Between 2010 and 2020 we held meetings on a wide variety of topics.
- Beekeeping and local honey
- Bookham Commons
- Bookham Country Market
- Campaigning to protect our local community
- Car hire club
- Clean energy and fracking
- Converting a house to Passivhaus standards
- Cooking with herbs & spices
- Cycling
- Electric vehicles
- Fairtrade
- Folklore and medicinal plants of the Downland
- Food waste
- Gardening for wildlife
- Grace and Flavour community garden in Horsley
- Home composting and eco-gardening
- Permaculture design
- Polesden Lacey Infants School
- Reducing food waste and water usage
- Refill scheme
- Renovating a house to Passivhaus principles
- Solar energy
- Surrey Save credit union
- The environmental aspects of building your own house
- The work of Population Matters
We held workshops and sessions on...
Make do and mend |
- Connecting with our community
- Creative recycling
- Effective letter writing
- Make do and mend
- Practical solutions for a greener lifestyle
- Spreading the green message
We presented information on...
Growing your own - indoors |
- Greener Homes - affordable solutions
- Greener Homes - solar energy
- Growing your own fruit and veg - inside and out
- Herbal medicine
- Reducing waste
We watched these films...
- In Transition 1.0 and 2.0
- Do The Math documentary (350.org)
- Making the Connection - the benefits of a more planet-friendly diet
- Short films on sustainable design from TED
- Short films from The Story of Stuff project
- The Power of Community documentary