public meeting to the present situation. The REF is an extremely useful source of information, as is the book by Anthony Jay, "Not in Our Back Yard, How to run a Protest Campaign".
Make sure you have a group of extremely committed (but not frothing) individuals on your committee, preferably with a variety of different skills and expertise.
Above all, stay professional, avoiding any personal attacks on landowners.

Who are we?

 The SOUL Steering committee consists of :

Anne Daniels (Lowick)                  Ian Jackson(Bowsden)

Andrew Joicey(Ford and Etal)        Ann Lamb(Barmoor)

Tim Smalley (Lowick)                        John Slater(Lowick)

Amanda & Peter Worlock (Lowick)       John Ferguson (Bowsden)

For anybody wondering what individual members of SOUL are doing towards the energy crisis,
The farmers among us (eg Ian Jackson, Andrew Joicey) are constantly dealing with the massive changes that are happening in agriculture,
looking at development of new crop opportunities and systems,
watching the market for energy crops,
 having to be more efficient with fuel, fertiliser and energy,
and being accountable (to DEFRA and the community) for delivering an improving environment and rural landscape. All farming businesses in the area are under the same pressure. The energy saving implication is potentially colossal

John's company, Frontier Agriculture Ltd:  is enormously active in all of those fields.
Much research and investment into the bio-energy situation, nationwide and locally; big employer; huge player in the rural economy.

Tim's business, Bedmax:  Research into the use of fuels, co-firing, energy values etc: Acheived huge reduction in energy cost; big local employer; eco friendly:; sustainable, etc
 
Ann's business: very significant in the holiday industry. Energy efficient means of living. Opportunities for roof top solar panels, small wind turbines, waste recycling, power from waste etc. And a great way to demonstrate it all to the visitors from the towns.