2G3S meeting held 30 August 2018
We discussed various ideas for future events, including ways to progress our campaign against single-use plastics. As part of this we are publicising the Eco Living Festival in Cambridge on 22 September.
There are also important events being held by other groups in the near future, including the international ‘Rise for Climate’ action on Saturday 8 September.
Also Camcycle, formerly Cambridge Cycling Campaign, are holding a month of cycling events in Cambridge throughout September.
Back to 2G3S: we are hoping to hold an Apple Day next autumn, possibly as part of a wider event. The idea is to combine apple pressing for juice, which we have done before, with talks and activities on how to use your apples (making chutneys, cakes etc).
We will almost certainly hold another Repair Café, and are considering ideas for winter evening activities – something on plastics? green finance and investment? Let us know what you would be interested in.
Fracking: we plan to be part of a delegation to our MP, Heidi Allen, urging her to vote against the government’s proposal to bypass local democracy and planning processes to fast-track fracking.
Photos!
We are looking for photos for our new website. If you would like to send in a photo (as jpg format please) that illustrates either our general Mission Statement, or a particular type of 2G3S event, we would be delighted to hear from you. We especially welcome submissions from young people. So please send your photo, plus your age if you think it relevant, to greengroupssss@gmail.com. Photos are welcome at any time, but we shall be making our initial selections by the end of December, and awarding a small prize to the best (ioho!) of those we publish.
Financial help for other groups
Finally, we are a small group of activists. We always welcome more people to our meetings! But we have also decided that one way of advancing our aims is to give financial help to other organisations who wish to put on events. So if you or your group want to stage an event in the 2G3S area which complies with the 2G3S Mission Statement, and need some funding for pump priming, you can apply to us for up to £75. If at the end of the day you can give some or all of this back, that would be great, but is not essential. Contact us for more information.