An experienced manager is required to run the newly established Low Carbon Swansea project.

The Project is developing a coordinated, integrated and sustainable approach to reducing carbon emissions across all sectors in the City and County of Swansea area. To achieve this, the post-holder will work to raise the profile of carbon management with members of Swansea’s Local Service Board (LSB) and other large public bodies, as well as with the business community and the wider community. 

The project is run by Swansea Environmental Forum (SEF), which has recently established a partnership for carbon management within Swansea. Your role will be to facilitate information exchange and collaboration across all sectors towards a shared action plan for carbon management.

Both experience of working in the field of environmental management / carbon reduction and in leading successful partnership working to achieve and maximise collaboration is essential.

The Environment Centre, an environmental registered charity based in Swansea, will manage this post on behalf of SEF. 

Preferred start date:  End of March 2012

Salary: £25,000 per annum  

The contract will run until March 31st 2014, but could continue subject to funding. 

Secondment Opportunity: The Board is willing to consider secondment arrangements for this position, particularly from partners.

Further Information: A full job description and person specification are available HERE and more information about the Low Carbon Swansea project is available HERE

Application Process: Applications are invited by way of a CV and a covering letter. The covering letter should refer to the job description and say how previous experience/current skills make you ideal for the role. Clearly label your application with the job reference LCS.   

Applications should be sent to: Jenny Edwards, Swansea Environmental Forum, The Environment Centre, Pier Street, Swansea, SA1 1RY or email them to  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Closing date for applications:  1pm Wednesday 8th February 2012

Interview Date: Monday 20th February 2012

This post is part funded by the European Social Fund  

The Environment Centre is holding its annual Green Fayre on November 26th and 27th.

With stalls selling environmentally friendly gifts, crafts, food and gadgets and information about local Green groups, charities and opportunities it is the place for anyone interested in Green Lifestyles.

Green Fayre 2011: 

Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th November 2011

10am - 4pm

At the National Waterfront Museum, Maritime Quarter,

Swansea, SA1 3RD

Shopping with a Conscience at the region's largest gathering of green organisations, charities and businesses.

More information at http://www.environmentcentre.org.uk/news/greenfayre.htm 

On display in Swansea 8th to 26th October 2011 

Tarnished Earth, a dramatic open air gallery of photographs by Jiri Rezac, telling the story of one of the world’s biggest ecological disasters, is coming to Swansea. 

The free outdoor exhibition, which shows how Canada’s magnificent Boreal Forest is being destroyed and polluted by the rush to extract oil from the tar sands just below the surface, will be on display 

outside the National Waterfront Museum for much of October. The wonderful photographs, which are illuminated at night, contrast the destruction caused by the oil extraction with the area’s pristine 

wilderness and the traditional way of life of the indigenous First Nation Cree. 

Tarnished Earth, organised by The Co-operative Group in conjunction with WWF-UK and Greenpeace, is touring the UK and has already been seen by more than a million people. It is being hosted in Swansea by the National Waterfront Museum and Swansea Environmental Forum (SEF) as part of the Sustainable 

Swansea Initiative, with support from the Environment Centre and the City and County of Swansea. 

This is the latest in a series of major outdoor exhibitions that the Forum has brought to Swansea to 

raise awareness of global environmental issues. A key priority for SEF at the moment is to encourage 

and help local organisations and communities to lower their carbon footprint. A dramatic exhibition 

like Tarnished Earth can show what can happen if we continue to depend on ever diminishing 

supplies of oil. 

Two FREE films linked to issues raised by the exhibition will also be shown:

Dirty Oil 5.30pm, Sunday 16th October, National Waterfront Museum

A documentary that takes a behind-the-scenes look at the tar sands industry. 

Gasland 7pm, Tuesday 18th October, National Waterfront Museum

A multi-award winning film about the impact of natural gas drilling in the USA and the controversial method known as ‘fracking’. Followed by a short open discussion.

More Information:  

Download a poster HERE

Exhibition details at www.tarnishedearth.co.uk

Annual Gerneral Meeting

 On Monday 10th October 2011 from 7pm 

Official Notice of AGM and Executive nomination form HERE

Minutes from 2010 HERE

AGM Agenda for 2011 AGM HERE

We would like to invite you to a free conference and workshop for businesses, organisations and anyone with an interest in Swansea Bay on TUESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2011, 9AM-4PM, at SWANSEA UNIVERSITY.

The event is organised by the SEACAMS project at Swansea University, the City and County of Swansea and the Swansea Environmental Forum. 

The conference will bring together delegates with interests in the commercial development of the area, its management and nature conservation. Swansea Bay is a major attraction and the development of its economic potential, improvements in water quality and ease of access are at the forefront of plans to enhance the status of Swansea Bay. Simultaneously, the Bay’s natural beauty and its important marine and coastal wildlife and habitats need protection.

You are invited to join us for a one day event to learn about the ecology of the Bay as well as current and future developments. There will also be the opportunity to contribute to the preparation of a management plan for the Bay.

For further details and to register, please email  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  or telephone Ruth Callaway on 01792 602133

For registration please provide us with the following information: name, company/organisation, address, postcode, tel/mobile number, email address, business sector (if applicable).

Swansea Open House is a free event that provides a once a year chance to see inside buildings not normally open to the public in Swansea.

The 2011 event takes a slightly different format. We are still focused on our usual slot - the second full weekend of September, which this year is Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September. But this year there are activities the week before (3rd Sept) and after (17th Sept), fitting in with the wider Open Doors programme taking place across Wales. Check the programme for details.

The event is suitable for all ages and includes something for everyone: from the large Civic institutions of the Local Authority, to small voluntary sector projects. Swansea Open House showcases the gems of our built environment, as well as providing a fascinating glimpse of what goes on behind closed doors with a range of guided tours and exhibits.

And all for free!

Open House is popular; people love our city; show it off!

More at http://www.swanseaopenhouse.com