Brentwood Climate Action is planning to fully embrace this year’s Great Big Green Week in the autumn – with an outline of events we could run agreed at this week’s BCA Steering Group meeting. For those that don’t know, the Great Big Green Week is the UK’s biggest ever celebration of community action to tackle… Continue reading
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Join us on Shenfield Common for July 21 meeting
Our next Brentwood Climate Action meeting on Thursday July 21 has been switched to Shenfield Common – to allow for a more social and engaging gathering, with a focus on the new draft Environment Strategy published by Brentwood Borough Council. Our latest Steering Group meeting last week agreed that an outdoor meeting on the Common… Continue reading
Join our Litter Pick events on Saturday April 9
Come and join members of Brentwood Climate Action as we take part in two Litter Pick events in town on Saturday April 9 – as part of Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean campaign. Our latest members meeting at Chicken and Frog bookshop and also via Zoom on Thursday (March 24) agreed the time… Continue reading
What to make of the latest IPCC report
This week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) launched their latest global report on the climate crisis. It makes for an emotional read. You can read and download it in full on the IPCC website. The report concludes that the world is facing devastating and cascading risks from a worsening climate crisis. We can expect increasing… Continue reading
Top ten Brentwood Climate Action achievements of 2021
As we head into what we hope will be a landmark year for Climate Action in Brentwood, let’s take a minute to look back on the major achievements of Brentwood Climate Action since our group was formed in late summer of 2021. In no particular order, here’s our Top Ten of Actions taken so far:… Continue reading
Join us in Ingatestone or online
A reminder that our monthly Members’ meeting for October takes place on Tuesday 19th – in-person in Ingatestone as well as hybrid via Zoom. The venue this month is the Seymour Pavilion at Seymour Field in Ingatestone, starting at 7.30pm – and will be a joint meeting with Ingatestone & Fryerning Parish Council Climate Emergency… Continue reading
Action Group progress at September meeting
It was great to see so many Members in-person at Shenfield High School for our September 16 meeting – with as many others joining in via Zoom as well. The technical challenges of running a hybrid meeting may have proved testing at times, but we persevered and covered lots of ground. That included looking ahead to… Continue reading
September 16 meeting at Shenfield High School
Please join us tomorrow night for our Members launch meeting – in-person at Shenfield High School from 7pm, or online via Zoom if you prefer. If everyone could complete our attendance form to let us know how you wish to take part that will help us prepare, and will make sure you get the Zoom link… Continue reading
Brentwood Climate Action launches
A new non-political campaign group promising community-wide action to tackle the climate emergency was launched last week, at a well-attended kickstart meeting of Brentwood Climate Action. More than 40 people took part in the first meeting held at Chicken and Frog bookshop in Crown Street, in-person and online via Zoom, on Thursday August 12. Susan… Continue reading