Past Events
Chesterfield Climate Alliance Meeting
Thursday 22nd October, 7.30pm
Via Zoom
Organised by Chesterfield Climate Alliance
This is the second meeting of the newly relaunched Chesterfield Climate Alliance - a coalition of individuals and groups working together in Chesterfield to take action on the climate and ecological emergency. This meeting is for people in Chesterfield who want to push for a green and fair recovery. It will focus on starting to plan ideas for action, with different breakout groups on different action idea topics.
The group also aims to have a stall on Saturday 10th October in the Market Place, however this has not been confirmed at time of writing.
To join the meeting, please register here.
Making Compost | Online workshop
Thursday 22nd October, 7.30pm
Organised by Eyam Green Group
Are you interested in Composting, but have no idea where to start? Then this workshop is perfect for you. This workshop will guide you through a tried and tested way to compost garden waste in as little as six weeks. It is suitable for beginners or anybody who wants to make good compost.
To register interest, email
eyamgreengroup@btinternet.com
For more gardening workshops, visit the Eyam Green Group website.
Tricky Recycling On-The-Go | Virtual Talk + Q&A:
Wednesday 21st October, 7pm
Via Jitsi
Organised by Plastic Free Chesterfield
FREE
Every year we use around 13 billion plastic bottles, 9 billion drinks and nearly 3 billion coffee cups. In this talk, you will hear from environmental charity, Hubbub, who have been taking part in exciting and engaging trials to increase the amount recycled in Leeds, Swansea, Dublin, and Edinburgh.
You will also hear about the work they have been doing to address the issue of coffee cups. Currently, 5,555 plastic-lined coffee cups are disposed of every minute in the UK - and only 4% get recycled correctly.
To join in, register your place via Eventbrite.
Sustainable Living Tour
Sustainable Living Tour
Hockerton
Organised by Hockerton Housing Project
Up to £20
Do you want to see what low carbon living might look like? The Hockerton Housing Project is a small community of five earth sheltered homes built in 1998 on the outskirts of Hockerton, Nottinghamshire, UK. Hockerton Housing project is offering tours around their site which includes a guided walk to learn about its food, water and renewable energy systems. Tours will be running on the following dates:
- Saturday 12th September, 2pm
- Saturday 17th October, 2pm
N.B: - Tour will be limited to 5 people due to COVID -19 restriction. This tour will be slightly shorter than their usual tour as you will not be going into the house.
Free Expert - led Mini-Seminars
Free Expert - led Mini-Seminars
40 - 60 minutes
Via Zoom
Organised by Transition Buxton
To join in, please email
awareness@transitionbuxton.co.uk. You will receive an ‘invitation’ to join via a zoom link the day before the mini - seminar.
- Electric Cars aren’t the Future, they’re here
Nicholas Raimo & Dean Fielding
Thursday 10th September
7.30pmNicolas will talk about how much electric cars have changed over the last 3 years, their likely development over the near-future, and what role hydrogen may play as a fuel source in transport. Dean will draw on his experience in the field of EV charging and eco-housing to discuss the direction EV charging is taking, and how it relates to our wider energy use.
- Sustainable Travel
Tina Heathcote & Roland Strube
Thursday 24th September
7.30pmTina will talk about a key element of the Buxton Travel Plan which is under consultation - The Big Buxton Experiment: Sharing Place, Space and Ideas - and the trial of 5 new traffic free walking and cycling routes within the town. Roland, who manages Hayfield Sustainable Transport Ltd, will talk about shifting control and responsibility for developing new transport provisions from providers to users.
- A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow
Pete Milway (& Kate Roworth)
Thursday 8th October
7.30pmA screening of Kate Roworth Ted Talk (15 minutes) will be followed by a discussion hosted by Pete Milway, Buxton resident & economist and co-author of the Buxton Economic Resilience Study
You can watch recorded versions of previous mini seminars if you missed them here: https://bit.ly/3f43ZGU
Online Retrofit conference
Online Retrofit conference
Tuesday 6th to Thursday 8th October
9.00am – 12.00pm
Organised Low Carbon Homes
Free*
Here is a great opportunity to hear more about best practice in housing retrofit from around the country, focusing on strategies, ambition, co-benefits, technology, funding, installers, skills and training, and community engagement.
The conference is being delivered by Low Carbon Homes, an organisation dedicated to promoting and facilitating retrofit of the UK’s housing stock. This is one full day worth of content delivered over three short mornings.
You can view this short video to see what to expect: https://bit.ly/327LH3O
For more information and/or to register: https://bit.ly/33axl1I
*Places are limited but free to attendees from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire area. Participants can attend some or all of the sessions.
Ecohomes workshop: DIY solar lighting
Ecohomes workshop: DIY solar lighting
Saturday 19th September, 10am - 11am
Via Zoom
Organised by Transition Chesterfield
Want to make your home more eco-friendly? Chris Brooks will describe the practical details on setting up a solar light to run off a DIY panel in your shed or outhouse, and possibly in your house. Chris uses solar energy to power all his (LED) lighting at home (even in winter!). There will be a virtual tour of his solar installations and a chance to ask questions about any aspect of solar power.
They hope to run more of these virtual workshops in the future. If you have done extensive eco-renovations to your home and would be willing to talk about them, please contact Lisa at transitionchesterfield@yahoo.co.uk
For joining instructions: https://bit.ly/3jTeQWh
Agile Streets Workshop
Agile Streets Workshop
Thursday 17th September, 5.30pm to 7.30pm
Organised by Energy Saving Trust
The Agile Streets project, focused on overcoming barriers to charging electric vehicles (EVs), is looking for participants to attend an online workshop on Thursday 17 September, 5.30pm to 7.30pm to build an understanding of how the project could work for EV drivers
Plastics and Politics | Virtual Talk + Q&A:
Plastics and Politics | Virtual Talk + Q&A:
Wednesday 16th September, 7pm
Via Jitsi
Organised by Plastic Free Chesterfield
Plastic Free Chesterfield presents speakers from Friends of the Earth to discuss how we can use political lobbying to influence what happens in the future on plastic production, recycling and disposal.
The Environment Bill, currently going through Parliament, is our best opportunity to do this. This talk will outline the Environment Bill, what current measures have been added to take action on plastics, and what additional measures we need to tackle our plastics addiction problem head on.
A link will be provided once you sign up to the event.
To register your place: https://bit.ly/2DB7V4D
Stories of Change
Stories of Change
Organised by The Centre for Climate Change And Social Transformations (CAST)
CAST is running two free online workshops exploring how successful low-carbon initiatives can lead to meaningful change in how we eat, travel, shop & use energy. These are a part of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research's 20th anniversary celebrations
- Transforming food and the things we buy
Monday 14th September
1.00pm – 2.30pm
- Transforming travel and energy
Tuesday 15th September
1.00pm – 2.30pm
These workshops are suitable for anyone working within their community, organisation, local authority, or their own daily lives to respond to the climate emergency.