Action on climate emergency
No Mow May is Plantlife’s annual campaign calling on all garden owners and green space managers not to mow during May. Why do we need No Mow May? We’ve lost nearly 97% of flower-rich meadows since the 1930’s and with them gone are vital food needed by pollinators, like bees and butterflies. But your lawn can help! A healthy lawn ...
Rosie Sanderson from Settle's Plastic Free group will be letting us know about the group and actions coming up. We'll also have the results from Greenpeace's Big Plastic Count held in March. Current campaign: buy Fairtrade rice from the A.C.E. food group to help subsistence farmers from Malawi, Africa 1kg bags of white or brown ...
To understand why World Bee Day 2024 is critical, we must first grasp bees' significance. They aren't just honey producers. These creatures are primary pollinators, ensuring that our ecosystems are healthy and functional. By doing this, they directly and indirectly support several Sustainability Development Goals, from zero hunger to life on land. Find out more ...
World Environment Day is part of the United Nations environment programme. 'We cannot turn back time, but we can grow forests, revive water sources, and bring back soils. We are the generation that can make peace with land'. This year's theme is: Land restoration, desertification and drought resilience. Here are some key messages: https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/did-you-know/key-messages You ...
We will be marking the start of 'Great Big Green Week' by taking the first direct rail service from Ribblehead to Manchester Victoria to rendezvous with the Ribble Valley Climate Action Network in Clitheroe. At our first joint meeting with RVCAN (2-4pm at Clitheroe library) we will be sharing the successes and on-going challenges of ...
World Refill Day is a global day of action with an inspiring vision of a refill and reuse revolution. The campaign is designed to accelerate the transition away from single-use plastic and towards refill and reuse. Here at ACE , led by our food group, we are taking lots of action to reduce plastic pollution, the use of single use ...
In conjunction with the local beavers, cubs, scouts and explorers we will be running a series of litter picks to help combat plastic pollution and to make Settle Plastic Free. Come along to one or more of the following dates - meeting at the Drill Hall, Castleberg Lane to collect litter pickers and bags. Please ...
In collaboration with Limestone Books we are delighted that this month's Green Cafe will feature TOM HEAP, presenter on BBC TV's Countryfile, Radio 4's new Rare Earth series and the anchor of The Climate Show on Sky News. Tom will be talking about his new book ‘Land Smart’* - his tour of the British countryside ...
We look forward to seeing you at our fairtrade coffee morning. Join us for fairtrade tea, coffee and fairtrade biscuits: cookies, flapjacks and brownies, well worth a try! There will be a fair trade stall at which to buy a range of fairtrade products - edible and inedible! Fairtrade is now thirty years old and Settle ...
We are supporting the Methodist Church's fairtrade coffee morning. Come along for fairtrade tea, coffee and fairtrade biscuits: cookies, flapjacks and brownies. There will be a fair trade stall at which to buy a range of fairtrade products - edible and inedible! Fairtrade is now thirty years old and Settle became a fair trade community, ...
This month's Green Cafe will include our AGM - hear about our work over the last year and how to get more involved with our local climate actions We will also be hearing from David Tonge, Chair of North Yorkshire Climate Coalition, on 'Post Elections - What Next for Climate Action?' With a new government, ...
Come along to this year's Methodist 'Let's Talk' event, focusing on farming. This will include a programme of five talks of interest to farmers, locals and visitors: Introduction from local farmer John Dawson with 'Our Farming Story' National Farmers Union's Stephen Dew on 'Challenges Ahead' Settle District Young Farmers on 'Our Future Farmers' A view ...
