Climate Action Stokesley and Villages
Think Global Act Local
We start 2025 with planning for another year of our whole group’s activities and actions at our whole group meeting on Tuesday 21st January at the Globe Community Library, Stokesley from 19.30 until 21.00.
All welcome to come together to share thoughts on all things climate change and biodiversity loss, updates from the sub groups.
We’re a friendly bunch and we welcome everyone!
The Loftus family would like some help, on Sunday 12th January, to plant 200 native trees round some new ponds in Faceby to help improve the biodiversity of the area.
Tree planting will be taking place in the morning from 10am – 12 noon and in the afternoon from 1pm – 3pm, weather permitting.
To keep everyone warm there will be homemade soup and bread provided at lunchtime.
If you would like to help please contact us for details.
Wishing you a very Happy New Year and thank you for your role in taking urgent action globally and locally on climate breakdown and biodiversity loss.
This month we have a wealth of ideas and activities to help you if you’ve made New Year’s resolutions to do more for biodiversity (tree planting), to learn a new sustainable craft (Osmotherley Mending Group), to learn hands on gardening skills (Yatton House Community Garden working party), to make your possessions last longer (Repair Cafe), to get out and meet more like minded people (all of our events!)
As we start 2025 planning ahead for a year of events, activities and actions by CASaV, it is a useful time to assess if we are meeting our goals of making a tangible impact. Having been in existence for just over five years we have commissioned an assessment of our impact in the local community so far. This will be conducted by CaVCA (Coast and Vale Community Action) with funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund North Yorkshire. The findings will help us shape the actions we take over the coming years to tackle and adapt to climate change locally.
Please help us by completing this short online questionnaire – CASaV Impact Survey
The survey has 10 main questions and should only take up to five minutes to complete. The survey is anonymous and the data collected will be used only for the purpose of assessing the impact of Climate Action and Stokesley and Villages.
As part of the study David Stone, from CaVCA, will also be undertaking some individual interviews with stakeholders and holding a focus group of CASaV members in December/January. He will then produce a report for us in February
Our online newsletter / magazine focuses on our group’s values and purpose, summed up by our motto ‘Think global, act local’, beginning with global / national / county issues including ways in which you can influence policy, followed by local news and activities you can participate in that develop our relationship with the environment and fight climate change and biodiversity loss.
Veganuary has inspired and supported millions of people to try vegan since 2014 – with participants from almost every country in the world.
At CASaV we are interested in the impact veganism can have in reducing the impact of climate change for example:
For more information see here: veganuary
Getting out in nature is good for our well-being and gathering data on the state of nature is good for the well-being of the planet. Big Schools’ Birdwatch is a great way to do both. If you are a school pupil, or are connected to any of our local schools – junior and secondary – find out how you can join thousands of other schools to find out which birds visit your school grounds. More information here: big-schools-birdwatch
Big Garden Birdwatch is the world’s largest garden wildlife survey. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people who care about wildlife take part, helping to build a picture of how garden birds are faring.
The information gathered is essential for monitoring biodiversity. Across the UK, over 600,000 people took part in Big Garden Birdwatch 2024, counting 9.7 million birds. House Sparrows took the top spot, but counts of these birds are down by 60% compared to the first Birdwatch in 1979.
It is hugely concerning that we’ve lost 38 million birds from UK skies in the last 60 years. With birds facing so many challenges, it’s more important than ever to get involved in the Birdwatch. Every bird you do – or don’t – count will give us a valuable insight into how garden birds are faring.
Find out how to take part here:
Plastics are key materials in innovation and for helping us reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change. Our everyday lives rely on plastics, but any plastic waste in the environment is unacceptable. While plastics have had a history of innovation, particularly in supporting areas like healthcare and food preservation, plastic pollution is a growing crisis.
The Global Plastics Treaty is a legally binding instrument that aims to address the negative effects of plastic pollution on the environment and human health.The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) took place in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 25 November to 1 December 2024.
The talks aimed to finalise a Global Plastics Treaty but concluded without a formal decision.
A resumed meeting will now be held at a later date. This means that member states did not meet the ambition under the UNEA 5.2 mandate to deliver a treaty before the end of 2024.
Talks are continuing but while we wait for global and national decisions we can take action ourselves locally and individually – see the Plastics Free Communities information in the Waste section below.
We start 2025 with planning for another year of our whole group’s activities and actions at our whole group meeting on Tuesday 21st January at the Globe Community Library, Stokesley from 19.30 until 21.00.
All welcome to come together to share thoughts on all things climate change and biodiversity loss, updates from the sub groups.
We’re a friendly bunch and we welcome everyone!
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The new website for the Yorkshire & Humber Climate Commission is now live. This is the new home for the Commissions research, projects, news, events, case studies and publications, as well as an overview of how the Commission is working to tackle the climate and nature crises. There’s also lots of information about how you can get involved in the Commission and how you can play your part.
The new website makes finding out about the 60 actions in the Yorkshire and Humber Climate Action Plan easy, with an interactive preview showing specific actions for different sectors, as well as case studies of work already happening.
Take a look at the online Climate Action Plan here: climate-action-plan
The weekly creative and sustainable community activity organised by ECO (Environment Climate Osmotherley) starts again for the new year. Meet for coffee, cake & conversation with knitting, crochet, darning & sewing, an opportunity to share your skills with experienced & novice friends. Check the ECO group on social media for any updates.
Planting trees can have a significant impact on climate change and biodiversity, including:
Climate change – Trees are effective at capturing and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere through photosynthesis. This carbon is stored in the leaves, roots, and soil of the tree, and can remain locked up for centuries. Trees can also help reduce flooding by reducing the amount of rainwater that enters watercourses.
Biodiversity – Planting trees can help re-establish biodiversity by creating habitats and corridors that help wildlife spread.
To help improve local biodiversity, the Loftus family are holding a tree planting day on Sunday 12th January, aiming to plant 200 native trees round some new ponds in Faceby, all are invited to help. Tree planting will be taking place in the morning from 10am – 12 noon in the afternoon from 1pm – 3pm, weather permitting.
To keep everyone warm there will be homemade soup and bread provided at lunchtime!
If you would like to help please contact Caryn for details
(Image: winter catkins at Yatton House Community Garden)
The monthly working party in the Yatton House Community Garden will be on Tuesday 14th January (2nd Tuesday of the month) from 1:30 – 3:00 pm.
Following a visit to Marwood C of E Infant School in Great Ayton, we will be looking at the ideas the children have suggested for the garden. Cleveland Mountain Rescue are kindly donating some of the proceeds from their Santa Sleigh Tour of the village towards making the children’s ideas a reality.
All welcome to come and help or just sit and watch.
Saturday 18th January 10.00-12.00 Repair Cafe, Swainby Village Hall
Start the new year with good intentions to reduce waste going to landfill or incineration and protect the earth’s natural resources whilst saving yourself the cost of buying new and keeping your treasured belongings in use for longer by coming along to our January Repair Cafe casav.uk/repaircafe on Saturday 18th January 10 – 12 at Swainby Village Hall.
As always, our pink T shirted repair volunteers will be eager to fix your household items – clothing & textiles, electrical appliances, wooden furniture, toys & bikes, laptops & mobile phones, blades needing sharpening – as well as giving you hands on demonstrations to encourage us all to extend the life of things we own.
As usual, through coming to the Repair Cafe you can save yourself money, the earth’s resources and prevent climate damaging gases from waste going to incineration or landfill. On average, we manage to fix 70% of items, give advice on possible repair steps for 20% and how best to recycle the 10% that are sadly beyond repair (statistics). But 100% of attendees are offered free refreshments of tea, coffee or juice as well as cakes and biscuits and a great opportunity to chat with friendly, like minded people.
This month’s free refreshments include Fair Trade beverages and home made sweet treats (including vegan!) made with Fair Trade ingredients, kindly donated by Stokesley Co-op.
New repair and reception volunteers always welcome – come along, have a cuppa and a chat or email Simon Gibbon.
The next Nature group meeting will be held in the Globe Library on Thursday 16th January at 3.30pm. Come and join us to find out what we are doing locally for biodiversity and spreading the climate action message.
The Community Earth Project (CEP) based in the Esk Valley on the North York Moors is trying to collect data across the North York Moors for particulate matter (PM) levels during heather burning events. PMs are known carcinogens as are associated chemicals in smoke from burning organic matter. CEP is installing sensors which will contribute to the sensor.community database of global air quality measurement and hopefully will be used to increase awareness of the health issues caused by moor burning. You can see the local measurements here.
CEP is looking for people who would be prepared to ‘host’ a PM sensor to monitor this year’s burning season. For more information contact cep.nature.recovery@gmail.com
Growing Your own: January Tips of the Month
Try and resist the temptation to sow seeds early. The seedlings may need to be planted out before soil and air temperatures are suitable.
But you can get growing microgreens inside on your window sill – microgreens are vegetables that are harvested when they are about one to three inches tall, soon after the first adult leaves have developed. They are high in nutrients and a great way to grow your own fresh food in winter.
Choose the right seed – Mustard greens and other brassicas, like broccoli and kale, are good choices for winter microgreens because they are robust and don’t need much light.
Prepare the seeds – Soaking seeds overnight can speed up germination, but it’s not required.
Prepare the container – Use a small seed tray or a recycled food tub. Sterilize the tray by soaking it in water with a little bleach for five minutes.
Plant the seeds – Sow the seeds thickly, with a space between each seed equal to the size of the seed.
Provide the right conditions – Place the container in a warm windowsill to germinate.
Love Food, Hate Waste are looking for your food saving success stories to shout about. If you have savvy shopping habits – like writing an epic shopping list or only buying loose fruits and veggies, they would love to hear from you: lovefoodhatewaste
Foodshare: surplus food prevented from going to waste and helping those in need
Foodshare is a joint initiative by the Food and Waste groups and is organised by Jenny. EVERY evening at 9pm a Volunteer collects surplus food from the Ayton Coop and Premier supermarket and both Stokesley Coops and takes it to various distribution centres (often in Middlesbrough) such as Nitelight (for homeless) for use/distribution amongst those in need. This is fresh food such as fruit, veg and bread, NOT the tins and dried food that are needed by Food Banks.
Foodshare collects 40 – 60 kilos of food each day with a value of approx £250. This is £78,000 worth in a year!
Jenny is always keen to recruit more volunteers to support the foodshare so if you feel this is something with which you could help, please contact Jenny here Jenny Earle.
Eating food in season (local as far as possible) can have substantial positive impact on climate breakdown by reducing high-energy input from artificial heating or lighting needed to produce crops out of the natural growing season.
Fruit and vegetables in season in January include
apples, beetroot, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, chicory, horseradish, Jerusalem artichoke, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, parsnips, pears, potatoes, salsify, shallots, swede, turnips
After the Christmas rush is over, the Waste Group / Repair Cafe is having their January meeting as a Wassail Gathering in Swainby. All are warmly welcomed to raise a glass of fortified apple wassail, feast on sweet and savoury nibbles and reflect on all things waste reduction and repair cafes.
Please let Simon know if you are able to come.
As 2025 starts we are all thinking about things we can do differently. On 1st January the Daily Difference email from the Carbon Almanac Network had some simple ideas, which I have added some links to CASaV resources and local/UK groups. Good to see that reducing waste is strongly represented in their list directly, but of course many of the other actions also act to reduce waste, less fossil fuels means less CO2 waste.
One change, as you think about your goals for the year ahead, consider one change you can make that supports climate change efforts. Some thought starters:
At our November meeting Edith Reeve told us all about the Plastic Free Communities (PFC) network, created by Surfers Against Sewage to tackle plastic pollution at source – from beaches and green spaces right back to the brands and businesses that create it – read about it here.
Would you be interested in helping to set up a Plastic Free Community in Stokesley & Villages (Great Ayton, Hutton Rudby, Great Broughton & Kirby, Seamer, Swainby, Osmotherley, Picton, Rountons) to support individuals, businesses, schools and organisations work towards reducing single use plastics? If so contact Kate
December’s Christmas Repair Cafe at the Globe, Stokesley was very well attended with over 60 items in need of repair dealt with by our ever ready pink T-shirted volunteer repairing heroes and the majority were fixed to the delight and gratitude of their owners who were also treated to vegan mince pies and mulled juice.
After all their hard work the volunteers relaxed with a slap up vegan Christmas meal at the Station Coffee & Kitchen in Stokesley.
The Environment Climate Osmotherley Group continues to thrive with new events and activities to engage and inspire the local community to take steps to fight climate change and biodiversity loss.
The weekly Mending Group has been bringing together skilled enthusiasts and enthusiastic beginners with darning, felting and knitting skills being shared and perfected, saving resources from going to waste and making loved items last longer.
If you have any news or any event / activity you would like promoting on next month’s (February‘s) update please email Kate Gibbon by the end of January
Kate also helps promote activities via Facebook and Instagram so let her know if there is anything that you would like shared via our Facebook page and Instagram if you are not a Facebook / Instagram user.
Hope to see you at the whole group CASaV Christmas meeting on Tuesday 21st January 19.30 at the Globe Community Library, Stokesley
Wishing you a very Happy New Year!
Kate Gibbon,
on behalf of the Climate Action Stokesley and Villages Steering Group Steering group:
Bridget Holmstrom, Caryn Loftus, Ron Kirk, Barry Warrington and Simon Gibbon
As a year of numerous events, activities and actions by CASaV comes to a close, it is a useful time to assess if we are meeting our goals of making a tangible impact. Having been in existence for just over five years we have commissioned an assessment of our impact in the local community so far. This will be conducted by CaVCA (Coast and Vale Community Action) with funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund North Yorkshire. The findings will help us shape the actions we take over the coming years to tackle and adapt to climate change locally.
Please help us by completing this short online questionnaire – CASaV Impact Survey
The survey has 10 main questions and should only take up to five minutes to complete. The survey is anonymous and the data collected will be used only for the purpose of assessing the impact of Climate Action and Stokesley and Villages.
The survey will close on Friday 10th January.
As part of the study David Stone, from CaVCA, will also be undertaking some individual interviews with stakeholders and holding a focus group of CASaV members in December/January. He will then produce a report for us in February.
We celebrate another year of our whole group’s activities and actions with a Christmas gathering on Tuesday 19th December with a spread of pooled festive nibbles and mulled drinks at the Globe Community Library, Stokesley from 19.30 until 21.00.
All welcome to come together to share food and thoughts on all things climate change and biodiversity loss, updates from the sub groups and looking ahead to 2025.
We’re a friendly bunch and we welcome everyone!
Wishing you a very merry Christmas and thank you for your role in taking urgent action globally and locally on climate breakdown and biodiversity loss.
As a year of numerous events, activities and actions by CASaV comes to a close, it is a useful time to assess if we are meeting our goals of making a tangible impact. Having been in existence for just over five years we have commissioned an assessment of our impact in the local community so far. This will be conducted by CaVCA (Coast and Vale Community Action) with funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund North Yorkshire. The findings will help us shape the actions we take over the coming years to tackle and adapt to climate change locally.
Please help us by completing this short online questionnaire – CASaV Impact Survey
The survey has 10 main questions and should only take up to five minutes to complete. The survey is anonymous and the data collected will be used only for the purpose of assessing the impact of Climate Action and Stokesley and Villages.
The survey will close on Friday 10th January.
As part of the study David Stone, from CaVCA, will also be undertaking some individual interviews with stakeholders and holding a focus group of CASaV members in December/January. He will then produce a report for us in February
(details of all events below in Newsletter section)
Tuesday 3rd December 10.00 – 12.00 Osmotherley Mending Group, St Peter’s Church, Osmotherley
Tuesday 3rd December 19.00 Waste Group Meeting (incl Repair Cafe) by zoom (see Waste Group section below)
Friday 6th December 9.00 – 13.00 Sustainable Christmas Stall at Stokesley Market
Tuesday 10th December 10.00 – 12.00 Osmotherley Mending Group, Quaker Meeting House, Osmotherley
Tuesday 10th December 13.30 – 15.00 Yatton House Community Garden Working Party Wednesday 11th December 19.30 Environment Climate Osmotherley (ECO) monthly meeting & festive drinks at the Golden Lion
Saturday 14th December 10.00-12.00 Christmas Repair Cafe, the Globe Community Library, Stokesley
Thursday 19th December 15.30 Nature Group meeting (with mince pies), the Globe Community Library (see Nature Group section below)
Tuesday 14th January 19.00 Waste Group Meeting (incl Repair Cafe) & Wassail Gathering, Church Lane, Swainby (see Waste Group section below)
Thursday 30th January 19.00 Food Group Meeting by zoom (see Food Group section below)
Our online newsletter / magazine focuses on our group’s values and purpose, summed up by our motto ‘Think global, act local’, beginning with global / national / county issues including ways in which you can influence policy, followed by local news and activities you can participate in that develop our relationship with the environment and fight climate change and biodiversity loss.
United for Warm Homes is a national campaign concerned that millions in the UK will struggle to pay their energy bills this winter because of soaring prices and after years of government inaction which has has left millions of homes damp, cold and expensive to heat.
United for Warm Homes campaigns to raise awareness of the long-lasting solutions to not only cut our bills and keep our homes warm but critically to reduce carbon emissions.
Last year CASaV members and people who came to last December’s Repair Cafe created this United for Warm Homes community quilt as an act of craftivism and we presented it to the chair of North Yorkshire Council (see below).
This winter, the campaign is to make scarves or use existing scarves and decorate them with messages from our communities to show our MPs and local decision makers why we need urgent action on warm homes. At the end of the winter, the aim is to bring all the scarves together in Westminster to demand the government commits to an urgent, ambitious and fair Warm Homes Plan.
At our Sustainable Christmas market stall and Christmas Repair Cafe (see below) we will invite people to create a fabric or paper patch to attach to our scarves. They can add images representing how they feel about the energy crisis, handwritten messages sharing their experiences of cold homes or demands for action from the government.
The UN Biodiversity Summit happens every other year rather than annually, and aims to ensure global action happens to stop and reverse the frightening global rate of biodiversity loss. Early November saw the end of the Biodiversity COP 16, here is an overview and a link to more information from the RSPB
https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/news/what-happened-at-cop
Three key successes from Biodiversity COP16 that we are celebrating:
Empowerment of indigenous people and local communities:
In a historic milestone, a new special advisory body was agreed. The voices and knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and local communities will be cemented as an integral part of decision-making on nature conservation; this is a crucial step to build equity in global decision-making processes. In the words of the representative from the Global Youth Biodiversity Network, ‘global biodiversity policy will now be stronger and wiser’.
A new mechanism to safeguard nature’s genetic resources:
In another momentous outcome for COP, parties agreed on a new global mechanism that will see money flowing from those that are benefiting from the use of biodiversity (like pharmaceutical companies) to those who are protecting it – especially Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
Strong progress on links between nature and climate:
This COP saw the recognition of the need to tackle the climate and nature crisis in tandem. In the negotiation rooms, at the ministerial level, and over the course of many events, the case was made clear that climate action must support biodiversity, and vice versa.
Three key areas that have fallen short:
National planning is too slow:
COP16 was intended to be a demonstration of how global promises would be turned into action at home, but the level of urgency required was still yet to materialise.
60% of countries have now put forward their national targets, indicating what they will aim to do nationally to put their global promises into action. However, only about a quarter have put forward plans to show how they are going to practically meet those targets.
We need governments – including from the UK – to return from Cali with a refreshed sense of hope and urgency, ready to get stuck into action. We need to see the implementation of delivery plans that meet the scale of the challenge. In the UK, that means backing up their ambitious National Targets with detailed, robust and financed delivery plans.
Lack of decisions on future finance:
Finance was a fundamental element of this COP, dominating hours of negotiations. Huge time pressures at the end of the COP meant that countries did not manage to take a decision on a strategy for future finance for nature. It is urgent that a solution is reached on global financing for nature, otherwise our ambitions will continue to remain simply aspirational.
Final agreement on monitoring process is still pending:
Time pressures, and political discussions about financing, also meant that an updated version of the monitoring framework (the set of indicators that every country will use to track progress) was not agreed. It’s essential that this is finalised urgently, to help guide countries to take action that is measurable, and to enable governments to be held accountable towards meeting their targets.
COP29 UN Summit on Climate Change has now taken place in Baku, Azerbaijan. COPs are where the world agrees how all the countries are going to act to tackle climate change.
For CASaV the big takeaway from COP29 is that governments aren’t going to do it all for us. We have to keep acting locally and continuing to make it clear to our politicians and our business leaders that we want them to step up to take real actions to protect climate and nature.
The one line summary is COP29 was all about finance – with progress on funding for developing countries and agreement on an international carbon market. Other areas made less progress than hoped for, partly due to the struggle to reach the finance agreements.
While the outcomes of COP29 were at the lower end of what was hoped for, we should not give up on COPs. Almost every country in the world attends COPs showing that while they may not all be willing to do what is necessary to reverse climate change and biodiversity loss, they want to be part of the process and they do not want to be seen to be not taking part. So while COP29 did not achieve all that was hoped it is a step on our road to a better world and maintains the hope that future COPs will make more significant progress as Rio did in 1992, Paris in 2015 and even Glasgow in 2021 did with the first serious inclusion of fossil fuels. COP29 could be the COP where the need to tackle finance finally became clear and will hopefully result in even more progress at COP30 in Brazil in 2025.
You can read more about COP29 on our zero carbon page – COP29 – A summary.
Plastics are key materials in innovation and for helping us reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change. Our everyday lives rely on plastics, but any plastic waste in the environment is unacceptable. While plastics have had a history of innovation, particularly in supporting areas like healthcare and food preservation, plastic pollution is a growing crisis.Plastics must be sustainable.
Negotiations are currently ongoing at the UN to establish an International Plastics Treaty with a goal is to end plastic pollution by 2040 through a circular economy where all plastics are responsibly managed during production, use, and end-of-life, enabling a climate-neutral plastics industry. More info here – Global Plastics Treaty
Whatever governments decide, individual actions can make a substantial difference for example in developing Plastic Free Communities (see Waste Group section below).
This month’s local activities and ideas from our focus groups (Nature, Food, Waste, Energy, Transport) to address biodiversity loss and fight climate breakdown
We celebrate another year of our whole group’s activities and actions with a Christmas gathering on Tuesday 19th December with a spread of pooled festive nibbles and mulled drinks at the Globe Community Library, Stokesley from 19.30 until 21.00.
All welcome to come together to share food and thoughts on all things climate change and biodiversity loss, updates from the sub groups and looking ahead to 2025.
We’re a friendly bunch and we welcome everyone!
A new weekly group activity organised by ECO (Environment Climate Osmotherley). Meet for coffee, cake & conversation with knitting, crotchet & sewing, an opportunity to share your skills with experienced & novice friends.
At Christmas many of us spend and consume a little more than usual. We do this to indulge ourselves and to celebrate the festive season, brightening up the bleak midwinter period.
But with increasing waste issues, and the climate change emergency, it is more important than ever to celebrate Christmas in a way that doesn’t cost the Earth.
The Waste Group are holding CASaV’s annual Sustainable Christmas stall at the Stokesley Friday Market on 6th December to help our local community enjoy their Christmas more sustainably with information and activities including:
As well as the monthly Yatton House Community Garden working party on Tuesday 10th December 1:30 – 3:00pm, the garden is now open weekdays unless raining so call in and enjoy sitting in the restful space.
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The monthly working party in the Yatton House Community Garden on Tuesday 10th December (2nd Tuesday of the month) from 1:30 – 3:00 pm. Jobs for December in the community garden include tidying up after the first frosts of the year. All welcome to come and help or just sit and watch.
Photo from Yatton House Facebook page.
Saturday 14th December 10.00-12.00 Christmas Repair Cafe
We can fix Christmas! Our end of year December Repair Cafe casav.uk/repaircafe will be on Saturday 14th December 10 – 12 at the Globe Community Library, Stokesley.
As always, our pink T shirted repair volunteers will be eager to fix your household items – clothing & textiles, electrical appliances, wooden furniture, toys & bikes, laptops & mobile phones, blades needing sharpening – as well as giving you hands on demonstrations to encourage us all to extend the life of things we own by mending them when they get damaged or wear out, saving money from not buying new, saving resources used to make new and also reducing carbon emissions in manufacturing.
As usual, through coming to the Repair Cafe you can save yourself money, the earth’s resources and prevent climate damaging gases from waste going to incineration or landfill. On average, we manage to fix 70% of items, give advice on possible repair steps for 20% and how best to recycle the 10% that are sadly beyond repair (statistics). But 100% of attendees are offered free refreshments of tea, coffee or juice as well as cakes and biscuits and a great opportunity to chat with friendly, like minded people.
This month’s free refreshments include Fair Trade beverages and home made sweet treats (including vegan!) made with Fair Trade ingredients, kindly donated by Stokesley Co-op, facilitated by Eileen Driver.
New repair and reception volunteers always welcome – come along, have a cuppa and a chat or email Simon Gibbon.
The next Nature group meeting will be held in the Globe Library on Thursday 19th December at 3.30pm Mince Pies will be available. Come and join us to find out what we are doing.
October’s CASaV meeting had a great talk from the Cleveland Hedgehog Preservation Society. We learnt a great many things including hedgehogs prefer oak leaves for nesting, they have multiple different locations to spend the daylight hours and they can also share their hibernation nests with other hedgehogs.
If you find a hedgehog that needs help you can try Smoggy Hogs based in Middlesbrough. Here is their Facebook Page.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1405156287011431
However if you do find a hedgehog in need of help then Smoggy Hogs give the following advice
If you do find a hog in need please place in a high sided box with some newspaper or blanket or towel with some water available. Do not give milk or bread as this is very harmful.
The Community Earth Project (CEP) based in the Esk Valley on the North York Moors is trying to collect data across the North York Moors for particulate matter (PM) levels during heather burning events. PMs are known carcinogens as are associated chemicals in smoke from burning organic matter. CEP is installing sensors which will contribute to the sensor.community database of global air quality measurement and hopefully will be used to increase awareness of the health issues caused by moor burning. You can see the local measurements here.
CEP is looking for people who would be prepared to ‘host’ a PM sensor to monitor this year’s burning season. For more information contact cep.nature.recovery@gmail.com
The Food Group would like to wish you all a sustainable, fairly traded Christmas
Small-scale farmers who did the least to cause the climate crisis are feeling it’s worst effects right now. Lives and livelihoods are being lost due to extreme weather, pushing families and whole communities to the brink. The highest-earning 1 percent are responsible for the same level of emissions as the lowest earning 5 billion people in the world. (Oxfam, Climate Inequality report, 2023).
Fairtrade farmers are taking action already – Many small-scale farmers and workers in countries most affected by climate change are often experts in adapting to climate change. But unfair trade means they don’t have the money to invest in sustainable farming techniques that can secure a fairer, greener future for people, planet and the world’s food supply.
Did you know that every time you choose to buy Fairtrade coffee, you are contributing to real change, driven by coffee farmers and workers?
It isn’t just about great taste, it’s about the ability for farmers like Marlene, a coffee farmer in Colombia, to transform their lives and support their communities.
Watch a video about Marlene here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVLQmtCTb9Q
Using the power of Fairtrade, Marlene is investing in sustainable farming practices, tackling deforestation and producing more great quality coffee.
How well do you know Coffee?
Pour yourself a cup of Fairtrade coffee and take our coffee quiz to test your knowledge! You might discover new insights about the coffee you enjoy and the farmers who grow it.
https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/fairtrade-coffee-quiz/
For ideas for sustainable festive eating have a look here: top-tips-for-a-sustainable-christmas-dinner
Everyone loves chocolate at Christmas and you may want to choose Fair Trade dark chocolate as it is more environmentally friendly than less sustainable milk chocolate info here
chocolate-environmentally-friendly
Foodshare is a joint initiative by the Food and Waste groups and is organised by Jenny. EVERY evening at 9pm a Volunteer collects surplus food from the Ayton Coop and Premier supermarket and both Stokesley Coops and takes it to various distribution centres (often in Middlesbrough) such as Nitelight (for homeless) for use/distribution amongst those in need. This is fresh food such as fruit, veg and bread, NOT the tins and dried food that are needed by Food Banks.
Foodshare collects 40 – 60 kilos of food each day with a value of approx £250. This is £78,000 worth in a year!
Jenny is always keen to recruit more volunteers to support the foodshare so if you feel this is something with which you could help, please contact Jenny here Jenny Earle.
Eating food in season (local as far as possible) can have substantial positive impact on climate breakdown by reducing high-energy input from artificial heating or lighting needed to produce crops out of the natural growing season.
Fruit and vegetables in season in December include:
apples, beetroot, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, chestnuts, chicory, horseradish, Jerusalem artichoke, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, parsnips, pears, potatoes, salsify, shallots, swede, turnips, wild mushrooms
At our November meeting Edith Reeve told us all about the Plastic Free Communities (PFC) network, created by Surfers Against Sewage to tackle plastic pollution at source – from beaches and green spaces right back to the brands and businesses that create it – read about it here.
Would you be interested in helping to set up a Plastic Free Community in Stokesley & Villages (Great Ayton, Hutton Rudby, Great Broughton & Kirby, Seamer, Swainby, Osmotherley, Picton, Rountons) to support individuals, businesses, schools and organisations work towards reducing single use plastics? If so contact Kate
At our December meeting we will be focusing on all things sustainable Christmas including our CASaV Sustainable Christmas Stall on 6th December and thoughts from CASaV’s “Enjoy the festive season and protect the climate” leaflet.
Haul Away is a short musical film created by North East Opera (NEO) which uses South Gare to highlight our role in nature and our responsibility for nature. South Gare sits at the mouth of the Tees and was constructed in the 19th century from blast furnace slag. Nature has come in and softened it with sand and dunes, birds have made it their own. The River Tees has historically been full of waste (pollution), while nature is back in the river, its existence is often tenuous as shown by the mass mortality of crabs in the river and along the coast, and the mortality of seal pups born in the Tees. The premiere of Haul Away is at the Redcar Regent Cinema at 4pm on Monday 9th December – trailer – more info.
November’s Repair Cafe in Swainby was particularly busy and saw over 60 items in need of repair dealt with by our ever ready pink T-shirted volunteer repairing heroes and the majority were fixed to the delight and gratitude of their owners who were also treated to free Fair Trade cuppas and biccies.
After the Christmas rush is over, the Waste Group is having their January meeting as a Wassail Gathering at Church Lane, Swainby. All are warmly welcomed to sup a fortified apple wassail, feast on sweet and savoury nibbles and reflect on all things waste reduction and repair cafes.
Please let Simon or Kate know if you are able to come.
The Environment Climate Osmotherley Group continues to thrive with new events and activities to engage and inspire the local community to take steps to fight climate change and biodiversity loss.
The weekly Mending Group has been bringing together skilled enthusiasts and enthusiastic beginners with darning, felting and knitting skills being shared and perfected, saving resources from going to waste and making loved items last longer.
Last week on an appropriately starry night, the ‘Dark Skies and why they matter’ talk was very well attended and enjoyed by all with great interest shown in developing Osmotherley as a designated Dark Skies Village.
Wednesday 11th December 19.30 there will be the Environment Climate Osmotherley (ECO) monthly meeting & festive drinks at the Golden Lion, Osmotherley
If you have any news or any event / activity you would like promoting on next month’s (January’s) update please email Kate Gibbon by the end of December
Kate also helps promote activities via Facebook and Instagram so let her know if there is anything that you would like shared via our Facebook page and Instagram if you are not a Facebook / Instagram user.
Don’t forget to complete our online impact survey!
Link here: CASaV online survey
Hope to see you at the whole group CASaV Christmas meeting on Tuesday 17th December 19.30 at the Globe Community Library, Stokesley
Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Kate Gibbon,
on behalf of the Climate Action Stokesley and Villages Steering Group Steering group:
Bridget Holmstrom, Caryn Loftus, Ron Kirk, Barry Warrington and Simon Gibbon
Our next whole group meeting is on Tuesday 19th November, at the Globe Community Library, North Road, Stokesley from 19.30 until 21.00.
All welcome to come and discuss all things climate change and biodiversity loss, updates from the sub groups and planning for future activities
We’re a friendly bunch and we welcome everyone!
Our online newsletter / magazine focuses on our group’s values and purpose, summed up by our motto ‘Think global, act local’, beginning with global / national / county issues including ways in which you can influence policy, followed by local news and activities you can participate in that develop our relationship with the environment and fight climate change and biodiversity loss.
If everyone on Earth lived like people in the UK, we would need over two and a half planets to regenerate and absorb our waste. As a society, we need to move to a circular economy that wastes less and puts more value on the things we already have. From the water and energy used in production, to the fuel used in delivery, every new item we buy comes with an environmental price tag.
Buy Nothing New Month is organised by Keep Britian Tidy and calls on us to boycott Black Friday and the culture of impulse buys that goes along with it and instead, aim to waste less, make the most of the stuff we already own, and cut our carbon footprint by buying nothing new – excluding essentials like food and medicine – throughout November.
If you sign up to the campaign, you can receive expert tips to help you shift to a ‘buy less’ mindset and swap the way you shop, find creative ways to reuse the things we own, and clear the clutter by rehoming the things we no longer need.
More info: buy-nothing-new-month
1st – 30th November World Vegan Month
A vegan / plant based diet can reduce an individual’s annual carbon footprint by up to 2.1 tons. Plant-based foods require less land and fewer resources, and produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions than animal products. Animal waste from factory farms is a major source of nitrous oxide emissions, which are 300 times more powerful than carbon dioxide at driving the greenhouse effect.
But to make a big difference it isn’t about giving up meat completely. Eating just one vegan meal per week can reduce your carbon footprint by nearly 50 kilograms per year. According to Oxford University, if every family in the UK ate one plant-based meal instead of red meat once a week, it would be the same as taking 16 million cars off the road.
During World Vegan Month, you are likely to see more vegan products in stores, along with the promotion of vegan events, recipes, clothing and more.
For more info see here: world-vegan-month
In the UK there is a Countryside Cop from the 4-8 November. This is for the rural communities and agriculture to inspire activity prior to COP 29 being held in Baklu. There are a number of events that are happening and some are on line and free to attend. If you would like to find out more please follow this link. countryside-cop4-04-08-november-2024/
Every month across the country there are sociable community based meet ups for people to share ideas about sustainability with the added bonus of a free drink (for the first 33 people to arrive!). The meet up nearest to CASaV is at the Potting Shed, Northallerton so why not pop down there to meet like minded people, find more about what’s going on locally with sustainability and how you can get involved. Book a place to get your free drink via this link:
northallerton-small99s-people-planet-pinttm-sustainability-meetup-tickets
The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024. This is a pivotal opportunity to accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis. With global temperatures hitting record highs, and extreme weather events affecting people around the globe, COP29 will bring together leaders from governments, business and civil society to advance concrete solutions to the defining issue of our time.
A key focus of COP29 will be on finance, as trillions of dollars are required for countries to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect lives and livelihoods from the worsening impacts of climate change. The conference will also be a key moment for countries to present their updated national climate action plans under the Paris agreement, which are due by early 2025. If done right, these plans will limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and double as investment plans advancing the Sustainable Development Goals.
As Antonio Guterres said at the Montreal COP ‘It up to us to accept responsibility for the damage we have caused and take action to fix it … I urge you to do the right thing. Step up for nature. Step up for biodiversity. Step up for humanity. Together, let’s adopt and deliver an ambitious framework — a peace pact with nature — and pass on a better, greener, bluer and more sustainable world to our children.’
More info here: https://cop29.az/en/home
While climate change crisis often grabs the headlines, there are many headlines about both national (birds) and global biodiversity loss (polar bears), which are signs of the nature crisis that the world is currently suffering. So at the Rio Conference in 1992 the UN was tasked to address both of these crises – climate and nature.
The UN Biodiversity Summit happens every other year rather than annually, and aims to ensure global action happens to stop and reverse the frightening global rate of biodiversity loss. As with the climate COPs, nations make specific commitments on actions their country will take to protect their national biodiversity. Similar to the climate COPs progress over the last 32 years has been slower than expected in 1992.
You can read a detailed summary produced by Carbon Brief – https://www.carbonbrief.org/cop16-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-biodiversity-conference-in-cali-colombia/. So just a few headlines here – the summit came to an abrupt halt after countries failed to reach consensus on the creation of a new fund during a mammoth 10-hour final plenary session. However, a number of steps forward were made for example, a new benefit-sharing mechanism for genetic resources will protect sovereign rights, a new permanent body for Indigenous peoples which will allow them to advise and offer their view at biodiversity COPs directly for the first time.
Disappointingly of 196 countries at the COP only 44 countries (including EU 27) had met the deadline to produce their own biodiversity plans, developed countries saying they did not have the time and developing countries blaming lack of finance promised by developed countries.
National Tree Week, organised by The Tree Council and partners, brings together the conservation sector, volunteers and tree-lovers to mark the start of the annual tree planting season.
There are free online tree talks, tree planting information guides and face to face events across the country. More information here: national-tree-week
“Act Local”
Our next whole group meeting is on Tuesday 19th November, at the beautifully updated Globe Community Library, Stokesley from 19.30 until 21.00.
All welcome to come to discuss all things climate change and biodiversity loss, updates from the sub groups and planning for future activities
We’re a friendly bunch and we welcome everyone!
A new regular group activity organised by ECO (Environment Climate Osmotherley). Meet for coffee, cake & conversation with knitting, crotchet & sewing, an opportunity to share your skills with experienced & novice friends.
As well as the monthly Yatton House Community Garden working party on Tuesday 12th November 1:30 – 3:00pm, the garden is now open weekdays unless raining so call in and enjoy sitting in the restful space.
The bog garden area is now planted up with donations from CASaV members. Geoff Jacques took a walk round the garden and shared a great video with our CASaV Facebook page. If you can’t make it to the garden you almost feel as though you are there. Thanks Geoff. https://www.facebook.com/reel/472877255781684
Saturday 16th November 10.00-12.00 Repair Cafe, Swainby Village Hall, High Street Swainby
Our monthly Repair Cafe casav.uk/repaircafe will be on Saturday November 16th 10 – 12 at Swainby Village Hall, High Street, Swainby. As always, our pink T shirted repair volunteers will be eager to fix your household items – clothing & textiles, electrical appliances, wooden furniture, toys & bikes, laptops & mobile phones, blades needing sharpening – as well as give you hands on demonstrations to encourage us all to extend the life of things we own by mending them when they get damaged or wear out, saving money from not buying new, saving resources used to make new and also reducing carbon emissions in manufacturing.
As usual, through coming to the Repair Cafe you can save yourself money, the earth’s resources and prevent climate damaging gases from waste going to incineration or landfill. On average, we manage to fix 70% of items, give advice on possible repair steps for 20% and how best to recycle the 10% that are sadly beyond repair (statistics). But 100% of attendees are offered free refreshments of tea, coffee or juice as well as cakes and biscuits and a great opportunity to chat with friendly, like minded people.
This month’s free refreshments include Fair Trade beverages and home made sweet treats (including vegan!) made with Fair Trade ingredients, kindly donated by Stokesley Co-op, facilitated by Eileen Driver.
New repair and reception volunteers always welcome – come along, have a cuppa and a chat or email Simon Gibbon.
Delicious homemade cakes, scones, tea & coffee – everybody welcome. Find out about the aims and activities of Environment Climate Osmotherley (ECO).
Richard Darn is an experienced astronomer based in the North of England. Enthusiastic in outreach, Richard delivers astronomy events across the region and we are fortunate to have the opportunity to hear a talk by him locally.
Richard advises on dark sky designations, having helped Northumberland National Park, Yorkshire Dales National Park, and North York Moors National Park achieve dark sky status with the International Dark-Sky Association. Richard helped launch Kielder Observatory and co-founded the popular Kielder Forest Star Camp.
In this presentation at Osmotherley Village Hall, Richard will celebrate the glorious auroras & gossamer Milky Way with pointers to what is coming up in the night sky. Richard will also be discussing the fragility of our nocturnal environment & the growing impacts of light pollution and explain the importance of dark skies to the wildlife and indeed to our health. He will also give an overview of the North York Moors International Dark Skies Park. It will be a great event. This event is being organised by the Osmotherley Environment Group.
After last year’s successful and popular FREE upcycled Christmas decoration workshops, more are planned this month to help you prepare for Christmas whilst reducing waste. Using a range of materials which would otherwise gone to waste we will show you how to craft your own bespoke Christmas decorations, suitable for all ages.
Dates still being arranged, check social media and posters for updates.
At Christmas many of us spend and consume a little more than usual. We do this to indulge ourselves and to celebrate the festive season, brightening up the bleak midwinter period.
But with increasing waste issues, and the climate change emergency, it is more important than ever to celebrate Christmas in a way that doesn’t cost the Earth.
The Waste Group are holding their annual Sustainable Christmas stall at Stokesley Friday Market on 6th December to help our local community enjoy their Christmas more sustainably with information and activities including:
Please get in touch Anne Mannix if you would like to be involved or have a suggestion for what else we should include on the stall.
This time of year we often have surplus apples from our trees which might otherwise gone to waste but using CASaV’s equipment and volunteer skills, approximately 1,250 kg of apples were pressed to make 470 litres of juice.
Furthermore, some local cows and llamas enjoyed the apple pomace that was left after pressing so again, nothing went to waste.
Thanks to all the volunteers who helped run the sessions.
Issues / ideas from the groups: Nature
The Community Earth Project (CEP) based in the Esk Valley on the North York Moors is trying to collect data across the North York Moors for particulate matter (PM) levels during heather burning events. PMs are known carcinogens as are associated chemicals in smoke from burning organic matter. CEP is installing sensors which will contribute to the sensor.community database and hopefully will be used to increase awareness of the health issues caused by moor burning.
CEP is looking for people who would be prepared to ‘host’ a PM sensor to monitor this year’s burning season. For more information contact cep.nature.recovery@gmail.com
As you harvest your autumn veg, make sure you save some seeds and keep them dry both for yourself next spring but also to contribute to the seed bank at The Globe, Stokesley and for the Food Group Free Seed Stall at the March Farmers’ market in Stokesley.
Foodshare is a joint initiative by the Food and Waste groups and is organised by Jenny. EVERY evening at 9pm a Volunteer collects surplus food from the Ayton Coop and Premier supermarket and both Stokesley Coops and takes it to various distribution centres (often in Middlesbrough) such as Nitelight (for homeless) for use/distribution amongst those in need. This is fresh food such as fruit, veg and bread, NOT the tins and dried food that are needed by Food Banks.
Foodshare collects 40 – 60 kilos of food each day with a value of approx £250. This is £78,000 worth in a year!
Jenny is always keen to recruit more volunteers to support the foodshare so if you feel this is something with which you could help, please contact Jenny here jennyearle.
Eating food in season (local as far as possible) can have substantial positive impact on climate breakdown by reducing high-energy input from artificial heating or lighting needed to produce crops out of the natural growing season.
Fruit and vegetables in season in November include:
apples, artichoke, beetroot, butternut squash, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, chestnuts, chicory, cob nuts, horseradish, Jerusalem artichoke, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, parsnips, pears, potatoes, pumpkin, quince, rosemary, sage, salsify, shallots, swede, turnips, watercress, wild mushrooms
If you’re looking for ways to eat more sustainably and meat free, Quorn could provide a good source of protein. Quorn is made from a natural protein (mycoprotein) which is derived from soil living fungi which is grown using a fermentation process similar to the one used to make bread, beer, and yogurt. Unlike many ultra high processed meat replacement foods containing dozens of additives, Quorn is relatively low processed with only egg whites or potato extract (for fully vegan items) added. Furthermore, being produced locally here in Stokesley, Quorn is a food source with a low carbon transport footprint.
The Quorn business is planning to increase the biodiversity of their grounds and have been working with members of the Nature Group to identify their current flora with view to creating wildflower meadows and other valuable habitats.
Recipe here: christmas-stuffed-squash-quorn-pieces
Chicory should ideally be dug up this month but then kept in the dark for using from January.
When aiming to eat more sustainably it is also useful to consider what your pets are eating. The global production of pet food releases 106 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent into the atmosphere each year.
There are new developments in the pet food industry which aim to reduce this carbon footprint.
For example, nutritious pet food can be made from farmed insects, more info here:
https://entocycle.com/complete-insect-farm
https://mygrubclub.com/pages/about-us
Unlike cats which require animal based protein, dogs can live healthily on a vegan / plant based diet. Some sources of vegan dog food here:
The Plastic Free Communities (PFC) network has been created by Surfers Against Sewage to tackle plastic pollution at source – from beaches and green spaces right back to the brands and businesses that create it. Plastic is a growth industry, with one in every ten barrels of oil now used to create new plastic. 38 million plastic drinks bottles are bought in the UK every day, 112,000 pieces of plastic leave UK supermarkets every minute.
By taking action in our local community we can make sure we don’t choke our coast, streets, parks and playgrounds with it. Because if it’s on our streets today, it’s in our rivers tomorrow, and our beaches and oceans forever. Locally there are PFCs in Redcar & Cleveland and Saltburn & Marske but none in the whole of North Yorkshire other than Scarborough.
Would you be interested in helping to set up a Plastic Free Community in Stokesley & Villages (Great Ayton, Hutton Rudby, Great Broughton & Kirby, Seamer, Swainby, Osmotherley, Picton, Rountons) to support individuals, businesses, schools and organisations work towards reducing single use plastics? If so contact Kate
The organisation behind the Big Plastic Count decided to track the soft plastic collected for recycling at Sainsbury’s and Tesco to find out how much was actually recycled.
The results were shocking: some 70% of the soft plastic collected for recycling was actually incinerated instead.
Incineration is terrible for the environment and for human health. Waste incineration is now the UK’s dirtiest form of power. Burning plastic is more polluting than even burning coal, and releases toxic gases and particles into the air.
In a massive win for all of us who care about ending plastic pollution, last month the UK signed the Bridge to Busan declaration. This is a statement signed by 40 countries at the United Nations affirming the need for global cuts to plastic production.
If you haven’t already signed the Greenpeace petition for a strong Global Plastics Treaty, they really need your support:
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We are all used to adverts trying to get us to buy more, a lot of which rapidly becomes waste, as well the old item the new item replaces. Advertisements are regulated on television and elsewhere to protect children. This is not the case for street advertising, or even the adverts in shop windows or on transport. AdFreeCities are asking people to be an AdSpotter (sign up here) on the school run, whether your children walk, go by bus or are even driven what adverts are they exposed to.
One of the main ways we will reduce waste is by buying less stuff and AdFreeCities are helping us to not be exposed to these commands to buy more stuff.
AdFreeCities – https://adfreecities.org.uk
AdSpotters – https://adfreecities.org.uk/adspotters/
October’s Repair Cafe in Stokesley saw over 60 items in need of repair dealt with by our intrepid pink T-shirted volunteer repairers and the majority were fixed to the delight and gratitude of their owners who were also treated to free Fair Trade cuppas and vegan cakes and treats. The sewing team were busy helping people craft their own bespoke draft excluders, using textiles that would have otherwise gone to waste to keep their homes cosy and draught free, cut their heating bills and also reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Meet up to discuss the activities of the group and future plans.
Contact Rebecca for more information
See also Dark Skies Talk and Mending Group above.
Whether you think Net Zero Teesside (NZT) is a key step on the road to net zero or rather you think it is Not Zero Teesside, it is being subsidised by our taxes. There is a meeting in Redcar in support of the project at 7pm on 22nd November at Redcar and Cleveland College (https://www.britainremade.co.uk/netzeroteesside).
The pros – Net Zero Teesside – https://www.netzeroteesside.co.uk/
The cons – Crowd Justice – Stop the Fake Carbon Capture Project https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/net-zero-teesside/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5SasZ5MHn8
Simon’s summary NZT was originally going to capture CO2 from existing chemical plants/incinerators on Teesside, but now it is only going to capture CO2 from new gas power stations and hydrogen from gas. So even if the CO2 capture was 100% effective it still locks in new large CO2 and methane emissions in extraction and shipping of the gas. NZT will not directly contribute to the UK’s net zero target. So the question is do you believe that NZT is necessary as a technology demonstration on the route to net zero, and to do this it needs new sources of CO2.
Read the links above, come to the meeting, make up your own mind and make your views known to your MP.
If you have any news or any event / activity you would like promoting on next month’s (December) update please email Kate Gibbon by the end of November
Kate also helps promote activities via Facebook and Instagram so let her know if there is anything that you would like shared via our Facebook page and Instagram if you are not a Facebook / Instagram user.
Hope to see you at the whole group CASaV meeting on Tuesday 19th November 19.30 at the Globe Community Library, Stokesley
Kate Gibbon,
on behalf of the Climate Action Stokesley and Villages Steering Group Steering group:
Bridget Holmstrom, Caryn Loftus, Ron Kirk Barry Warrington and Simon Gibbon
We had a great time pressing apples again this year. Approx. 1,250 kg of apples were pressed to make 470 litres of juice.
Some local cows and llamas were amongst the animals that enjoyed the apple pomace that was left when the apples were pressed, so nothing went to waste.
Thanks to our volunteers who helped run the sessions.
As we head into autumn hedgehogs will be starting to hibernate but along with so much of our wildlife this species is under threat of extinction. This month Climate Action Stokesley and Villages group are hosting a special talk on hedgehogs’ natural history and how we can play a part in protecting them by experts from the Cleveland Hedgehog Preservation Society.
All welcome to come to this free fascinating talk as well as an opportunity to discuss all things climate change and biodiversity loss, updates from the sub groups and planning for future activities.
Tuesday 15th October, 7:30pm in The Globe Community Library, Town Close, North Road, Stokesley TS9 5DH
Climate Action Stokesley and Villages