Bookshelf

 There is a new page on the website: Bookshelf

Climate change and biodiversity books to borrow and read

If you would like to borrow a book, get in touch

If you have books you would like to add to the Bookshelf, let Phil know

Bookshelf

https://bjcab.blogspot.com/p/bookshelf.html

November meeting

The next Climate Group meeting  

Tues 1/11/22 at 7pm 

Old School building 

Burton Joyce

Please come if you can

Climate Anxiety is Perfectly Normal

 Here's what to do about it

Dealing with Climate Anxiety

Get some TRACTTion

TALK about it

RECONNECT with Nature

ACT on it together

CARE for yourself & others

TEAM UP with other people

TAKE a break when you need to

Next Group Meeting

 The next group meeting 

An opportunity to meet Sim Duhra

Climate Change Officer for Gedling Borough Council

Monday 31st January 2022

7.15pm 

Venue to be confirmed

Hopefully face-to-face depending on circumstances 

Please note: the date had been changed!

Please change your diary or calendar entries!

Gedling Carbon strategy response

Formulating our response to the 

Gedling Carbon Management Strategy document 

We had a good session last night via Zoom with six people on line but it is difficult to formulate a group response when the are so many different issues involved so we decided to form a splinter group of three to hammer out a final draft. 

The closing date for responses is 4th January. 

Send in your comments before *Wednesday 15th December* so the group of three have something to work with. Thanks

Earthshot winners announced

Earthshot winners

via  Postive News

Five eco innovators have been awarded £1m each to develop their ideas, which offer scalable solutions to deforestation, pollution and other environmental challenges.

The  Earthshot Prize ,  is a new annual award that celebrates innovators with scaleable solutions to environmental problems.   

The winners:

Costa Rica: winner, protect and restore nature category. Costa Rica has reversed decades of deforestation by paying people to protect ecosystems 

Takachar: winner, clean our air category. New Delhi-based Takachar has developed a technology that could end the practice of burning agricultural waste, which causes severe air pollution in India.

Coral Vita: winner, revive our oceans category. Coral Vita is a Bahamas-based conservation organisation that cultivates coral on land and replants it in the ocean. 

Milan: winner, waste-free world category. An initiative that has dramatically cut food waste while tackling hunger saw Milan win the waste-free world category.  Launched in 2019, with the aim of halving waste by 2030, Milan’s Food Waste Hubs programme recovers food from supermarkets and restaurants.

AEM Electrolyser: winner, fix our climate category. The AEM Electrolyser turns renewable electricity from wind and solar farms into emission-free hydrogen, which can be used to power factories and other high-energy buildings.

Climate March at Southwell

 You would be very welcome to come along and join in

More information at GreenSouthwell

From the organisers:

For those who don't know Southwell - the Burgage is a green space at the opposite end of the shopping area from the Minster. It can be found here: https://goo.gl/maps/jdgKGwTTzSyrAMNw7 

 

We are working out what happens when we get to the Minster - there will likely be a few words to draw the event to a close, and point to next steps.  

We will be holding a second event later in the month where we discuss individual action. We want strong and fair climate leadership and to help each other make the difference we can make as individuals.  

 

Finally, our kind and supportive hosts at the Minster are holding a Craft Fair that day to which you are very welcome. We hope to be hosting a stall or display of the 'leaves' used in the March at the Fair so again, if you have any material you want shared to a wider audience in the area, please let us know. We will be using posters and/or a noticeboard that people can take a photo of, rather than handouts.

Climate Bill

 Please support the Climate Bill

DEMAND THE GOVERNMENT BACK CLIMATE PLEDGES WITH LEGISLATION

Two years ago, on 1 May 2019, the UK Parliament declared a Climate and Environment Emergency.

Since then, politicians have drawn up new targets, including at least a 68% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, made promises to protect 30% of our land by 2030 and signed pledges including the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature. 

Yet despite these pledges and promises, we remain way off track.

To change this, we need more than just promises. We need new, ambitious climate and nature law – we need the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill.

Support our demand that the UK Government back up their climate and nature pledges with up-to-date, ambitious legislation. 

We cannot afford to wait another two years. Please sign the petition.

Sign the petition here:

Climate Bill Petition

Logo Competition Entries

We launched a Logo Competition in February, to engage with the young people's organisations in the village (Cubs, Brownies) and Burton Joyce Primary School.

The response has been brilliant with 35 entries.

Have a look at this video. It gives a quick overview of all the entries:

To make it easier to look at them, I've photographed them in 8 sets of 4 + one set of 3 labelled A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H & J. 

The competition will be judged and the winners chosen by Baron Vernon Coaker of Gedling.

If you want to choose your own favourites, make a note of the logo ID - letter+number, for example E3 or G2 - and pop it in the Comments box at the bottom of this post.

Or you can post your choices on the Group Facebook page or on the Group Twitter account, hashtag: #BJCABlogo

We'd love to know what you think.

The numbering for each set is the same, as shown in the following table:

Here we go with the first set of 4, set A:

   

  

         

 

 

  

    

         

  

 

    

 

  

    

    

    

The Climate & Ecological Emergency Bill

Extinction Rebellion (XR UK) are asking people to take action on 26th March to mark the CEE (Climate & Ecological Emergency) Bill. 

The Bill's second reading in Parliament was due on 26th March but has been cancelled due to Covid. The government continues to stifle opportunities for Parliament to discuss real solutions to the climate & nature crisis.

XR UK's plan is to mark the (non-)occasion with UK-wide banner drops on the 26th March. And a Twitter storm.

Briefing document here: CEC Bill

There’s still time (they say) to make a banner and get organised. 

XR UK ask people to upload their banner drop location (here) and think about what message they want to tweet their MP.

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

Climate Action resource from TEARFund

 This is an excellent resource from TEARFund

Link to the TEARFund Climate resource

Including:

WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE?

IS IT REALLY AN EMERGENCY?

HEATING UP

EVERY FRACTION OF A DEGREE MATTERS

CLIMATE CHANGE IS A JUSTICE ISSUE

CASE STUDY: ORBISA, A MUM IN ETHIOPIA

HOW CAN WE STOP CLIMATE CHANGE GETTING WORSE?

POSITIVE NEWS

Find the full resource here

Climate & Biodiversity

Climate & Biodiversity

There was never a more important time than this. Climate warming has begun to run away and the natural world is under threat from land use, fishing, agriculture and industry.

Driving much of this environmental damage are the fossil fuels we have come to rely on for transport and heating. Added to this, international trade & consumption - i.e. buying stuff - are destroying the very ecosystems we depend on to balance and sustain the earth.

The situation is critical. We have to do something.

 

The three demands of Extinction Rebellion are key:

• Tell the Truth
• Act Now
• Involve Everyone

 

There are things we can do. 

 

 

We can work together to make a real difference. 

If you live in Burton Joyce or nearby in the surrounding area, join us and help make the decisions that are going to affect all our lives over the next few years.

You can find us on Facebook and on Twitter