The programme for 2010 is:
| Meetings start at 7.30pm | For visits see notice boards for start/leaving time. |
| Thursday 28 January | Beekeeping, a talk by Paul Howe |
| Thursday 25 Feb | Warboys Challenge 10:10 Launch Talk by
Tom Bragg of
Cambridge Carbon Footprint Group. Greener Futures is adopting 10:10. Tom will talk to us about why 10:10 is
important and what it can achieve. A sharing of ideas for each of us to
take our own action on climate change.
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| Wednesday 24 Mar | Environmental Policies of
Cambridgeshire County Council
Talk by
Sandy Shattock
Head of Cambs
CC Environment, Policy & Projects Unit, Greener Futures work closely with the
Hunts District Council team and heard
from our MP Shailesh Vara in 2009.
Now a chance to see what Cambs CC does
towards environmental improvement
in the services it provides. |
| Thursday 29 April | Visit to Johnson's of Oldhurst
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Reducing Food Miles and Knowing Where Your Food Comes From: Evening will include refreshments in
their excellent restaurant 'The Eccentric English Gentleman.' Small charge for refreshments.
Numbers limited-booking necessary. Travelling in cars. Meet at Library at 6.45pm prompt.
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| Thursday 6 May | Visit to Mr Wallace's
Fruit Farm at Bluntisham We hope the apple blossom will be out - essential to form the fruit to follow.
A chance to learn more in preparation for the Community Orchard which Greener
Futures is working to set up. Numbers limited so please book early-
Travelling by minibus-small charge Leaves Library Carpark 6.00pm prompt |
| Friday 25 June | Guided Walk in Pingle Wood
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Leader Paul Bellamy of RSPB
Warboys own nature reserve includes the wood and old railway cutting
managed by the Wildlife Trust. (Pingle Wood is opposite the entrance to the
landfill site along Station Road at Puddock Hill)
Take the green route and walk, meet 7.00pm or Car- share leaving Library 6.45 prompt.
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| Thursday 22 July | Guided Visit to Ramsey Abbey Walled
Kitchen Garden This exiting newly completed project by local trust
working with Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust has restored this Victorian garden
to its former glory at the time before World War 1. Numbers limited-booking
essential. Small charge - travel by car sharing.
Leaves Library Car Park 6.30pm prompt.
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| No meeting in August | |
| Thursday 30 Sept | Visit to St Ives EcoFit House Hunts DC have converted two
1970s houses to reduce emissions. See the changes and the standards they
have been able to achieve. Numbers limited-booking essential. Travel by minibus - small charge.
Leaves Library Car Park 6.30pm prompt. (St Ives to Cambridgeshire Guided Bus talk postponed to 2011!!!) |
| Thursday 28 Oct | In Defence of Polythene
- talk by
John Tudor
Do you moan about plastic bags and excessive packaging? Could you manage without it?
John will explain the many uses and benefits which polythene brings.
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| Thursday 25 Nov | Permaculture-is it the future? Talk by
Gordon Landsburgh
Permaculture is an alternative to monoculture where different food plants grow together and benefit
from neighbouring planting. Gordon has studied Permaculture in Australasia
where the ideas originated. Followed by Short AGM |
| No meeting in December |