Buxton screening of National Emergency Briefing film Wednesday 27 May at the Devonshire Dome in partnership with University of Derby, free to attend but please register via eventbrite after 1st May.
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This evening we will be in the hgalls of Fairfield Nursery & Infant School on Bench Road for a Clothes Swap and Stitch Don't Ditch Workshop, 7-9pm, bring clean adult clothes in good condition and go home with different ones plus new skills and have a laugh along the way. No fees, just donations.
Delighted to be working with @Crescent Heritage Trust on the Made in Buxton stitched map project, two more sessions in Pump Room 16 & 23 April 10:30-2:30pm Come and join the fun buxtoncrescentexperience.com/tour/sewyour...
Wed 22 April Clothes Swap and Stitch Don't Ditch sewing workshop, Fairfield Nursery & Infant School, Bench Rd, Buxton SK17 7PG 7-9pm, no fees. For Swap bring clean adult clothes in good condition, no shoes or swimwear. For sewing all materials provided.
According to RSPB It’s not what you do but when that matters for the birds www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
The most powerful climate action isn’t a gadget. It’s humility.
Admit we don’t own the Earth—we belong to it.
Once you stop trying to dominate nature, you can start living with it.
#Sustainability #EarthCare
Sustainaable Fashion is not only better for the planet, its more fun, more social, and much cheaper! Come to one of our events and find out. www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/your-world/t...
#Buxton Library of Things has over 150 items that you can borrow for between £1 and £5 per item per week instead of buying things you only use occasionally or once buxtonlibraryofthings.myturn.com/library/
Commenting on news that Badenoch is to launch a campaign calling for Britain to maximise oil and gas reserves, Dr Simon Cran-McGreehin, @eciu.net said:
“Experts are clear that more North Sea drilling would have little if any impact on gas prices in the UK"
eciu.net/media/press...
Which reveal the labels to look out for and explain what they mean. We also clarify what you can do with all common types of packaging and how you can help your council recycle more effectively. Plus, tips on how to cut your packaging use overall.
www.which.co.uk/reviews/shop...
Did you watch Dirty Business? We can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
Zack Polanski: wind and solar power will insulate us from price shocks caused by the war in Iran.
We hosted Green Party leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social to kick off NEF's 40th birthday celebrations today.
Smart move.
Your garbage, not mine: Thailand to return 284 tonnes of e-waste to America share.google/MVXaIpAuBvth...
Humanity’s take-make-waste model stands in stark contrast to natural systems. Over billions of years of evolution, living organisms developed strong, durable materials (think bone, shell and silk) that self-deconstruct back into harmless components after use.
news.mongabay.com/2026/03/prom...
Only two weeks left!
If you are a young innovator aged 18–30 with an idea for the planet, don't miss the opportunity to bring your idea into reality!
Want to be one of our next #YoungChamps? Apply before 31 March:
www.unep.org/youngchampio...
Growth of repair café culture in the UK, as communities reject consumerism
climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/15/g...
'The problem is that a lot of the action we’ve taken fails to target the biggest drivers of nature loss. Instead it bites when we try to build: wind turbines, solar farms, or railways making
construction lengthier, more expensive or, in some cases impossible'
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
A world where the abolition of economic insecurity, precarity, poverty, unemployment and indignity is possible, while we lead meaningful lives within planetary boundaries. This is not a distant dream. It is a tangible prospect. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World Wildlife Day is celebrated annually on March 3rd to coincide with the signing of the CITES convention in 1973
#WorldWildlifeDay #WorldWildlife #Wildlife #WildlifeDay #wildlifephotography #Nature #WildlifeArt
"Treherbert will go down in history as the first village to secure an agreement with the govt to stand shoulder to shoulder on decisions about how to manage its land. It’s a blueprint for a different kind of stewardship."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The new geothermal plant in Cornwall is expected to generate enough renewable electricity to power 10,000 homes and produce enough lithium carbonate, a key material used in the production of rechargeable batteries, to supply about 250,000 electric vehicles a year. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Have you watched Dirty Business? Water companies have gotten away putting profit before public health for too long - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
The Carnegie Well Being Index if adopted by govt would be a game changer. Instead of the solo crude measure of GDP the Index measures well being of people and place, not just economic activity.
govts subsidise activities driving nature’s destruction by £1.8tn each year. In 2023 an estimated £5.4tn of public + private finance flowed into business activities that harm nature, with just £162bn to conserve biodiversity www.ipbes.net/business-imp...
It never used to be possible to attribute individual weather events to climate change and map their full consequences. Thanks to the work of two pioneering climate scientists, it is now
We had such fun at the Buxton Green Assembly in October we might just do something similar again this autumn, watch the film here
vimeo.com/1158480953
Worried? Get active in your community, your business, your home - we can make the scale of change that is needed IF everyone does everything possible - we are all part of the problem, and potentially part of the sollution.