Saturday 7th November: 11:00-16:00 Colwall Village Hall EcoFest: Food, Farming and Nature Colwall Greener’s third Eco Festival aims to inspire action on sustainable living by exploring how local food, farming and nature directly shape our environment and well-being. Dr Ellie Chowns, Green Party MP for North Herefordshire, will open the Festival at 11am and the event will culminate in a community/audience interactive discussion about the opportunities and challenges of different farming approaches, led by professional moderator, Rob Yorke and with a panel of local farmers including John Bishop, Feya Recordon and young farmer, Archie Roberts. Explore the issues by talking to
PEB Screening – Next Steps At the HGN AGM, member of the Steering Group Lynne Bowers, who is leading on action following the PEB screenings for HGN, gave a summary of the current situation and action taken to date. Click here to read what she said at the AGM. If you would like to be part of the group, e-mail admin@hgnetwork.org Other Follow Up Actions Transition Leominster are holding a meeting to discuss follow-up actions to the PEB Screening on 12th November. Full details in their newsletter – see below. Future Screenings in Herefordshire Garway The Screening at Garway Village Hall, HR28RQ
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All the Repair Cafés listed are GOLD members of HGN Saturday 7th November Leominster Repair Café – 10.00am – 12 noon. More details on their website. Booking for the November session is now closed but if you have items for sharpening, no need to book – just turn up. Marden Repair Café – 10.00am – 12.30pm Take a look at what they do and book an item in by clicking here. If you have not booked, they will do their best to accommodate you. Golden Valley Repair Café – 10:00am – 12:30pm Booking advisable: You can BOOK online by following
Banter Sessions The banter sessions organised by the Great Collaboration team continue weekly on a Wednesday lunchtime covering a range of topics. Click here for a list of past and future sessions. The next session, on Wednesday11th November is on Materials Science and Climate Change. All sessions are recorded, and published in our Knowledgebase, so if you need to look up something from a previous session, or know that you are going to miss this one, then you can catch up later at a more convenient time. The recording of Ben’s session will be uploaded
Woolhope Dome Community Discovery Day Saturday 7th November, 10.00am to 1.00pm Woolhope Parish Hall, Martins Close, Woolhope, Herefordshire, HR1 4QS Find out about Herefordshire Wildlife Trust’s five nature reserves within the Woolhope Dome landscape and their future plans – including their current fundraising appeal to purchase two new sites. (Woolhope Dome Land Purchase Appeal | Herefordshire Wildlife Trust) CEO Saul Herbert and Nature Reserves Officer Rosie Wilson will give a presentation at 11.00am – but drop in any time to chat with staff and find out more. All welcome, teas and coffees and cakes served. No booking required. Fascinating Fungi Workshop Sunday 15th November,
Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products ~ Free Event Tuesday 24th November 7.30pm – Almeley Village Hall Are you looking to switch to eco-friendly home products but sceptical about their effectiveness, or eager to make your own but don’t know where to start? Join Almeley Green Group for an engaging evening of practical talks, live demonstrations, and honest reviews. If you are already using a product and want to tell everyone about it, please bring it along and give a brief review; or if you prefer, it can just be displayed on the products table.
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The latest newsletter from Rural Hub Herefordshire includes news of their Rural Business Advice Day on Wednesday 11th November and details of upcoming events including screenings of Derek vs Derek – a film about two neighbouring Devon farmers – both named Derek – who find themselves on opposite sides of a battle for the future of the countryside.
Tickets for this event are available via Eventbrite
National Tree Week run by the Tree Council runs from 21st – 29th November. Click on the link for more details. During the week there are online talks and resources available in local libraries, including Hereford library. Free trees are available for communities across England via the National Highways Community Trees Programme.
PEB Screening – Next Steps At the HGN AGM, member of the Steering Group Lynne Bowers, who is leading on action following the PEB screenings for HGN, gave a summary of the current situation and action taken to date. Click here to read what she said at the AGM. If you would like to be part of the group, e-mail admin@hgnetwork.org Other Follow Up Actions Transition Leominster are holding a meeting to discuss follow-up actions to the PEB Screening on 12th November. Full details in their newsletter – see below. Future Screenings in Herefordshire Leominster Leominster Methodist Church, Green Lane, HR6 8QJ A
