Saturday 9th March - Sumac Centre, Nottingham
Saturday 23rd March, Loundsley Green Community Centre, Chesterfield
Both events: 12pm-4pm
Free event. Bring something to share for lunch
An opportunity for eco-focused community groups in Derbyshire, Derby, Nottingham & Nottinghamshire to meet to share their projects, successes, struggles and ideas. There will also be a workshop at each event focused on creating and maintaining a group that endures and thrives.
Confirmed Nottingham workshops:
- Creating and maintaining a healthy group culture. 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. Caroline Harmon, Marches Energy Agency
- Climate friendly gardening. Tracey Lloyd, Windmill Community Gardens
- Greening Beeston. Anne Jennings. Greening Beeston will also be bringing their eco dolls house which they use at community events to help people learn about eco friendly homes.
- Campaigning to make it easier to build eco homes locally. Claire and James Healey, EnVelop Homes
- Extinction Rebellion: declaring a climate emergency.
Confirmed Chesterfield workshops:
- Creating and maintaining a healthy group culture. 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. Caroline Harmon, Marches Energy Agency
- Creating 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 and James Healey, EnVelop Homes
- Combating poor air quality. Peter Robinson, Derby Climate Coalition
If you are part of a community group and would like to bring a short informal workshop/talk (25 minutes) about a project you are running/have run please get in touch: caroline.harmon@mea.org.uk / 07748 508704. Otherwise, come and be inspired.
Please indicate you are attending either via the Facebook events or by emailing Caroline Harmon: caroline.harmon@mea.org.uk
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