Climate Action Stokesley and Villages group meeting was held on Tuesday 20th February from 7:30 – 9:00pm in The Globe Community Library, North Road, Stokesley. Below are notes and flip charts of our discussions about climate change and progress/plan of our activities.
LEAD (local energy advice demonstrator project) – Launch 26th March 6-8pm Stokesley Town Hall – TBC. Extra energy case studies – David (air source heat pump etc.).
EPCs – very crude process so letter can bear little relation to real energy costs of a property.
HUG2 – grants for EPC D and below, household income less that £31,000.
Letter to Rishi Sunak – asking for row back on oil and gas licenses and other recent changes in policy.
Food:
Seed share – Stokesley Farmers Market – 2nd March – please put seeds in the Globe or give to Wendy
Crowd Farming is a great source of organic / sustainable fruit / veg from overseas.
NYC Consultation to be discussed at next Food meeting.
Great Ayton Allotments – organisation formed to seek local ownership.
Group meeting 22nd February 3.30pm in the Globe
Peat Walk – 15 people visited Rosedale and Low Moor where the Yorkshire Peat Partnership‘s successful peat restoration and the next area to be restored, several members volunteering to help with monitoring restoration.
Dark Skies – NYMNP looking to designate villages as Dark Sky Village following advice on how to make village compliant, event on 9th March 11am – 1pm in Discovery Centre Great Ayton (TBC), liasing with Mike Hawtin (NYMNPA)
Wildlife Gardening Talk in Faceby Village Hall 12th March 7.30pm
20mph – Great Ayton is continuing to push for select adoption with Great Ayton, further meetings planned.
Endeavour Way – still being planned.
Trip to Allerton Waste Recovery Park (where our black bins end up): small addition group went – the scale gave overall reinforcement that we need to drastically reduce our production of waste.
Material Handling Facility (where Redcar and Cleveland’s recycling goes): Guisborough Eco Group organised visit, great to see material being separated to be sent off to be recycled, but sad to think a week ago all these things were separate.
Repair Cafe: Just held 21st in Stokesley, next in Swainby on 16th March. Helped Saltburn successfully hold its first repair cafe on 3rd February in the Community Hall.
CASaV has signed the Climate Coalition open letter asking the leaders of all political parties to act with urgency.
Great Big Green Week (8th – 16th June): Can CASaV help co-ordinate local events – please ask your WI, School, Scout/Guide Group, Church, .Rotary, .. group if they would like to hold an eco-event for Great Big Green week and CASaV will help with publicity and tieing into national events.
CASaV plan a stall on 8th June at Great Ayton Summer Fete, will also be a Repair Cafe in Stokesley on morning of 8th June – both as part of Great Big Green Week.
Other Items:
Mayoral Elections: working with North Yorkshire Climate Coalition to ensure environmental issues are properly addressed by candidates.
Osmotherley Environment Group: the group has held 4 meetings and has set up 4 sub-groups (decarbonisation, sustainability, flora and fauna).
Coat of Hopes: constructed with everybodies’ climate hopes for CoP26 is progressing around the country and will be at Roots Farm Cafe from 11th – 20th March, being repaired by the Slow Stitching group with a talk / presentation on 20th March 6.30-8.30 (TBC).
Flip Charts
Climate Action Stokesley and Villages 
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