A free event to explore the mining heritage of West Cumbria and the opportunities for new green jobs will take place in Workington later this month.
The event, at the Helena Thompson Museum , on Monday October 18 from 6.30pm, has been organised by Climate Emergency West Cumbria and Friends of the Earth.
It includes the screening of two films, followed by a discussion on green jobs and whether they offer a viable alternative to traditional industries like mining for the people of West Cumbria.
Workington Red, made in 2019 by Julia Parks, looks at the way in which coal, steel and nuclear industries have shaped the landscape and people of West Cumbria. and The Cumberland Story, made by Humphrey Jennings in 1947, looks at industrial democracy in the mining industry in Whitehaven in the 1940s.
The panel discussion will be chaired by Janett Walker, chief executive and co-founder of Anti Racist Cumbria, and panellists include Valerie Hallard, who previously worked for the Cumbria Careers Service and has more recently been a member of the General Synod for the Diocese of Carlisle, Anne Chapman a member of Green House think tank who worked on the report The Potential for Green Jobs in Cumbria’, published by Cumbria Action for Sustainability in March and Julia Parks.
The event is part of the work Friends of the Earth is doing alongside local communities and in parallel with other bodies like Zero Carbon Cumbria to secure support for green jobs in the area.
Tickets for the free event are available at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-mining-heritage-to-green-jobs-two-films-and-a-debate-for-our-time-tickets-171823738427
