Thank you for your role in taking urgent action globally and locally on climate breakdown and biodiversity loss.
Diary dates
(details of all events below in Newsletter section)
Act Local
- Tuesday 15th October 19.30 – 21.00 Whole Group Meeting & Hedgehog Conservation Talk, the Globe Community Library, Stokesley
- Monday 7th – Saturday 12th Green Libraries Week, The Globe Community Library, Stokesley & The Discovery Centre, Great Ayton
- Tuesday 8th October 19.00 Waste Group Meeting (incl Repair Cafe) by zoom (see Waste Group section below)
- Tuesday 8th October 13.30 – 15.00 Yatton House Community garden Working Party
- Saturday 12th October 10.00-12.00 October Repair Cafe & Free Draft Excluder Workshop / Giveaway, The Globe Community Library, Stokesley
- Thursday 17th October 19.00 Food Group Meeting by zoom (see Food Group section below)
- Thursday 17th October 15.30 Nature Group meeting, the Globe Community Library, Stokesley Library Green week (see Nature Group section below)
- Monday 21st October National Apple Day (local event in Helmsley walled gardens)
Think Global (details below)
1st to 31st October International Walk To School Month
1st to 31st October National Unblocktober Month (to improve health of our drains, sewers, watercourses and seas)
14th October International E-Waste (electronic equipment) Day
14th – 20th October Recycle Week
16th October International World Food Day
18th October Repair Cafe International 15th Birthday Party, Den Hague
19th October International Repair Day
21st October World Earthworm day
Newsletter
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.
“Think global”
National and global climate action news and campaigns
1st to 31st October International Walk To School Month
Organised by Living Streets who advocate to enabling walking as the natural choice for everyday local journeys, Walk to School month encourages pupils to walk, wheel, cycle or scoot to school as much as possible in October using an Autumn Street Safari activity, but kids who can’t walk to school can also try out other outdoor activities in the playground. Not only healthier for children (and their parents / carers) walking to school reduces the number of cars on the road, which reduces harmful emissions. The school run is responsible for half a million tonnes of CO2 emissions each year. More information international-walk-to-school-month/
1st to 31st October National Unblocktober Month
Unblocktober is an awareness month to improve the health of our drains, sewers, watercourses and seas in the UK. Launched in 2019, the first Unblocktober saw more than 4,500 homes and businesses pledge to change their kitchen and bathroom habits to benefit the environment and fight biodiversity loss, rising to more than 66,000 in 2022. Millions of us have been putting dangerous liquids and items into our drainage systems and sewers that lead to untold damage to the environment around us. You can commit to stop pouring or flushing environmentally harmful items down your drains or into the toilet, for the whole month of October. By taking part in Unblocktober, you will be making a big difference, without having to make a big effort. More information here: unblocktober
14th October International E-Waste (electronic equipment) Day
Almost all of us have unwanted, broken cables (containing infinitely recyclable copper) clogging up our drawers, that’s millions of cables and thousands of kilograms of copper going to waste that could be reused or recycled. If 1 million of us all recycled one cable, we could save at least 5,000kg of copper from going to waste. And it’s not just copper – in fact 75% of materials in our electricals can be recycled and used again, like copper, gold, lithium or aluminium. Don’t let these precious materials go to waste – let’s give them a new lease of life!
So bag up your old cables – or any old electricals in your ‘drawer of doom’! – ready to recycle this October – and take them to the Stokesley Recycling Centre in Stokesley Business Park Stokesley TS9 5PT. Also did you know that all retailers selling electrical goods are obliged to take back items for recycling?
More information recycleyourelectricals.org.uk/international-e-waste-day-2024/
14th – 20th October Recycle Week
This year’s Recycle Week theme is ‘Rescue Me’. The campaign will run from 14th-20th October 2024, focusing on rescuing recyclable items from heading to the rubbish bin. By recycling at least one extra item as part of our daily recycling routine will make a huge difference. We can now recycle more than ever of what we used to consign to waste – check here for how and where you can recycle almost everything at home
Also check here to find out how our county council is enabling recycling recycling-and-waste
16th October World Food Day
World Food Day is an international day celebrated every year worldwide on October 16 to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. It aims to raise awareness and take action against worldwide hunger and malnutrition and serves as a reminder of the need to ensure food security and access to nutritious food for all. It also highlights the importance of sustainable agriculture and food production to address global food challenges including the devastating impact of climate breakdown on food supplies. The day is also an opportunity to rethink our food choices to make them more sustainable and climate friendly, including more plant based meals using locally grown and seasonal vegetables and fruits (see Food Section below).
More information: world-food-day
On the theme of enabling access to food for all, particularly the most vulnerable people, Jenny, joint lead of the Food Group was very busy last month as, due to other Foodshare volunteers being away, she did a whole week of the daily surplus food collections by herself. She used the opportunity to weigh the food each day to quantify how much food on average is saved from waste and goes on to benefit those in need.
Jenny noted that she collected between 40kg and 60kg per day and using a rough estimate of the discounted cost of the food of £5.5 per kg this made the value of the food between £220 and £350 daily being made accessible to those who most need it locally whilst also saving it from waste.
See the Food Group section below for more information and how to get involved.
18th October Repair Cafe International 15th Birthday Party, The Hague & 19th October International Repair Day
In 2024, Repair Café turns 15! There are plans to celebrate this in various ways. On Friday 18 October – their actual anniversary – they will hold a Repair Café XL in The Hague, where the Dutch government is housed. Repair Café is a global movement, with supporters in more than 40 countries across six continents so all Cafes which are registered have been invited to create their own piece of bunting which will be used to make make a very long bunting line to decorate the Repair Café XL party location on 18 October. This way, all Repair Cafés will be joined in celebration. See above for our very own Stokesley & Villages Repair Cafe bunting which will be representing us in The Hague.
21st October World Earthworm day
In 2016 the Earthworm Society of Britain (ESB) nominated 21st October as World Earthworm Day to give the world an opportunity to celebrate these ecologically vital and under-appreciated animals. An October date was chosen in order to honour the father of earthworm ecology, Charles Darwin, as this is the month that his book ‘The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Actions of worms’ was published. More information worldwormday
“Act Local”
This month’s local activities and ideas from our focus groups (Nature, Food, Waste, Energy, Transport) to address biodiversity loss and fight climate breakdown
Tuesday 15th October 19.30 Whole Group Annual Meeting & Hedgehog Conservation Talk, the Globe Community Library, Stokesley
Our next whole group meeting is on Tuesday 15th October, at the newly updated Globe Community Library, Stokesley from 19.30 until 21.00.
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 we have 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 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
We’re a friendly bunch and we welcome everyone!
Monday 7th – Saturday 12th Green Libraries Week, The Globe Community Library, Stokesley & The Discovery Centre, Great Ayton
National Green Libraries Week greenlibrariesweek celebrates libraries with a focus on the climate and sustainability and runs 7th – 13th October. At The Globe Community Library, Stokesley, there will be a display of books on green matters all week selected by CASaV members as well as our monthly Repair Cafe at the end of the Green Libraries Week on Saturday 12th October (more info below). At The Discovery Centre, Great Ayton there will be displays and activities on all things green and sustainable.
Tuesday 8th October 13.30 – 15.00 Yatton House Community Garden Working Party
Yatton House Community Garden working party 1:30 – 3:00pm
Looking forward to picking french beans and mangetout during the October working party. The garden is now open weekdays unless raining so call in and enjoy sitting in the restful space.
Saturday 12th October 10.00-12.00 Repair Cafe & Free Draft Excluder Workshop / Giveaway, The Globe Community Library, Stokesley
Our monthly Repair Cafe casav.uk/repaircafe will be on Saturday 12th October 10 – 12 at The Globe Community Library 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.
This month as the nights draw in and there’s a nip in the air our thoughts turn ways we can keep warm, save energy and save the environment from waste so there will the first of our colder seasons’ free draft excluder workshops / giveaways. Cold draughts make their way in through gaps under doors, skirting boards or on window sills rapidly bringing down a room’s temperature, particularly when it is below zero outside. Draughts cause up to 15% heat loss in the home, and properly draught-proofing your property can save as much as £125 a year on energy bills. You can buy ready made draft excluders from about £20 up to £70 for deluxe versions but here at October’s Repair Cafe we will provide you with the materials and show you how to make your own ‘bespoke’ draft excluder. If the sewing team aren’t too busy with sewing repairs they will be making up draft excluders to give away to you to keep you warm and more in pocket this winter.
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.
Saturday 21st October National Apple Day
Apple Day, 21 October, was launched in 1990 by CommonGround. They said that “The aspiration was to create a calendar custom, an autumn holiday. From the start, Apple Day was intended to be both a celebration and a demonstration of the variety we are in danger of losing, not simply in apples, but in the richness and diversity of landscape, ecology and culture too. It has also played a part in raising awareness in the provenance and traceability of food.”
Locally, Ripon Walled Garden riponcommunitylink is running an Apple Day event on Saturday 5th October and Helmsley Walled Garden helmsleywalledgarden is running an Apple Day event on Sunday 20th October
Apple Pressing success in September
(all October slots fully booked)
There was a successful day of apple pressing in late September with a group from Faceby where the equipment is stored. The result was nearly 200 litres of juice and the apple pomace left over has gone to feed a herd of cows in the village so nothing has gone to waste.
Coinciding with Apple Day there are two further apple pressing days on 18th and 21st October but slots on these are now fully booked.
If there are any cancellations we will announce these on social media so keep an eye out.
More info here https://climateactionstokesleyandvillages.org/food/apple-pressing/
Meet the CASaV people!
At CASaV we are very fortunate to have a super range of tremendous people from all walks of life. This month we shine a spotlight on Geoff, the ‘Dean of Green’.
Geoff
Even when you’re ‘retired’ there still aren’t enough hours in Geoff’s day. Unofficially known as the “Dean of Green” he encourages all the churches in Stokesley Deanery to care for creation.
Geoff says “Over the past 3 years 14 of the 20 churches have registered as Eco Churches in the A Rocha programme which enables churches to assess how ‘green’ they are and work towards becoming greener; 8 of those churches have now gained awards on the scheme – 5 Bronze And 3 Silver!
“Its important that we get the message across that ‘There’s still Time to Make things Better’, he says. “That’s why I’ve joined ‘protest’ marches in York and Leeds”.
“Having joined the 2022 visit to the Allerton Waste Recovery Park, I was so enthused by their work that I organised a visit for the local churches the following year. Hopefully it helped each of the folk who came to take one more step to reduce their own waste.
“A couple of years ago I was part of the team that organised the ‘Food Farming and the Environment’ evening in Stokesley Town Hall, the joint CASaV, Deanery and Farming team put on a great evening which I’m encouraging others in the south of the county to copy.
“We have a static caravan in Cumbria, so not surprisingly we’re members of Cumbria Wildlife Trust and are looking forward to volunteering again there soon as the massive Skiddaw Forest Project gets underway.
“Over the years Angela and I have walked many miles and climbed many mountains, now our walks tend to be on lower ground and at a slower pace – which means we get to observe much more of God’s wonderful creation using Apps such as Merlin and Seek to help us identify bird song, fungi and lichen!”
Caryn
As well as being the Climate Action Stokesley & Villages co-ordinaor, she is also very active each month with Yatton House Community Garden
She writes:
“I can’t remember why I first got involved with Yatton House which is a centre for adults with learning/physical disabilities in Great Ayton. However, over the last few years I have helped run apple pressing sessions for their members and organised pruning the fruit trees in the Yatton House Orchard. This year, members of Yatton House will be having a trip out with crates of their apples to press them as part of one of CASaV’s apple pressing sessions at Faceby.
When an old allotment became available across the road from the centre the manager, Jonathan, was keen for it to become a community garden to help Yatton House become more involved with the local community. I was asked to join a steering committee with my Brighten Up Great Ayton hat on. But I felt that I should also represent CASaV as I hoped we could show the benefits of growing fruit and veg in a community space whilst showcasing gardening for wildlife and bearing in mind climate change.
I have learnt that in developing a community garden you need to compromise to some extent given the different groups involved and their approaches to gardening whilst keeping in mind the original vision to:
· To provide a safe and accessible community space for groups and individuals.
· To bring different sections of the community together.
· To promote awareness of mental health and loneliness.
· To champion environmental impact and climate change through wildlife, biodiversity, and the growing of sustainable organic fresh fruit and vegetables.
· To deliver educational experiences.
At times the task seemed overwhelming, not helped by one passer-by who said it would be a white elephant as no-one would visit. How wrong they were! Now that I am just running a working party once a month the workload is more manageable and each time there are new visitors enjoying the space, with the local infant school soon to be helping. I even come away with some fresh fruit or veg.
The community garden, on Guisborough Rd, Great Ayton is open weekdays if the weather is nice. Look for the ‘Garden Open’ sign that Pete Smith helped upcycle from an old tourist information board. The next working party is on Tuesday 8th October, 1:30 – 3:00pm. Come and give a hand or enjoy sitting in the garden.
How about you?
If you are interested in playing a more active role in thinking globally, acting locally to fight climate change and biodiversity loss please visit our website and look at the volunteer opportunities or pop along to one of our meetings – whole group and Food, Nature & Waste sub groups – and have a chat!
Issues / ideas from the groups: Nature
Thursday 17th October 15.30 Nature Group meeting, the Globe Community Library, Stokesley
Contact Bridget Holmstrom for information
For those wondering what how to entertain their children and grandchildren during the half term break (haven’t they only just finished the summer holidays?) you may like to consider going to the RSPB Saltholme reserve. There are plenty of activities and there should also be some exciting winter visitors and starling murmurations to see. More information here
Another great thing to look out for at this time of year is fungus. All the rain and the cooler weather is starting to bring toadstools to the surface. Fungi is, without doubt, fascinating. Surprisingly science has found fungi to be genetically closer to animals than to plants. They come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes and whilst they can be devastating to crops they are also fundamentally important to our existence. The best place to discover fungus is in woodland, particularly broadleaf. Enjoy your Fungus Foray but remember if you aren’t completely sure what it is, don’t eat it.
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Some great work is happening in the North York Moors bringing back woodland to areas where it is sorely missed. Here is a great example on what has been over the 8 years the woodland creation scheme has been existence and why woodland is so important.
On a less hopeful note, the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has recently issued the State of Nature for Yorkshire. It highlights both the diversity and national significance of wildlife found in Yorkshire but also the multiple threats from human activity that this biodiversity struggles against. Highlights include facts such as nearly 2,000 species have disappeared from Yorkshire over the last 200 years, a further 3,000 are at risk from extinction. Rare species are at risk whilst common species take over.
Few of Yorkshire’s wildlife sites are protected legally, less than 1 in 10 and of those that are protected less than 20% are in a good state. Globally important sites for carbon sequestration such as moorland peat bogs are in a terrible state with less than 20% in a good shape.
You can read more here and learn how to get involved www.ywt.org.uk/StateofNature
Resources: If anyone would like to get some inexpensive guides on wildlife, the Field Studies Council is an excellent resource. They also do online and face to face education sessions so are well worth investigating. They have a couple of bundles of three guides for Autumn, check them out here field-studies-council.org/product-category/publications
Ideas from the groups: Food
Next Food Group meeting Thursday 17th October at 19.00 by zoom contact Wendy for a link to join
Save your seeds!
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.
Stokesley Community Bus Stop Veg Garden update
Free produce is now available to pick your own – ripe red currant tomatoes and herbs are now available.
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.
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.
October Seasonal Eating
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 October include:
Fruit: Apples, Blackberries, Elderberries, Pears
Vegetables: Aubergine, Beetroot, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Butternut Squash, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celeriac, Celery, Chestnuts, Chicory, Chillies, Courgette, Cucumber, Kale, Leeks, Lettuce, Marrow, Onions, Parsnips, Peas, Potatoes, Pumpkin, Radishes, Rocket, Runner Beans, Spinach, Spring Greens, Spring Onions, Summer Squash, Swede, Sweetcorn, Swiss Chard, Tomatoes, Turnips, Watercress, Wild Mushrooms, Winter Squash
Sustainable food source of the month: UK grown pulses
Pulses (chick peas, lentils, beans etc) are a superfood as they provide essential vitamins, minerals and fibre as well as being a great source of plant based protein. Many pulses are grown and imported from abroad which adds to their carbon footprint but increasingly there are more pulses being grown in the UK. A company at the forefront of this is Hodmedods an East Anglian based business working with farmers growing sustainably across the UK who have successfully revived the growing of long lost British pulses like black badger peas as well as successfully cultivating the first British grown quinoa.
Beans is How is an international campaign to encourage more cultivation and consumption of pulses for the health of the planet as well as human health. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a global blueprint adopted by all United Nations member states in 2015 in order to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all by addressing critical challenges such as poverty, inequality, climate change, and the attainment of peace by 2030. They emphasise that beans are a simple, affordable solution that contribute to nutrition, health, economic growth, environmental sustainability, and social equity, making them a valuable crop in the global effort to achieve the SDGs. The campaign aims to double global bean consumption by 2028, by adopting a comprehensive approach to addressing global challenges through food systems transformation, supporting multiple SDGs.
beans-is-how for more information.
Seasonal recipe
Roast winter veg with carlins and quinoa
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Ideas from the groups: Waste
This month’s Waste Group (including Repair Cafe) Tuesday 8th October 7.00pm CASaV by zoom – contact Simon Gibbon for a link to join
International Repair Day 19th October
More than 100,000 tonnes of waste electricals are thrown away every year, and there are 880m repairable electrical items of all kinds lying unused in UK. Every October the Open Repair Alliance openrepair.org/ celebrates the power of repair to bring our communities together, reduce our impact on the planet, learn new skills and support all in the community with the cost of living. The Open Repair Alliance is an international group of organisations committed to working towards a world where electrical and electronic products are more durable and easier to repair. They are building an Open Repair Data Standard to enable community repair groups around the world to collect and share open data on electronics repairs performed at their events. Eventually the aim is to extend their reach to commercial repairers and others collecting repair data. This data will be used to tell stories about the positive impacts of repair, and to inform advocacy. Working together, they advocate for a stronger case for more easily repairable devices.
Zero / reduced waste shopping locally
Just popped up on our radar but trading for sometime is the Old Weigh at Bridge Street, Pickering another local option for shopping with less waste using local greengrocers and market stalls by reusing bags to put your fruit and vegetables in as well as existing zero waste shops. They have recently put out a request for your spare clean, empty jam jars and bottles so you can repurpose your stash of empty jars plus pick up your dried food goods, local rapeseed oil and other goodies all zero waste.
On our doorstep is Tindalls Homehardware which as well as supplying all your DIY needs will also refill your Ecover household cleaning and bathroom supplies. Find the at 1 Springfield, Stokesley TS9 5DS
Other local shops which allow you to refill your own containers to reduce waste:
Roots Farm Shop & Café, East Rounton DL6 2LE;
Fletchers Farm Shop, Woodhouse Farm Great Ayton TS9 6HZ
Spilman’s Farm Shop, Church Farm, Sessay, ThirskYO7 3NB
Sweet Treats (refill section), 59 Market Pl, Thirsk YO7 1TF
Off the Scale, 28 Church St, Castleton, YO21 2EQ
Guisborough Refill, Tony Gallagher Hairdressing, 12 Chaloner St, Guisborough TS14 6QD
Earth Warriors, 76a Skinnergate, Darlington DL3 7LX .
And of course don’t forget your refillable water bottle, which you can find places to refill locally using the Refill app (https://www.refill.org.uk/).
Waste group events in September:
September Repair Cafe
September’s Repair Cafe in Swainby saw over 50 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 mini Fair Trade chocolate cakes.
Issues / ideas from the groups: Environment & Climate Osmotherley (ECO) Group
Environment & Climate Osmotherley (ECO) is now an established part of Climate Action Stokesley & Villages. ECO is a group of like-minded villagers with shared concerns around our environment & climate change. Their lead, Becci Wright notes “We meet once a month & also have four sub-groups exploring Decarbonisation, Sustainability, Flora & Fauna who meet regularly. We hope to encourage other residents & visitors to our village to adopt a more thoughtful & sustainable approach to our environment, and also work with the relevant local authorities to promote sustainable living.”
Bridget from the Nature Group writes: “The Osmotherley Environmental Group held a very exciting Bat Watch evening event last month. There was an initial presentation from Rebecca Wright with lots of interesting bat facts. We then went for a walk around Osmotherley armed with bat detectors and found Common and Soprano Pipistrelles and a Noctule. Our thanks to Rebecca for leading the evening.”
Rebecca is organising a Dark Skies presentation by Richard Darn, currently in the pipeline, check ECO group & CASaV social media for updates.
Contact Rebecca for more information
Ideas from the groups: Transport
Last chance to catch the Moorsbus 2024: now until end of October
Running on weekends until the end of October and run by volunteers, the Moorsbus covers so much of the beautiful North York Moors, great walking and carrying bicycles as well. Plan a day out in nature! More information here moorsbus
The Man in Seat 61
Thinking of travelling further afield this summer? Have a look at The Man in Seat 61 website for detailed itineraries of how to travel across Europe and even worldwide without flying. Train travel can be a more rewarding alternative to flying which reduces our contribution to climate change and brings us closer to the countries we visit. This site explains how to travel comfortably & affordably by train or ferry, rediscovering the pleasure, romance & adventure of the journey. More information here: seat61
Signing off
If you have any news or any event / activity you would like promoting on next month’s (October) update please email Kate Gibbon by the end of October
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 15th October 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
Every year, millions of people all around the world commit to reducing their landfill waste for a week during September – saving money, preserving resources and having fun in the process.
August’s Repair Cafe at the Globe, Stokesley was predicted to be a quiet affair with many people on holiday but in fact it turned out to be the busiest Repair Cafe of the year so far! Over 86 items in need of repair were seen 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 edible treats.
Did you know that there are eleven different species of bats living in North Yorkshire, according to the North Yorkshire Bat Group 
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Climate Action Stokesley & Villages aims to be politically non aligned and we are delighted to be supported by voters from a range of ideologies who put the climate and biodiversity above their political allegiances. This coming election this week, more than those before, is an opportunity to cast your vote according to which party is promising to do the best by our environment by having clear actions to reduce climate change and biodiversity loss.
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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.
Climate Action Stokesley and Villages 