Plastic Fantastic – but should we give it up?
The Three Horseshoes 2 Church Street, StaplefordConversation Evening Plastic is a fantastic material. It is light, easily shaped, strong and inexpensive - and it doesn’t corrode. But there’s a downside. Mass production started in the mid twentieth century and the vast majority of plastic ever created still exists. It is estimated that up to 12.7 million tons of plastic enters the …
Winter 2019/20 Conversation Evenings: Climate Change
The Three Horseshoes Stapleford 2 Church Street Stapleford, CambridgeFOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT AND WHY IT MATTERS 8 pm on Tuesday 3 December at the Three Horseshoes, Stapleford By the end of the last Parliament, over 300 cross-party MPs were calling on their pension fund to divest from fossil fuels. Is this enough? How many other organisations are following suit? Dr James Smith, Public Health …
Conversation Evening: Are natural disasters OUR FAULT?
The Three Horseshoes Stapleford 2 Church Street Stapleford, CambridgeAre natural disasters OUR FAULT? Most deaths caused by so-called 'natural' disasters have human responsibility behind them. Floods kill more people every year than all other natural disasters. Yet it is clear that climate change, primarily caused by burning fossil fuels, greatly exacerbates the power of storms and floods, generates long-term droughts, and causes heat …
Conversation Evening: Extinction Rebeliion
Johnson Hall, Stapleford 1 Gog Magog Way, Stapleford, CambridgeOur final conversation evening for this winter on the subject of climate change. We welcome Jenny and Derek Langley from Cambridge XR who will give their personal insight into XR and answer our questions.
Extinction Rebellion Conversation Evening
Digital2G3S Conversation Evenings: Climate Change Extinction Rebellion We are delighted to welcome Jenny and Derek Langley from Cambridge XR who will give their personal insight into what XR is all about, followed by a chance to ask questions 8 pm Monday 26 October 2020 A Zoom meeting: contact greengroupssss@gmail.com with the heading ‘XR talk’ …
Sustainable Dietary Choices Conversation Evening
DigitalCONVERSATION EVENING: SUSTAINABLE DIETARY CHOICES Duncan Catchpole, founder of The Cambridge Organic Food Company and committee member of Cambridge Sustainable Food, will talk and answer questions about how the food system is contributing to climate change, and how we can make good dietary choices from an environmental perspective. He will also update us on …
Face to face conversation in a Stapleford garden
Stone House Mingle Lane StaplefordWE ARE CORDIALLY INVITED to join Stapleford resident Patricia Mirrlees for a drink and a chat at her home The Stone House, 40 Mingle Lane, from 6.30 – 8.00 pm on Wednesday 25 August. This will be a social occasion at which we can get to know each other, but we shall also be …