WHAT'S ON

Sunday 8 September to Sunday 20 October
Found in the Fields art exhibition, Middleton Cheney
Tuesday 17 September
Food Conversation, Yelvertoft
Thursday 19 September
Film screening - Six Inches of Soil, Daventry
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September
Umbrella Festival, Northampton
Wednesday 25 September
Climate Café at The Umbrella Fair*
Wednesday 9 October
Climate Summit for Town and Parish Councils
Wednesday 9 October
CA-WN Climate Cafe (online)
Thursday 17 October
CA-WN AGM and monthly public meeting (online)
Friday 1 November to Sunday 3 November
Art for Planet Earth art exhibition, Yardley Hastings

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.

Found in the Fields art exhibition

Sunday 8 September to Sunday 20 October, Middleton Cheney
Exhibition of art by Northants screenprinter and Society of Wildlife Artists member Carry Akroyd at the Heseltine Gallery in Middleton Cheney.

Food Conversation

Tuesday 17 September 10:00pm - 15:00pm, The Reading Room, Yelvertoft, NN6 6LF.
This free event will provide an opportunity to share your thoughts on food systems and help shape the future of food policy. Your input will be gathered and shared with The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission to support ongoing research and influence future policies that impact food, farming, and our countryside.
The event is being organised by not for profit organisation No Fuss Meals for Busy Parents CIC which helps to provide a connection between food grown in the UK and how to make tasty meals from scratch.
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Film Screening - Six Inches of Soil

Thursday 19 September 5:00pm - 8:30pm, The Arc Cinema, Mulberry Place, Daventry, Northants NN11 4GH
CA-WN is pleased to be co-hosting a showing of this popular documentary film following the stories of three UK farmers who have decided to change the way they produce food and move away from industrial farming to a more sustainable regenerative approach. The screening will be followed by a panel Q&A featuring Duncan Farrington, a local regenerative farmer - many of you may have bought his Mellow Yellow cold pressed rapeseed oils, and Vanessa Rooney from Garden Organic.

Tickets are available to book direct from the cinema https://daventry.arccinema.co.uk/. The basic ticket price is £10 but if you come with a friend you can book 2 tickets for £14.

Six Inches of Soil

The inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities.

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Umbrella Festival

Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September noon until 6pm (music until 11pm), The Racecourse, Northampton
The Umbrella are having a festival after several years' gap. Free to attend.
There will be an Environment & Sustainability marquee where you can meet local groups, as well as food and entertainment.
https://www.umbrellafair.org/festival

Climate Summit for Town and Parish Councils

Wednesday 9 October, Delapre Abbey, Northampton
Further details to follow - if you are a parish councillor or clerk and would be interested in attending please let us know to go on the priority booking list.

CA-WN Climate Café

Wednesday 9 October 8:00pm - 9:00pm (online)
Open to everyone, wherever you are. We offer a safe space to talk about thoughts, concerns or questions related to climate change. Register for free to receive a Zoom link.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/860483067017?aff=oddtdtcreator

CA-WN AGM and Monthly Public Meeting

Thursday 17 October 7:30pm - 9:00pm (online)
You are invited to our Annual General Meeting, starting at 7.30.
This will be followed, starting at approximately 8.00pm, by our monthly general meeting.
Register using the Eventbrite link below to receive the meeting log in details.
Our meetings are open to all and newcomers are very welcome.  
This month's guest speaker is Gerta Wittemans from More Trees Now in the Netherlands. More Trees Now pioneered a sapling harvesting method which provides free, local, native trees for tree planting projects, and are working with the Northamptonshire Woodland Community Volunteers and others to establish the approach in the UK.
https://moretreesnow.eco/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1121935529063523
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/860478483307?aff=oddtdtcreator

Art for Planet Earth – Protesting with a Paintbrush art exhibition

Wednesday 4 September to Saturday 5 October, Corby
Friday 1 November to Sunday 3 November, Yardley Hastings
A touring exhibition of 8 large-scale paintings on the environmental crisis by Northants artist Jack Watto, at Rooftop Arts in Corby and Yardley Arts in Yardley Hastings.

*Umbrella Fair Climate Cafes

Every other Wednesday from 7:30pm at the Umbrella Pavilion, the Racecourse, Northampton
On the first and third Wednesdays of each month, the Umbrella Climate Emergency Action Hub hold a “Climate Café”. Many local people attend this to socialise, meet with other concerned citizens and get stuck into other community activities that look to improve our climate and environment. https://www.facebook.com/UmbrellaFair

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

2nd Wednesday of every month online Climate Café 8:00 - 9:00 pm
3rd Thursday of every month General Meeting (online) 7:45 - 9:00 pm

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