WHAT'S ON

Tuesday 19 May
Air Quality and Climate Change: How Can Both Win? (online)
Thursday 21 May
CA-WN public meeting (online) - 'Delivering Change Locally'
Wednesday 27 May
Making Community Energy a Reality in West Northamptonshire (online)
Sunday 30 May
Midlands Festival of Nature, Kettering
Friday 5 June
The People’s Emergency Briefing film screening, Towcester
Saturday 6 June
Kidsfest, Welford
Saturday 6 June
Open Farm Sunday, Courteenhall
Saturday 6 June
BUILDING THE ARK WHILE THE RAIN FALLS, why only collective action can save us from Climate Breakdown, Northampton
Friday 19 June
The People’s Emergency Briefing film screening, Brackley
Tuesday 23 June
The People’s Emergency Briefing film screening, Northampton
Thursday 25 June
People, Planet, Pint, Northampton
Wednesday 8 July
CA-WN Climate Cafe (online)
Friday 10 to Monday 12 July
Global Birdfair, Oakham

Full details of all events below.

Scroll right down to see details of guest speakers at CA-WN public meetings in the next few months.

Air Quality and Climate Change: How Can Both Win?

Tuesday 19 May 6:30pm - 7:30pm (online)
This event is hosted by the Royal Meteorological Society. The speaker is Dr. Xiangyu (Sian) Sheng, a leading expert in environmental science and climate change.
More information and free registration https://www.rmets.org/event/air-quality-and-climate-change-how-can-both-win

CA-WN Public Meeting - 'Delivering Change Locally'

Thursday 21 May 7:45pm - 9:00pm, online
Our guest speaker is Stuart Dawks, CEO of PECT, a charity set up (originally as Peterborough Environment City Trust) to protect and enhance the environment. Stuart will talk about 'Delivering Change Locally: 30+ Years of PECT’s Climate and Environmental Work'. This will cover:

• A brief history of PECT and how their role has evolved over the past 30+ years
• Examples of some of their larger programmes, including:
  • Natural environment work, including B-Lines, Forest for Peterborough and the John Clare Countryside
  • Behaviour change programmes, including Blueprint (circular economy), Cool Food (food waste) and domestic energy advice
  • Business support and environmental accreditation through Investors in the Environment
• A look at their more recent FutureNow programme, focused on city-scale decarbonisation in Peterborough, including key insights and emerging outcomes
• How PECT engage different audiences, including schools, businesses and community groups
• Reflections on the opportunities and challenges in delivering practical climate action at a local level

Register for free: https://buytickets.at/climateactionwestnorthamptonshire/2155922

Making Community Energy a Reality in West Northamptonshire

Wednesday 27 May 7:00pm - 8:15pm, online
The West Northamptonshire Climate and Nature Partnership are hosting this webinar, where you can find out more about what community energy can do for your community, how you can get involved and what the opportunities are to plan and implement community energy projects locally.
Speakers are Kirsty Shanahan from Community Energy Pathways,  Sarah Burgess from Grand Union Community Energy, plus a video recorded at a recent Community Energy Pathways event with Ben Atkinson and Cllr David Rose from North Lincolnshire Council showing how the business case for community stacks up in a post-Feed-in Tariff world. The event will end with a Q&A session.
Register for free https://buytickets.at/westnorthamptonshireclimateandnaturepartnership/2163419

Midlands Festival of Nature

Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 May, Wicksteed Park, Kettering
Wicksteed Park will come alive celebrating nature, music, words, craft, flavour and people, as Kettering Nature Group presents the Midlands Festival of Nature 2026 - the largest nature celebration the region has ever seen.
https://www.facebook.com/events/784334740674283
On 31 May the Festival will include a showing (time tbc) of the People’s Emergency Briefing film on the threats to British life from ongoing damage to nature and to our climate. Following the 45-minute film, Kettering Nature Group will host a 45-minute structured discussion on what this means for our community, including implications for local preparedness, resilience and long-term planning. 

The People’s Emergency Briefing film screening

The People’s Emergency Briefing film features footage from last November’s National Emergency Briefing which brought together leading UK experts in climate science, food security, health, economics, national security and nature.
It presents a clear, measured overview of how the climate and nature crisis is affecting everyday life in Britain - and what the evidence says about risks and responses. 
Its purpose is to support informed democratic discussion and ensure that Parliament and the public share a common understanding of the scale and urgency of the challenge. 
Following the 45-minute film, we will host a 45-minute structured local discussion on what this means for our community.

We would be very pleased if you were able to attend one of the following free screenings but as spaces are very limited please reserve your seat at your preferred venue using its link below:
Friday 5 June 7.00pm - 8:30pm, the Sawpits Centre, Towcester, NN12 6EX https://buytickets.at/climateactionwestnorthamptonshire/2195285
Friday 19 June 7.00pm - 8:30pm, Egerton Hall, Brackley, NN13 6GN
https://buytickets.at/climateactionwestnorthamptonshire/2195303
Tuesday 23 June 7.00pm - 8:30pm, University of Northampton, NN1 5PH https://buytickets.at/climateactionwestnorthamptonshire/2193047

Kidsfest

Saturday 6 June 10:30am - 3:00pm, Welford Playing Field and Community Centre.
The 5th annual Kidsfest organised by Green Welford. A great fun and free day for children of all ages.
https://www.facebook.com/GreenWelford

Open Farm Sunday and Fete

Saturday 6 June 1:00pm - 4:00pm, Courteenhall Estate, NN7 2QG, or https://what3words.com/this.sang.dusty

BUILDING THE ARK WHILE THE RAIN FALLS, why only collective action can save us from Climate Breakdown

Saturday 6 June 2:30pm, the Northamptonshire Natural History Society, Humfrey Rooms, Castilian Terrace, Northampton.
This talk will be given by Dr Joyce I Nchom Humphrey Phd FRMet Soc. It's free and there is no need to book.

People, Planet, Pint

Thursday 25th June 5:00 - 8.00pm, Brampton Halt, Pitsford NN6 8BA
Everyone welcome! If you're job hunting, feeling isolated, or just looking for your people in the sustainability and ESG space, this is a great place to meet and an opportunity to chat about all things People & Planet. The theme for June is water.
Register for free
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northampton-small99s-people-planet-pinttm-sustainability-meetup-tickets-1759743613519?aff=oddtdtcreator

Climate Cafe

Wednesday 8 July 8:00pm - 9:00pm (online)
Join us for a quiet hour to share your thoughts and feelings about the climate and nature crisis. Open to all, no strings and no commitment.
Register for free https://buytickets.at/climateactionwestnorthamptonshire/2185514

Global Birdfair

Friday 10 to Monday 12 July, Lyndon Top, Rutland LE15 8RN
A big national event on our doorstep, tickets will be on sale from February.
https://globalbirdfair.org/

Friends of the Earth training and events

CA-WN is affiliated to FoE as a Climate Action Group, which provides benefits including access to their training and events. This includes on 19th April an introduction to Active Hope, a resilience and wellbeing practice designed to help us find and offer our best response to the crises unfolding in our world. Details and booking: https://groups.friendsoftheearth.uk/training/training-and-events.

Regular CA-WN events

3rd Thursday of every month General Meeting (online) 7:45 - 9:00 pm
Quarterly online Climate Café 8:00 - 9:00 pm
Quarterly face-to-face get togethers - watch this page for details.

All Climate Cafes and general meetings are free and open to all. Find out more and register for free on Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/climate-action-west-northamptonshire-34423488393