What’s on

Sunday 27th April 2025, 3pm, Charis Centre, Water Lane, Bishop’s Stortford
Nature and Climate Hustings for Hertfordshire County Council elections
Ask the questions that you really want to ask! Candidates from Conservatives, Green, Labour, Liberal Democrats and Reform. Topic areas expected to include transport, economic sustainability, local climate risks and action, and biodiversity.
Moderated by the Paul Winspear, editor of the Bishop’s Stortford Independent

Thursday 1st May 2025, 7pm-9pm, Hertford
Hertford Climate Cafe
Bothered About the Climate Crisis? We are joining with the Hertford Climate Cafe so most future meetings will be at the Quaker Meeting Rooms, 50 Railway Street, Hertford SG14 1BA. Some meetings may be in other locations so please check before setting out. More information
Please check on Facebook before setting out in case there are changes.

Saturday 3rd May 2025, 10:30am to 12pm, Bishop’s Stortford
Climate coffee
Join us for an informal coffee-shop chat on Saturday morning at the Terrace Park Cafe in Castle Park https://terraceparkcafe.co.uk/. We’ll be there between 10:30 and 12 if you’d like to join us there. No serious agenda – just an opportunity for climate-related chat, and coffee.

Tuesday 6th May, 8pm, Bishop’s Stortford
Monthly meeting
To review projects and future directions. Update on group projects. Windhill Churches Centre, 1 Windhill, Bishop’s Stortford CM23 2ND

Sunday 18th May 2025, 11:30am-1:30pm, River Stort
Grow Green Spaces
We’re gradually clearing the area behind the cinema to plant native shrubs and wildflowers. Come and join us to continue clearing the area in preparation for planting in the autumn. Bring a spade, fork, gloves and a drink. Some tools and lots of cake provided. More information

Date to be confirmed
Stortford Repair Cafe
The Stortford Repair Cafe, at the St Barnabas Centre, St James Church, Thorley, Bishop’s Stortford. More details at https://www.stortfordrepaircafe.org/

Join us on social media
For regular updates about the group see our Facebook and Twitter accounts.
We also have an active discussion group on climate change an biodiversity issues. Please request to join.
Presentations

Tuesday 24th May
‘How to save energy ‘
How to save energy – for the climate and to reduce costs – by carbon reduction expert Chris Dunham.

Tuesday 22nd February
‘Where Does Our Waste Go?’
Duncan Jones from the Herts Waste Partnership explained how waste is managed and how our recycling schemes work
Latest
Uprising – What’s On – Saffron Hall
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Jonathan Dove’s new opera featuring the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, commissioned by Saffron Hall Trust & GlyndebourneX Trillion Screening – Bishop’s Stortford
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Feature Documentary Follows Pioneering All-Women Expedition to Great Pacific Garbage Patch