Community Climate Action Networking Event - 23rd March
Saturday 23rd March, Loundsley Green Community Centre, Chesterfield
12pm-4pm
Free event. Bring something to share for lunch
An opportunity for community groups in Derbyshire, Derby, Nottingham & Nottinghamshire focused on tackling climate change and other environmental problems to meet to share their projects, successes, struggles and ideas. There will also be a workshop which will provide a space in which to reflect on how your group and members are doing and how you can give yourselves the best chance of being a group that endures and thrives.
Workshops:
Creative opportunities for anyone to experience cycling. Alastair Meikle, Inclusive Pedals and Cycling Without Age
Hayfield Sustainable Transport: a minibus car club. Roland Strube, Hayfield Sustainable Transport
Local Anti-Fracking campaigns. Greg Hewitt
Campaigning to make it easier to build eco homes locally. Claire & James Healey, EnVelop Homes
Combating poor air quality. David Clasby, Sustrans
Whistlewood Common: a community-owned woodland. Katherine Parrish will talk about a community-owned woodland with an eco-newbuild roundhouse near Melbourne in South Derbyshire. The project draws on permaculture principles.
Declaring a Climate Emergency. Peter Robinson, Derby Climate Coalition
Both events will begin with a bring and share lunch - please bring something to share (let us know if you have any dietary requirements). It is helpful if you can indicate you are attending either via the Facebook event or by emailing Caroline Harmon: caroline.harmon@mea.org.uk, although you are also welcome to just turn up.