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November 2020
Tree Charter Festival Day and ‘Meet Beech’
Saturday 28 November 2020: Tree Charter Festival Day from 12.30 - 5pm. Join the Woodland Trust and the Tree Charter for Tree Charter Day, held on the last Saturday of November - the biggest virtual celebration of woods and trees the UK has ever seen! This year to celebrate the third anniversary of the launch of the Tree Charter they are hosting an on-line festival at STREAM PARK, an interactive digital park. There will be fantastic artwork, music, dance throughout…
Find out more »Marsh Composting Site – Lockdown arrangements
An event every week that begins at 10:00am on Sunday, repeating until 29 November, 2020
SSB’s Marsh composting site will remain open on Sunday mornings from 10am-1pm for garden waste deliveries throughout lockdown as long as sufficient volunteers are available . During lockdown: Social distancing must be observed on the site therefore minimal help can be offered for unloading garden waste or loading compost. The number of vehicles on site will be controlled by the volunteers. No parking on the main road will be permitted while waiting fo entry into the site Compost may be…
Find out more »December 2020
SSB Trustees / Directors meeting
Hedges & Woodland – ‘Steepers’ session
An event every 2 weeks that begins at 10:00am on Sunday, repeating until 20 December, 2020
The 'Steeper’s are a lively group of SSB volunteers who are in their ninth year of hedge laying and collecting wood for fuel. The group will be coppicing 25 year old trees, at Penstave Copse, to let more daylight get to the woodland floor. This will encourage natural regeneration of trees, and wildflowers, with benefits for insects, small mammals, and birds. The ‘new planting’ at the top of Penstave should become more like natural woodland, over time. To do this…
Find out more »What’s my Carbon Footprint?’ – Zoom workshop
An event every month that begins at 7:30pm on day Second of the month, repeating until 14 January, 2021
Thursday 12 November 2020: ‘What's my Carbon Footprint?’ Zoom workshop at 7.30pm. Sustainable South Brent, is looking to run monthly one hour workshops on Zoom, organised by its Zero Carbon Group to help you establish your carbon footprint and think about ways to reduce it. The workshop is open to anyone who's interested and no preparation is needed. To get the most from the workshop, you'll need to have basic Zoom and internet skills. (If successful, we will look for…
Find out more »April 2021
TBC. South Brent Climate Fair 2021
TBC. Saturday 24 April 2021: South Brent Climate Fair 2021 – initially scheduled for Saturday 18 April this event, long planned by Sustainable South Brent supported by South Brent Parish Council, Rattery Parish Council and South Brent Community Energy Society, was postponed at the beginning of lockdown until Saturday 5 September 2020. However, in view of the continuing uncertainty about such large gatherings, the decision has been taken by the organising group to postpone for this year, in the hope…
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