Tuesday 18 February: Lowestoft – Eco Crafts and Information Session at East Point Pavilion at 11:00.
Suffolk Beach Cleans are back for their regular school holiday event at the Pavilion to talk about the importance of keeping our beaches clean & how we can help. They have some new ‘treasures’ in their Beach Finds Museum! Members of the Lowestoft Woodcraft folk will be sharing some recycled craft activities. Eco Crafts and Information Session | Facebook
Thursday 20 February: Halesworth – Tree Planting at Millenium Green
All ages welcome for this activity of tree planting this half term. Meet at 10:00 by the containers on the Green, near the entrance from the industrial estate on Blyth Road. Bring a spade if you have one and remember to wear warm clothes and stout shoes or wellies. Facebook
20 February (09:30-14:00) and 27 March (15:30-18:30): Lowestoft – cycling activities hub
Have your bike checked or repaired at the LRBC Community Hub Whitton Life. Email walkingandcycling@suffolk.gov.uk for more info or to volunteer.
Monday 24 February: Stowmarket, Green Skills for Employability. At The Food Museum, Stowmarket, 10:00-15:00
West Suffolk College are running a free event of talks and workshops to provide an introduction to sustainability knowledge and skills to develop awareness of sustainable employment opportunities.
Green Skills For Employability Tickets, Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite
Tuesday 25 February: Halesworth Repair Cafe, 14:00-16:00 at The Cut Arts Centre
Thursday 27 February: Ipswich – Green Future – Hype or Hope?
The University of Suffolk’s next Spotlight Suffolk event will discuss one of the most pressing issues of our time: the viability of a sustainable world for future generations as we currently experience it.
Venue – The Hold, Ipswich, 17:45-21:00
‘Green Future: Hype or Hope?’ will dive into whether current sustainability initiatives are genuinely transformative or simply hopeful projections.
Book your free place – Spotlight Suffolk: Green Future – Hype or Hope? | University of Suffolk
Monday 3 March, Woodbridge – Repair café. 10:00-12:00 at St Johns Church.
Repair Cafe – Transition Woodbridge
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.
An event 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 Suffolk Tickets, Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM | Eventbrite
