- Friday 28 February: Woodbridge – talk: “The Landscape Approach to River Catchments” 19:00-21:00 at the Methodist Church
Talk by Professor Peter Hobson of University Anglia Ruskin about the biological diversity of rivers and understanding why they are vulnerable to change. Admission £5.
Part of the 2025 Collection of Winter Talks by Deben Climate Centre Winter 2025 Talks Series by Deben Climate Centre | Eventbrite
- Sunday 2 March: Wickham Market – Green Gym session of tree care 10.30am (2 hours max)
Meet at the young spinney at the end of Green Lane (public footpath to/from Mill Lane), off Chapel Lane. Finish off from the recent teamwork, refresh the native trees in the spinney and mulch with straw. Native species are used to enhance the landscape and provide a wonderful mini nature reserve and haven for birds! Straighten the tree tubes, add trees, mulch with straw.
Thank you to all of you who have helped over the winter planting and removing spent plastic.
Contact Tree Wardens Anne Westover and Sonya Exton if you are interested in getting involved and require more information.
Email: ennaoverwest@btinternet.com Mob: 07586 266553
- Monday 3 March: Woodbridge Repair Cafe 10:00-12:00 at St Johns Church
First Monday of every month.
Repair Cafe – Transition Woodbridge
- Friday 7 March: Woodbridge – talk: Life beneath the surface, and fragile nature, 19:00-21:00
A lecture by Professor Peter Hobson exploring some of the functional diversity of life beneath the surface, and how it is changing under human influence.
Admission £5. Part of the 2025 Collection of Winter Talks by Deben Climate Centre Winter 2025 Talks Series by Deben Climate Centre | Eventbrite
- Saturday 8 March, Hemley – Art Safari, 10:00-13:00
Calling artists and art teachers! A free workshop from Art Safari on Saturday 8th March here in Suffolk, with tutors Claudia Myatt, Ian Sedge, Paul Green and Mary-Anne Bartlett, to help integration of nature and environmental themes into art classes.
Please note this is open to those working in education and art – e.g. local art teachers, art educators, and artists.
If you would like to enquire about the workshop please email info@artsafari.com or call 01394 382235.
This event has been made possible by funding from Farming in Protected Landscapes. Nurturing Creativity and Sustainability – Art Safari
- Saturday 8 March: Lowestoft – group litter pick on the south beach
Meet outside East Point Pavilion at 10:30. Group litter pick organised by Suffolk Beach Cleans. All welcome including dogs!
Lowestoft South Beach Clean | Facebook
- Saturday 8 March: Lowestoft – Tree Grafting Workshop, 11:30
At Pathways Care Farm. £30 pp. Pathways Care Farm are offering their first ever tree grafting workshop! You’ll be shown how to graft your own apple tree by hand. This tree can be taken home or you can leave it at the farm to be a part of the orchard there. Facebook
- Monday 10 March: Oulton Broad – winter work party with Greenprint Forum and ESSL Countryside Team
On Monday 10 March volunteers from across the Greenprint Forum will be helping the ESSL countryside team to create and maintain pathways of woodchip at Woods Meadow Country Park.
It’ll be a great opportunity to get outdoors doing something active, meeting and chatting with others whilst making a positive contribution to the accessibility by the local community to this local natural space.
We’d love to see you there – anyone is welcome – please let us know by registering via https://bit.ly/4gb62Ik so we know who and how many to expect.
- Monday 10 March: Bungay, group litter pick near the River Tin.
River Waveney trust need help to tackle lots of litter in the channel so they are arranging this group litter pick, meeting at the playground on Meadow Road at 10am. They have all the equipment, and just need you! Please email or message Ange to let me know if you’re available to help.
ange@riverwaveneytrust.org 07734 708395
- Thursday 13 March: Youth Support Space Online, 19:00-20:30
Warm care and deep listening for students and young people 18-25 who want to explore living in a time of climate and other crises. Organised by the Climate Psychology Alliance.
Youth Support Space – Thu 13 Mar Tickets, Thu 13 Mar 2025 at 19:00 | Eventbrite
- Friday 14 March: Woodbridge – Sirens and Citizen Science, 19:00-21:00
Workshop showcasing the activities of the Deben Climate Centre river quality monitoring team
Admission £5. Part of the 2025 Collection of Winter Talks by Deben Climate Centre Winter 2025 Talks Series by Deben Climate Centre | Eventbrite
- Friday 21 March: Woodbridge – talk: Four Rivers Recovery Project: Regenerating East Suffolk’s river landscapes 19:00-21:00
Community-led planning for the restoration and sustainable management of East Suffolk’s rivers.
Admission free. Part of the 2025 Collection of Winter Talks by Deben Climate Centre Winter 2025 Talks Series by Deben Climate Centre | Eventbrite
- Saturday 22 March: Bramfield – Community Day at Foxtail Meadow 10:00-15:00
Join a friendly group of people bringing connection with nature into their lives brought together by Ecotherapy East. 10:00-11:30 – Wheel of the Year Connection; 11:30-15:00 – Land-tending and meadow regeneration. To attend and for directions to the land please email: ecotherapyeast@gmail.com Their next Community Day after this one is due to be 3 May.
Community Days on Foxtail Meadow – Ecotherapy East. Community Days on Foxtail Meadow – Ecotherapy East
- 27 March: Lowestoft – cycling activities hub, 15:30
Have your bike checked or repaired at the LRBC Community Hub Whitton Life. Lowestoft Cycling Activities Hub – Green Suffolk
- Friday 28 March: Stowmarket – Suffolk Master Composter Training Course
Are you green fingered or even green minded? If so, why not consider joining the happy band of enthusiastic volunteers that make up Suffolk Master Composter Volunteers?
Places are available on the FREE Foundation Training course for new volunteers. You will receive expert training and ongoing support from Garden Organic and the Suffolk Waste Partnership, to enable you to act as composting ambassadors – encouraging and supporting the public to compost through promotional talks, events, and demonstrations. Volunteers are asked to commit to at least 30 hours to helping the scheme after training.
The training is informal and relaxed, and no experience is required – all you need is an interest in composting and a willingness to give up some time to help others in the community! The training course takes place at the Food Museum in Stowmarket on Fri 28th March 2025 (9am to 5pm). Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis – lunch and travelling expenses will be provided for the training.
To find out more and book your place contact mastercomposters@suffolk.gov.uk
More details of the scheme & training here – https://www.suffolkrecycling.org.uk/recycling-composting/composting/master-composters
- 2 April: Ipswich – Sustainability in Education conference at St Joseph’s College.
A conference to provide primary and secondary science teachers with the tools to develop and progress their school’s climate action plan and put that plan into action.
Please feel free to share this with those in your networks who have a role in the education sector: Sustainability in Education Conference – Green Suffolk
- Tuesday 8 April: Halesworth – Ride session helping adults to access cycling
Cycling sessions for adults with disabilities or other obstacles to cycling independently, run by Bike Active North Suffolk (BANS). Sessions start at 10.30, 11.30 & 12.30.
Pre-booking essential, for full details of how to book visit Halesworth Ride Session | Facebook or email info@bansuffolk.co.uk
- Thursday 10 April: Leiston – Energy Advice drop-in, 13:30-17:30 at the Waterloo Centre
A range of experts will be available to offer free advice on energy efficiency to keep warm, keep bills down and signpost towards additional assistance. Ask the Experts Drop-In Day | Facebook
- Saturday 12 April: Waldringfield, talk: A Brief (un)Natural History of Rivers, 11:00
An illustrated talk by Darren Tansley of Essex Wildlife Trust, at Waldringfield Village Hall, posing the questions of what rivers used to look like?; what have we done to alter them?; and how can we make them more resilient in the face of the looming crises facing climate and biodiversity? Organised by Waldringfield Wildlife Group. Admission (non members) £5. All enquiries to Linda Wilkins 07788 286482 Linda.thequay@btinternet.com
