Green Groups in the Shelfords, Stapleford and Sawston
Starting from Stapleford Pavilion at 10.00 am, join us for a leisurely ride of around 20 miles on quiet roads and traffic-free paths, to include a coffee stop. Returning to Stapleford by about 1pm. Contact me to book at greener@sawston.org This will be the last cycle ride in 2022. We shall start again in March …
Starting from Stapleford Pavilion at 10.00 am, join us for a leisurely ride of around 20 miles on quiet roads and traffic-free paths, to include a coffee stop. Returning to Stapleford by about 1pm. Please note that the ride scheduled for 19 September has been CANCELLED because of the extra bank holiday. The next one …
We are grateful to the Sawston Free Church for providing the venue for this event on Saturday 19 November. Bring along your broken item and a skilled volunteer will help you fix it! We can tackle a wide variety of repairs including clothes and fabrics, electrical items, jewellery and other items. We may be able …
Starting from Stapleford Pavilion at 10.00 am, join us for a leisurely ride of around 20 miles on quiet roads and traffic-free paths, to include a coffee stop. Returning to Stapleford by about 1pm. Contact me to book at greener@sawston.org The next cycle ride will be in March 2023. Yasmin Emerson
Our next book/books are 'Silent Spring' by Rachel Carson / 'Silent Spring Revisited' by Conor Mark Jameson. 'Silent Spring' needs no introduction; it was a seminal work when it was published in 1962 and was a major factor in the banning of DDT some years later. The second book was published in 2012, and focuses …
Spicers Path Clearing on Saturday 3 December: Meet at Spicers level crossing at 10am or on the Sawston-Whittlesford cyclepath later. Bring your own tools and gloves. Tea and biscuits provided. Will cancel if rubbish weather! This is an event organised by one of the 2G3S constituent groups, Greener Sawston. Contact: greener@sawston.org
We have been liaising with Haslingfield and Harlton Eco Group and Eco Whittlesford to jointly organise a family-friendly event aimed at bringing together people from neighbouring villages. We aim to inspire each other, learn from what we are all doing and explore opportunities for synergy. It will be a fun afternoon with films; an ‘imaginarium’ …
In February we will be discussing ‘Regenesis’ by George Monbiot, who attended the Cambridge Literary Festival recently to discuss the issues raised in this book. As usual with George Monbiot, this is a well-argued and challenging book. The depth and breadth of his research is impressive, and yet the book is very readable with the …
2G3S will have a stall at the Coronation Family Fun Day on 7th May, where we will be offering practical advice on improving diversity in our own gardens and activities for children.
The South Cambs Organic Gardeners group has now been going for 6 months, and we’ve had a lovely summer of visiting allotments and gardens. From September we will be returning to Cox’s Close for our monthly meetings. This month we will be having a talk by Robert Smith from Russell Smith Farms, the farming company …