Climate Action Group

The Trout in the Trym Network has organised 3 walks along the River Trym and Hazel Brook over one weekend Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd May 2022 during the Bristol WalkFest. Saturday 21st May - 10.30 a.m. Sea Mills to Westbury on TrymSaturday 21st May - 2.30 p.m. Westbury on Trym to Trym Valley Open SpaceSunday 22nd May - 10.30 a.m. Coombe Dingle to Blaise Cafe Led by Trout in the Trym project members this is an opportunity to explore the River Trym on Saturday 21st May - walking upstream from Sea Mills Harbour to Canford Park in Westbury on Trym in the morning…

Christmas for many has become a consumerist trap to buy more toys, more food, more clothes, more wrapping, more  cards, more, more, more. And all of this, every single extra bit of plastic and card and chocolate has an environmental cost. According to one study, 'three days of festivities could result in as much as 650 kg of carbon dioxide emissions per person. This is 5.5% of our total annual carbon footprint.’ In just 3 days! And that data is from 2011, I can only imagine it has increased since then. But – there’s no need to feel guilty about…

“Every year, the British public celebrates Christmas by cutting down eight million trees, wrapping enough presents to smother Guernsey, binning billions of greetings cards, and then throwing away £l billion worth of food.”.Author(s): M. HarrisSource: Volume 6, Issue 12, December 2011, p. 30 – 33 If that’s not reason to be start being a bit more conscious about your consumerism this Christmas, I don’t know what is. But more on how you can do that in part 2. Firstly, let’s talk Craftivism, a term coined by writer and crafter Betsy Greer. According to the Craftivism Collective founder, Sarah Corbett, this,…