Grown out of Halesworth Climate Action Conference, this web site links initiatives developed by Halesworth and surrounding villages to mitigate climate change: reducing carbon usage and sequestering carbon.
An exploration of how climate change will impact Halesworth and surrounding villages, and what we as communities and individuals can do about it. To build solutions for community resilience and adaptation to a sustainable future.
Events 2024
January 27th Saturday ENERGY GROUP
Outcomes from the thermal imaging camera project, local grants and ideas you can use to help save energy. 10am -12 noon, @ Co-op Community Room, with Chris Hart Co-op Community Room
- CLIMATE, NATURE and FOOD SECURITY – Deben Climate Centre – dates for workshops
February 25th – BIG GREEN FILMS at the CUT
The first ever “Big Green Film Day” of inspiring, thought-provoking films in a warm and friendly setting. With the all day cafe, music, and news from Halesworth Ash, the Millennium Green, Blyth Water Monitoring. Organised by Kim & Nick Hoare
March 14th Thursday – The future of Plastics
Plastics play a big role in daily life – and in the technology that will power the green transition. But they’re made from fossil fuel, and this accounts for 4-8% of global oil consumption. There are two sides to everything – and that goes for plastics, too. Organiser: Gabrielle Maughan
April 7th Sunday – Earlsway Farm
Walk and talk around the complex issues to do with land management, food, farming and climate, thanks to Richard Symes.
- April 21st Water voles and otters …. A walk along the Blyth with ecologist Penny Hemphill. Millennium Green
- Planet INK 11th-14th presents a jigsaw of climate related plays and events to engage with the issues, highlight the stakes, imagine the credible and incredible, but most of all to build a platform for you to take part in this conversation. INK festival
May 18-19 – Wakelyns Open Agroforestry Weekend
Come and see organic agroforestry in action at one of the oldest most diverse agroforestry sites in Europe, here in Suffolk. Guided walks, information, delicious food and lots more. A fun community event for everyone with an interest in agroecological farming and the environment. Free admission but registration required.
- May 5th A Dawn Chorus Walk – An early start to mark Dawn Chorus Day. Millennium Green
- ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING of Blyth Woods
Wenhaston Community Woodland 7pm Thursday 9th May 2024 at Wenhaston Village Hall.
Speaker: Darren Tansley of the Essex Wildlife Trust, with a talk on ‘Conservation at a Landscape Scale’
June 8th 2-4pm – Climate Conversations with Ecotherapy East. Every day, the news delivers fresh images and headlines about climate-related disasters, with halting political responses, no wonder people are increasingly anxious about the perilous state of our earth. A chance to explore climate conversations. At the Co-Op Community Room.
- June 15th Millennium Green’s Bike day – bike wheel sculpture, bike challenges and fun. PLUS a demonstration of several bikes adapted for people with disabilities by Bike Active North Suffolk, Millennium Green
- June 30th Plant Hunting – A walk with ecologist and plant enthusiast Dorothy Casey, to look for some of the Green’s mid summer wildflowers and compare today’s list with what we knew was here 20 years ago. Millennium Green
July 27th – Wakelyns Dal Fest
Wakelyns Dal Festival: Collaborating with Hodmedods, Wakelyns has been a UK pioneer in growing lentils since 2015. Following the success of our 2023 Dal Festival (260 people with 11 dal chefs), please join us for Wakelyns Dal Festival 2024 – all using our own lentils – a community event for all the family with food, fun, music and more: https://wakelyns.co.uk/dalfestival
August
- August 7th Bat walk – An evening walk with bat surveyor and enthusiast Alan Miller to look (and listen) for bats on the Green. Millennium Green
September 27/28/29th CLIMATE CONFERENCE – one year on
October – Follow up to Climate Conference
November – To be decided – any suggestions welcome
NEWS/EVENTS
James Meadway
Community Energy Halesworth
Working with the Thermal Imaging camera we are testing a few peoples homes for heat leaking in order to take preventative measures. These could range from putting up heavy curtains all the way to air sourced heat pumps.
Open Spaces Collective
(Now called Blyth Community Conservation Network)
Is born! A loose network of people organising local initiatives, organisations for the benefit of nature, the environment and community. Led by Alan Miller. Our news is transmitted by email or Halesworth Ash mailing list. If you would like to join, let us know. Welcome.
Swifts
Hedgehog Highway
Partners: Haleworth Town Council (Leisure and Environment Committee), Blyth Valley Churches
The Rise of CO2 – the famous Keeling Curve
Local News
Darren Tansley to speak at Blyth Woods Annual Public Meeting
ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING of Blyth Woods Wenhaston Community Woodland 7pm Thursday 9th May 2024 at Wenhaston Village Hall. The Speaker is Darren Tansley of the Essex Wildlife Trust, (who spoke at our Halesworth Ash Climate Convention Any Questions Panel) with a talk on ‘Conservation at a Landscape Scale’ Information: blythwoods1@gmail.com
Earlsway Farm with Richard Symes
It was a glorious bright blue sky spring day – and not raining, as Richard said. For nearly 50 years, Richard Symes had farmed this piece of Suffolk land and seen the changes. When he started there were 3 billion people on the earth, now it was 9 billion and the challenge of feeding people…
River Wye
Following the excellent film with George Monbiot on the River Wye at the Green Film day, Ken Dereham pointed us to this article in the Guardian Campaigners fear plan to fight River Wye pollution has been shelved Report is being quietly delayed until the general election because it would include unpopular measures to stop farmers…
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Global Links
Climate Change history and basics
Short history of Climate Change Politics BBC
About Halesworth Ash
Climate Action Halesworth/ASH has grown out of Halesworth Climate Action Conference 2023. It is an independent group and supported by Halesworth Town Council to meet the Town and Councils challenging target of becoming carbon neutral by 2030. Working with local communities we are gathering local solutions, driving sustainable actions to mitigate Climate Change. This umbrella group will help co-ordinate events/conferences forward.
Our aims are:
- To bring people together in seeking ways to mitigate climate change
- To raise awareness of partners, projects and businesses that are already engaged in finding practical ways to help
- Working with Halesworth Town Council, to lead the way in helping meet our challenging target of becoming carbon neutral by 2030. This means ensuring care for the environment is threaded through all the policies and decisions of local town and parish councils
- As a partnership of local churches..
We’ve been inspired by Woodbridge and their Climate Conference led by Woodbridge Climage Action.
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