Market stall this Saturday

Look out for the Climate group stall 

under the gazebo 

at the Village market this Saturday 

9th October 2021

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:

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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 

 

Logo competition winner

Burton Joyce Climate Action & biodiversity Group

Logo Competition

The winning entry of the logo competition (see earlier posts below) was chosen by Lord Vernon of Gedling. 

The top three were all from children at Burton Joyce Primary School:

First place was entry C4 (Time is running out):

****  MILLIE in class NH/K1  ****

Second place was entry E2 ("Poorly planet"):

Amelia in Miss Brodie’s class

Third place was entry D1 ("Light bulb"):

Sadie in class JS/56

Time is Running Out:

Poorly planet:

Light bulb:

Congratulations and a big Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry

Action Group April Report

Minutes 

Burton Joyce Climate Action meeting 

April 2021

on zoom, 19-4-2021

Present: Paul S, Phil C, Julia D

Apologies: Bobbie

1.     Logo competition

Closing date to design a logo for the group was April 1^st. 

Paul informed Scouts, Brownies and primary school. 

Over 30 entries, 

Phil has posted them on our Facebook page. 

Paul has contacted Vernon Coaker who has a greed to judge them. Paul may be able to sort a prize with Lowdham Book Shop voucher as he knows the owner.

We discussed how spellings may need correcting and small adjustments made to pictures to make them bolder. Plan is to use logo on posters, village magazine etc.

 

Julia will write to the villages magazine to let them know about the competition.

 

2.     Monthly meetings

Enquiry on FaceBook about whether our meetings were closed or not. Phil will post the date of the next meeting on our socal media and also to the group email list and ask people to email Paul if they’d like a zoom invite.

3.     Flower planters

Paul has made the flower planter and has some flower seed and will take it down to Coop and ask them to water it. Julia to write an A4 poster to display with it, including thanking the Coop in advance for watering it, and send it to Paul.

4.     Parish Council environment plan 

Cadent have agreed to pay for replanting of the area near the Millenium sundial which will go ahead in the autumn when its better to plant things. Some pollinator friendly plants, shrubs and small trees have been requested. 

The Parish Council are interested in getting some volunteers to manage this area as it’s not Parish Council land. 

They are going to seed the newly created beds in the cemetery as they haven’t yet set up how they will offer them to volunteers yet.

5.     Banner 

Phil isn’t sure how many people photographed themselves with the "BACK THE CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY BILL" banner displayed outside the Community Church in Meadow Lane, but reported that Anna Alls the vicar did and put it on her FaceBook page. He is going to put it up again now that Easter is over, for the local elections.

 

6.     Local elections

There is a Gedling hustings on 29-4 on Zoom on Climate and Nature, FOE would like us to encourage the candidates to pledge support for the CEE bill. Julia is going to attend and will send the link for posting on our social media to Phil.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gedling-149155294501

We discussed how it would be good to contact the candidates about areas we are interested in-CEE bill, cycle paths, etc. Phil will do this if he has time.

7.  Friends of the Earth    

Phil and I are thinking of attending an FOE social media course in June-no dates set yet though.

 

Any other business:

Phil has found some reasonably priced wild flower seed from Boston seeds ltd called Landlife seeds. 

 

Next meeting on Monday 17^th May 2021 on Zoom. 

Contact ps66paulsmith@gmail.com to get a zoom invite.

 

Monthly Zoom meeting

Monday 17th May 2021, 2pm 

A few of us have been meeting recently, via Zoom, to discuss things and keep the group going. If you would like to join us for our next session on Monday 17th May at 2pm, get in touch and I can send you the joining details

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: