ENVIRONMENT

Use It All Stall will be collecting on Friday and Saturday.

We'll also be at Great Green Weekender 24th September

A green event at the Sparrow's nest, including Use It All recycling hub. There's music and stalls and fun, all in the great Lowestoft Sparrow's Nest

The Great Big Green Weekend event low-carboned its way through Sparrow's Nest on Saturday. Our Lowestoft Town Council wanted to highlight the issues facing us all from Climate Change.

The rain held off, the wind was sensible, and a good few people turned up. A very rough estimate would be at least 2000 people and a fair few dogs through the day.

There were many stalls, mostly green or nature themed in some way.

Tuesday's warning that gas shortages in this coming winter might lead to interrupted electricity supplies – that is, power cuts – reminded me of Lowestoft's own new power station.

At the Norfolk and Suffolk Coast and Estuary Conference on 15th October in the Orbis Energy Centre Peter Aldous MP had some critical things to say about 'Central Government' (which is his government since 2010).

He said “...governments – whether it's wind-farms or solar farms, or dare I say it, fracking, governments impose these things on communities... but governments shouldn't work with communities, communities should lead projects.”

21 November 18:00-21:00, East Suffolk House, Melton

The next full Greenprint Forum event – their first in-person since the pandemic – which they intend to use to hear about the challenges faced by communities in the face of climate change, how communities are making positive changes towards resilience to face these challenges, and what the aspirations of our communities are.

This will be held at East Suffolk House, Melton,on the evening of Monday the 21st of November 2022.

COP27 is on right now. There are already some dire warnings. Hard to tell where the UK stands these days, but it's well worth following on the news at least. And watching what's being done locally by our politicians and business leaders.

COP27 is the latest annual events known as the ‘Conference of the Parties’ (hence COP)

COPs are the process by which the nations of the world – almost all of whom are signatories to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – come together to negotiate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

Demonstration to highlight the need for action because of climate emergency, wealth inequality, cost of living.

Growth Hub can help firms struggling with energy costs

Businesses in Norfolk and Suffolk struggling to cope with soaring energy bills have been urged to take up the free support available from New Anglia Growth Hub.

Its experienced team of advisers can help business owners plan their budgeting and identify savings, as well as helping to access grant schemes that will support activities ranging from small innovation projects to large-scale decarbonisation plans.

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