- Climate Café Saturday 30 May 2026
10:30am – 13:30pm at 7 Crown St, Brentwood CM14 4BA
Speaker – Dr Richard Millwood – ‘What Have I Done? Choosing Green Energy.’ – starting at 11:00am for about one hour including questions and discussion.
Richard will be telling us about his personal experience of putting sustainability at the heart of our everyday decisions and reflecting on how we all have an important part to play in the green energy transistion.
Free, but please register!
We will also be sharing the Plastic Count results!
- Climate Café Saturday 27June 2026
10:30am – 13:30pm at 7 Crown St, Brentwood CM14 4BA
Speaker – Brentwood Councillor David Worsfold on adaptation, mitigation and resilience to climate change.
- Strawberry Fair Sunday 14 June 2026
12:00pm – 17:00pm King George’s Playing Fields, Brentwood, CM13 2FD.
Come and see us at our stand and enjoy a fun filled family day out.
We will be also presenting a short set of poetry on the stage.
Free entry.
- Film: National Emergency Briefing Friday 19 June 2026
19:00pm – 21:00pm at Crown St, Brentwood CM14 4BA
We are hosting and screening this film as a public Information briefing which is being shown in small venues around the UK.
“The climate & nature crisis threatens all aspects of British life from national security to food supply, but solutions exist.
The National Emergency Briefing was commissioned to present the latest evidence, and build an irresistible call for the Government to stage a televised emergency briefing, the essential first step towards the WW2-scale response now required.”
- Climate Café Saturday 25 July 2026
10:30am – 13:30pm at 7 Crown St, Brentwood CM14 4BA
Speakers – Cliff Roney & Philip Holland – ‘Are we drinking from the last-chance lagoon?’
- The Progress Sessions Saturday 20 June 2026
18:00pm till late at Hey Joe Music and Coffee, Ropers Yard, Brentwood, CM14 4FU.
Brentwood Climate Action presents an evening of poetry, story telling and live music.
- Local beers
- Cocktails
- Home-made cakes
- Eco-conscious voices
Contact us @heyjoemusicuk or heyjoemusic.co.uk for more info
free entry at any time
- The People’s Emergency Briefing 19 June 2026
On Friday 19th June 2026, Brentwood Climate Action opened its doors to both members and interested parties, to view the screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing. This film featured scientists of many differing disciplines, coming together with evidence and proof that our climate is in severe crises.
The film was presented by Chris Packham, who invariably throughout the different topics being discussed, would turn to a variety of guests who were viewing the film in a studio and then comment on what they had just heard and seen.
The film highlighted nine topics of major concern: Weather, Climate, Tipping Points, Food Security, Health, Nature, Economics and Energy Transitions.
There were many interesting facts revealed throughout the film, many shocking, but also many ideas of how we as a species can do things differently, all we need to do is get the policy makers and the political will into those who govern us.
Also, during the broadcast a lot of myths that most have taken as fact were debunked, these included:
Cost: It would actually save our economy rather than cost it to implement environmental policies discussed in every topic covered by the film and as green technology advances, it will cost even less in the future.
Reclaiming our arable farmland for crops rather than feeding the meat industry. Therefore consuming a plant rich diet will have the added knock-on effect of tackling the obesity crises and our health as a nation would be greatly improved.
Another area of concern are our declining numbers of insect pollinators of which arable farming is totally dependent on. We need to focus on returning our country into a species rich environment, of which we will all benefit from.
Flooding, a direct result of climate change, is now irreversible, so we have to deal with how we tackle it. However, there are cities and towns who have developed new technological infrastructure which basically act like sponges, located deep underground the buildings and streets. Even now, there are many task force trained workers, scientists, engineers, etc ready and waiting to take vital jobs and posts within the renewables and green infrastructure industries.
It has also been shown that 85% of our population want some serious solutions to addressing climate issues, but the government is not supporting what the majority of the public are calling for.
The film ended with a call for action that we can all be a part of:
1 Spread the word
2 Join others near you for community projects
3 Put pressure on the government eg lobbying
4 Address and hold to account the imbalance between Oil Companies and the environment
5 Call for NEB to be shown across all TV networks.
To finish, the filmmakers expressly require the group to discuss the topics raised in the film, which is indeed what we did, after the viewing.
There were two main reactions that presented themselves from our audience with the following comments:
Firstly there was a strong sense of Hopelessness, including:
We’re walking into Armageddon.
The saddened quote said by one of the scientists taken from the film, telling his young son, “at least I tried…”
Also, with added sense of inequality: We are governed by huge corporations more so than parliament, and: Giant oil companies can put huge finances into lobbying.
Followed by: We feel our individual voices are not represented in government.
And from those who have tried: Constantly feeling the strong tide of political push back.
And ending with poor political decisions: The Labour Government shelved the ‘National Security Climate Report’, and the ill-thought policy: Disappointing that our government has Climate and Environment as a separate department rather than it be covered as a part of every department and be incorporated as the emergency that it is.
However, as the evening wore on the mood did change to reveal some very Positive arguments including:
More domestic use of green energy and having a sense of empowerment to try other forms of renewables.
To engage with and support local ideas and initiatives, e.g. wild urban spaces projects, the solar farm proposed for Shenfield, to name just a couple.
To realise the power of positive lobbying, which is no less powerful and just as important as negative lobbying; showing your support for initiatives, balancing the negative support with positive support.
Evidence that industry is supporting green technologies as the way forward, with Trade Unions already producing a booklet: ‘Green Jobs’, (please visit https://www.cacctu.org.uk ,courtesy of Steve) for its respective members.
And of course, having firm evidence that it can be achieved:-
China, over a short period of time, has halved its C02 emissions – we may not agree with China’s political landscape but for this area they have proved to the world that it can be done.
There were also many comments about the film itself:
Many found the film personable and likeable in its approach.
Several comments were made about finding it more helpful to view with a group rather than if it was viewed alone. Others said that it presented many ideas for solutions, but some felt that they didn’t think they were all do-able.
This film has now been screened and viewed by over 2,500 small groups/organisations across the UK and even by some abroad, too.
There was, however, a strong feeling felt by many, that the film missed out a lot of topics that they felt could have been addressed e.g. aviation and shipping in particular.
A special thank you to Jonathan and Jacqueline for hosting tonight’s film screening. A big thank you to all who took part and especially Cllr David Worsfold, who was able to explain a lot of the machinations of our local council. Also, a big thank you goes to Prof. Jules Pretty OBE and his work in compiling the ‘Thirty for 30’ leaflets: one for reducing Carbon emissions and the other for Nature Recovery, which when used as a tool, give us all hope for the future, in these very uncertain times.
Wild West Street Party Saturday 11 July 2026
On Saturday 11 July Crown Street will be holding a Street Party with a Wild West Theme. Brentwood Climate Action will be hosting a stall at 7 Crown Street. Come and see us or even help out on the day.
Venue: Crown Street, Brentwood, CM14 4BA Time: 12.00 to 3.00pm
Free Entry. Fancy Dress encouraged….Yee-Haa!