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Food

Talks, tips and tools for choosing, cooking and eating sustainable food

Clothes

Talks, tips and tools for choosing what you wear with the environment in mind

Finance

Talks, tips and tools for organising your finances in a climate friendly way.

We use the Law to Protect our Client: Earth

September 2024 The Speaker: Sebastien De Menthon While studying Environmental Law at the London School of Economics, Sebastien discovered the NGO ClientEarth in the legal textbook. It was the first time he had heard of an organisation that specialises in taking legal action to hold governments and big corporations to account for harm caused toContinue reading “We use the Law to Protect our Client: Earth”

Don’t Buy It; Borrow It

The Story of the Oxford Library of Things June 2024 The Speaker: Ben Tuppen Ben is Project Coordinator at SHARE Oxford. As their first part-time paid member of staff, he took on the challenge of building SHARE Oxford into a sustainable organisation for the future, in terms of team, finances and impact. Ben also managesContinue reading “Don’t Buy It; Borrow It”

Electric Cars – What’s New?

May 2024 Two industry experts answer questions on: The Host Jacqui Hogan is an experienced speaker, and a careful manager of groups discussions. She will make sure each voice is heard and questions are answered. She is a senior member of Toastmasters and retired management consultant who cares deeply about the impact of humans onContinue reading “Electric Cars – What’s New?”

Sustainable Fashion

What are the three big problems in fashion? And what can you do to avoid them? Practical tips and resources to help you on your way. The Speaker – Madelyn Postman Madelyn Postman is Joint Managing Director of Grain Sustainability, a B Corp with the mission to help organisations champion people and the planet. WithContinue reading “Sustainable Fashion”

Banking for a Better Future

The Bank.Green platform equips us with the tools and insights necessary to assess and understand our bank’s climate commitments, while fostering a more environmentally responsible financial sector. Zak is dedicated to making it as easy as possible for us to get the message out there that we do not appreciate banks investing our money inContinue reading “Banking for a Better Future”

Farming that won’t Cost the Earth

Wednesday 7 February 2024 7.30pm UK The Speaker: Ben Taylor-Davies aka Regen Ben Ben Taylor-Davies was born and raised on a farm in Ross-on-Wye and studied geography at Liverpool University. A job as an agronomist was going extremely well until 2012 when our young son was involved in a horrific horse accident which changed everything.Continue reading “Farming that won’t Cost the Earth”

Trust the People

Wednesday 17 January 2024 7.30pm UK The Speaker: Aneira Co-initiator, Course Co-ordinator, Content Developer & Facilitator Trust the People [TTP] is a grassroots community building movement that shares democratic tools and skills to help people shape their communities for the better. Building a human-centred democracy Co-ordinating workshops, training, volunteering, community discussions Finding practical, resilient solutions to the challenges weContinue reading “Trust the People”