St Mary's Church in Burghfield
Saturday 5th October, 11-4pm
We have a programme of talks planned and lots of interesting stalls from environmentally conscious traders including The Wildlife Trust, Baughurst Repair Café, The Blade Sharpening Company, Water Aid, Mors bags, Wear My Art by Sarah, Tropic, Literary Bookmarks & Bee Keeping.
There will be the opportunity to find out how each of us can care better for our beautiful earth, some activities for families,
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One of our stall holders will be the Baughurst Repair Cafehttps://www.baughurstrc.uk/Do come along and find out how they can help you: their slogan is "Don't bin it, repair it!"***********************************************************************************************
Another of our stall holders will be JBG-Jewelleryhttps://www.jbg-jewellery.co.uk/Do come along and see jewellery designed and handmade by Jo. Her jewellery, wherever possible, is crafted from recycled silver.
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And Another of our stall holders will be Wear My Art by Sarah https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095282413066Come along and see how what would otherwise be discarded can be turned into beautiful art.
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Talks on the day will include:-
One of our talks will be from Kelly Hedges from the The Wildlife Trusts She will be giving a family talk, suitable for all to enjoy.Do come along at 11.15 for Kelly's talk, and stay to enjoy some children's activities from the Wildlife Trusthttps://www.bbowt.org.ukReading’s Multicoloured but Green Buses
Description: This talk will explore how using public transport can help reduce carbon emissions, the technology being deployed by Reading Buses to reduce their own carbon emissions, and Reading Buses work to raise awareness of climate change and grow bus use.
Speaker: Robert Williams has been Chief Executive Officer at Reading Buses for the last 6 years, and prior to that worked for Stagecoach for 15 years.
Space Environmentalism- why space needs a vacuum cleaner ( pun intended!)
Description: This talk will explore why we need to extend our concern for the environment into space. Much of the data that we use to understand our impact on the planet is collected by satellites. These satellites are themselves in danger from space junk, imperilling our ability to analyse the state of our precious planet.
Speaker: Stuart Eves is an astrophysicist, space consultant and author of "Space Traffic Control". He has spoken to numerous different audiences, in many diverse settings, including at the Royal Institution and on board cruise ships as the Resident Astronomer.
Please invite your friends and family to come along too.
