Tree planting

 Burton Joyce school children are planting trees 

Key points from last meeting

Key headings from minutes 

Burton Joyce Climate action meeting 

Monday September 5^th 2022 

Burton Joyce village

Community Market in September

Bulb planting project 

Cadent land near sundial

Parish Council Environment plan 

Planters outside Coop

Tree Planting on riverbank 

Group development

Volunteer to help with comms, admin etc. 

Finances / bank account 

Friends of the Earth “Ask the Expert”

Speakers for future events

Article for Village Magazine

AOB

Village Society questionnaire 

Net Zero community forum

BJCAB Treekly app group

BJCAB Whats App group

FOE home heating and fuel poverty campaign

Next meeting 

Tuesday 1-11-22 at 7pm, Old School

November meeting

The next Climate Group meeting  

Tues 1/11/22 at 7pm 

Old School building 

Burton Joyce

Please come if you can

A stall at the Village Market

 A stall at the Village Market 

We will have group stall at the *Village Market* in Burton Joyce 

Saturday 8th January 2022 

A working group of four will coordinate

Market stall this Saturday

Look out for the Climate group stall 

under the gazebo 

at the Village market this Saturday 

9th October 2021

Visit to Severn Trent at Stoke Bardolph

 

 

Burton Joyce Climate Action and Biodiversity Group

Our local environment is closely linked with Severn Trent

 

We have organised a visit to

 

 Severn Trent

Stoke Bardolph Sewage Treatment works

Stoke Lane, Stoke Bardolph 

NG14 5HL

 

Saturday 23^rd October

10am to 12.30pm

Come and learn more about ST’s renewables, assets and climate-change commitments

There will be a site tour of the anaerobic digesters on site and the wind turbine

 

An opportunity to discuss threats, priorities 

and ways of jointly protecting our local environment

 

The visit is limited to 24 people

If you would like to join the group 

please send a message to

07443561068 

including your name, email address and phone number

 

Park in the car park on the right as you come through the gate

 Please wear a warm coat and sensible footwear 

 

Action Group March Report

March Report 

Burton Joyce Climate Action and Biodiversity group.

Present on Zoom: Paul, Phil , Bobbie and Julia.

15-3-21.

1.      

Parish Council Environment Plan 

it’s a start. PC have said it will be reviewed every 3-4 months to check progress. 

Removal of bushes in cemetery occurred before the plan was put in place. 

       Disappointing that bushes (at the Cemetery) which provided cover for hedgehogs, birds etc removed without consultation and probably to look “neater”.

 

We can ask Ben Driver from Notts Wildlife trust what to replant in the prepared areas when he visits (yet to be booked due to pandemic).

We will also ask him to look at the old school site including the pond as it is not up to the Parish Council as this is owned by the church.

2.     

Logo competition. 

       Paul has told Scouts and brownies/guides about this at a zoom meeting and has also informed primary school via Mrs Wallace who runs the Eco group. Closing date 1-4. We could use the new logo on the villages Magazine. Steve Swann has done a temporary one for now. 

3.     

Allotments. 

       Julia met with Alison Chippindale who is on the allotments committee to discuss environmentally friendly practices on the allotments. She is going to discuss ideas with others on committee and then ?post on allotment’s Face book page and perhaps make a leaflet. I have asked if our details could be included on it.

4.     

Trees. 

      Severn Trent. Bobbie has been in touch with John Jackson who manages estate and we agreed a meeting with him when Covid restrictions a re lifted would be good. Old poplars need felling. The Canals and Rivers Trust have started planting trees including black poplars.

5.     

Bobbie has identified that there could possibly be money left over from the gravel extraction pressure group and the Village plan group. She is investigation whether this could be released to use to fund some tree planting or for wild flower seeds.

      

6. 

Insects. 

      Wildlife Trust have launched an insect plan for communities which involves mapping your area to see where “wildlife corridors” can be identified-this could be looked at to prepare for Ben Driver’s (NWT) visit and also link in to point 5.

7.     

Climate Emergency 

      No information back yet from Cllr Sam Smith regarding what Gedling are doing despite a few messages from myself and Paul. This is a priority area for Friends of the Earth, need to see what they recommend. 

XR are suggesting a banner drop to ask people to support the climate and ecological emergency bill on March 26^th. Phil is interested in putting one outside the Community Church.

8.     

Lendrum Court 

       Julia has emailed the builders to ask what wildlife friendly features they are adding to the grounds.

9.  

Planters of pollinator friendly flowers

      Julia has been in touch with the Coop deputy manager (but needs to confirm with the manager Heidi Burk) that we can have a planter of pollinator friendly flowers there with some basic information. They have said there is no funding available, Paul happy to make a planter and Julia has some Oxeye daisies and Self heal which she can put in there if we can’t get any seeds. Julia also contacted Johnson and Partners to ask if they would fund a planter or have one outside their shop.

10. 

Young people  

 Julia has had an email from a school girl in Wollaton who contacted her through the FOE Climate action website. We discussed importance of getting younger people involved post Covid.

Future Actions:

-Bobbie to make enquiries about wildflower seed donations.

-Bobbie to contact Chris Clark to see if he will fund a planter of wildflowers.

-Paul to email Nicki Brooks (labour county councillor) to ask who to contact at Gedling from Labour to push a Climate plan

-Paul to email admin at Gedling Council to see if a climate action plan can be put n agenda for next meeting.

-Julia to talk to Coop manager re a wildflower planter.

-Paul to continue with logo competition.

-Julia to contact Newark XR to see if they could provide a banner supporting the CEE bill or explore making one ourselves.

-Phil happy to continue with posting items on Facebook and website.

-Julia to check out FOE campaign about lobbying local councils to get some ideas.

 

Next meeting 19-4-21 at 2pm via Zoom.

 

Action Group February Report

Wednesday 10th February 2021

Paul, Julia & Phil met via Zoom 

This is a summary of our discussion

1. Phil has set up a Website (this one), a Facebook page and a Twitter account. The Burton Joyce Climate Action & Biodiversity Group on Facebook has 34 members. The Twitter timeline is reflected on the website (You will see it down the right hand side of the screen). Phil would be grateful for feedback on any of these.

2. Julia suggested asking village kids to design a logo for the group. Paul will set up a competition and publicise it to Scouts, Guides and the village school and more widely around the village.

3. We agreed to try and contribute an article to The Magazine (aka The Parish Magazine) each month. Julia will write one this month.

4. Julia is continuing discussions with the Parish Council about improving the village environment. One possibility is (re)creating a wildflower meadow at the Grove. Another idea is planters outside the village shops. Julia is going to look into a source for wildflower seeds and Paul volunteered to make some planters.

5. Paul suggested he could hold an Open Garden event when circumstances permit where we could publicise the group and our objectives, demonstrate ideas for wildlife friendly gardens and engage with the village, especially youngsters.

6. Julia recommended Friends of the Earth webinars and courses. You can find some details HERE

7. We agreed to follow up on a previous approach to Gedling Borough councillor Steve Smith about the Friends of the Earth Climate Plan for Councils

If you can help with any of these, please get in touch

What are we doing? A review

 October Review

1.  Julia attended the last Burton Joyce Parish Council meeting & raised the issue of mowing: Could we leave some areas unmown to encourage wildlife? It was suggested she could meet up and walk round the village to see who mows what and when. A date has been proposed for this. Check here for further reports and updates.

This Plantlife document on verge management is very useful.

You can also read about No Mow May here.

 

We have thought about which areas could be targeted for reduced mowing, adding wild flowers or seeding a meadow. 

These are our initial suggestions:

• Area on the far side of the railway line between the Trent Lane railway crossing and the Lee Road crossing used by dog walkers etc. or other areas mown by Severn Trent
• We noted that the verges on the farm road seem to have been mown later this year giving more time for cow parsley etc to blossom
• The flood bank with path on way to Poplars - mown by Severn Trent
• Somewhere inside or just outside Roberts recreation ground
• Bigger area in the Grove?
• Area on the grass verge between Rhubarbs and Roberts rec.
• Area outside library on corner with A612.

We have also considered: 

Current flower beds in village being planted with plants good for pollinators, 

Adding new planters in village, perhaps outside the shops 

Asking if the school would like to get involved.

 

2. Julia also mentioned the proposed new planning laws to the Parish Council. She has forwarded them this Friends of the Earth link to voice our concerns about these laws.

We have since talked about circulating this link to our group mailing list.

3. Julia attended an East Midlands Friends of the Earth (FOE) climate groups meeting. They said well done for keeping our group going as many had folded due to Covid.


4. Julia plans to attend a webinar with FOE about how to get the most out of your group! 


5. Phil is developing this website and posting on our Facebook page and Twitter account.


6. We are very pleased to see the new shop Zest for Life is plastic free!! Bobbie mentioned our group to the people in the shop. We wondered if we could make a poster for the group to put in the shop (and maybe elsewhere, eg library, cafes, etc.?)


7. We discussed writing more articles for the online Parish Mag as there is a new editor.  

Julia, Bobbie, Paul & Phil