Thank you to everyone that participated in the Climate Friendly Fortnight.
You can see some of the press coverage and photos from the events here
Below is a list of all the great events that happened during the fortnight.
Throughout Climate Friendly Fortnight
- The Bike Barn at Elm Farm is
also offering free bike safety-checks
throughout Climate Friendly Fortnight.
- The St Merryn Climate Friendly Parish project will be doing a carbon footprinting survey of the parish. For more information contact Clayton
Previous Events
Friday, 12 September
- Climate Friendly Launch Event
Free Event
8pm-Late, Miss Peapod's Cafe, Jubilee Wharf, Penryn
We will be kicking things off with an evening of rabble rousing gypsy skiffle from "Julian Gaskell and his Ragged Trousered Philanthropists", supported by "We Have No TV".
The fortnight will be launched by Brigit Strawbridge from the BBC's "It's Not Easy Being Green" and founder of the Big Green Idea
Saturday, 13 September
- Car Free Falmouth Event
Celebrate 'Slowness' during 3 days of Car Free Falmouth with Trystan the Tortoise and add to the clamour for a lasting pedestrian zone.
10am onwards
Organised by Falmouth Friends of the Earth
- Picnic/Social at Roughtor
11am at Roughter Carpark
Bring food to share
Contact Val (01637 880 703) to confirm
Hosted by Camel Friends of the Earth
- Farmers' Market
Liskeard Mole Valley Farmers' Market Building
10am-12pm
Sunday 14 September
- Woodland Walk, Garden Tour and Cream Tea
Tregenna Castle, Tregenna Castle, St Ives - 2-4pm
Explore the hotel's woodland walk including small mammals, take a tour of the beautiful subtropical gardens, then indulge in a cream tea!
Meet at the hotel reception SW519396.
Booking preferred.
Contact: Jasmin Brown on (01872) 273939 ext. 251
Monday, 15 September
- Opening of Herb Garden at Truro Cathedral
Midday, Truro Cathedral
Opening of an edible herb garden with special focus on bee-friendly gardening.
Tuesday, 16 September
- West Cornwall Friends of the Earth - Meeting
7.30pm @ Dolphin Inn, Quay Street, Penzance
- Farmers' Market
8.30am - 1pm
The Moor, Falmouth
-
Conservation Day
Red River Local Nature Reserve, nr Camborne
BTCV practical conservation day, improving wildfowl habitat. Come and help with the final stage of some clearance work we started here in April
Everyone welcome, but booking necessary.
Pick ups – Tuckingmill Valley Park at 9.00am and Redruth Railway at 9.10am; usually back about 4.45pm
For more info or to book a place on the minibus ring Betty on 01209 610610
Wednesday, 17 September
- Conservation Day
Steeple woods (St Ives)
BTCV practical conservation day, cutting and burning rhododendron from this site to enable it to be replanted
with native species. This site has wonderful views over St Ives Bay towards Hayle.
Everyone welcome, but booking necessary.
Pick ups – Tuckingmill Valley Park at 9.00am and Redruth Railway at 9.10am; usually back about 4.45pm
For more info or to book a place on the minibus ring Betty on 01209 610610
- Talk by Robert Perez
7pm @ WI Hall, Webber Street, Falmouth
Robert Perez worked on the film "Power of Community" which looks at the relocalisation of Cuba's economy.
Hosted by Transition Falmouth
Thursday, 18 September
- Penzance Country Market
St Johns Hall
8.15am - 11.45am
- Farmers' Market
St Ives - Backpacker's Room
Friday, 19 September
- Wildlife Bike Ride at Elm Farm for the Over 50s
10:00-13:00 @ The Bike Barn at Elm Farm, Cambrose
Guided nature ride along the coast to
coast trail. Bring a drink and your own
bike or hire one (plus free helmet hire)
from the Bike Barn (www.thebikebarn.org).
Cost: £2.00 Booking essential.
The Bike Barn at Elm Farm is
also offering free bike safety-checks
throughout Climate Friendly Fortnight.
Contact: Jasmin or Marie at the
Wildlife Trust on (01872) 273939 ext.
251
- Conservation Day
Steeple woods (St Ives)
BTCV practical conservation day, cutting and burning rhododendron from this site to enable it to be replanted
with native species.
This site has wonderful views over St Ives Bay towards Hayle.
Everyone welcome, but booking necessary.
Pick ups – Tuckingmill Valley Park at 9.00am and Redruth Railway at 9.10am; usually back about 4.45pm
For more info or to book a place on the minibus ring Betty on 01209 610610
- Farmers' Market
Launceston - St Mary's Hall
9.30am-2pm
- Farmers' Market
Redruth
Market Way
From 9am
Saturday, 20 September
- Tree Day
Tree planting in St Merryn.
Hosted by the St Merryn Climate Friendly Parish
Contact Clayton Elliott for details
- Plant Swap
St Bartholomew Church, Lostwithiel.
Hosted by Transition Lostwithiel (http://transitionlostwithiel.org/)
- Family Safari Bike Ride
10am to 1pm
Guided nature ride along the
coast to coast trail. Bring a drink and
your own bike or hire one (plus free
helmet hire) from the Bike Barn (www.thebikebarn.org).
Cost: £2.00 per person. Booking essential.
The Bike Barn at Elm Farm is
also offering free bike safety-checks
throughout Climate Friendly Fortnight.
Contact: Jasmin or Marie at the
Wildlife Trust on (01872) 273939 ext.
251
- Let's Help Clean Cornwall (Children's Event)
11am-12.30pm. Manningham Wood, near
Illogan
Prizes for the most creative use of rubbish and most artistic
rearrangement of natural resources!
Organised by Fox Club and Friends of
Manningham Wood for Clean Cornwall
Week. Suitable for children of all ages,
with adult help.
Contact: Kirstie on (01872) 273939 ext.
203
- Beach Watch and Beach Clean
1pm meeting @ RNLI building on seafront, East Looe
Help clean the beach, recycling the
waste. Earn a hot chocolate as a
reward!
Organised by Looe’s Marine Heritage
Project to mark Beach Watch
Weekend.
Contact: Abby Crosby 07917 7655
- "Diggin' Deep" Harvest Supper and music from Braga Tanga
7.30pm - 'The Barn' at Mt Pleasant Eco Park (Chapel Hill,
Porthtowan TR4 8HL)
Any profits will go towards the development of a Community Field at the Eco Park
£8 adult, £2 child (ticket includes food
and live music from Braga Tanga)
– real ales and
traditional cordials on sale at the bar.
Booking Essential: Contact Lucie - 07976 535 546
- St Day Litter Pick
St Day Community Centre
Litter pick in and around St Day Village
Free Refreshments
- Farmers' Market
Truro - Lemon Quay
9am-4pm
Sunday, 21 September
- Tours of a Wildlife Friendly Garden
Trehudreth Smallholding, Waterloo, Blisland, NE of Bodmin, (SX 108727)
Two tours starting at 11am and 2pm
Tour of a 1 acre wildlife friendly garden and 10 acre semi-natural habitat, with hints and tips as to how to make your garden more wildlife friendly as climate threatens to endanger Cornwall’s natural habitats.
Contact: Cornwall Wildlife Trust on (01872) 273939 ext 213 for details.
- Beach Clean
2pm-4pm @ Marazion Beach Penzance
CWA Beach Clean and MCS Survey on Marazion Beach Penzance. All volunteers very welcome - refreshments and entertainment. Please bring protective gloves. Meet at 2pm at the Station House Pub car park (near the cafe). contact CWA 01736 334684 or info@wasteaction.org.uk
Hosted by Cornwall Waste Action
Tuesday, 23 September
- Conservation Day
Luxulyan Valley, nr St Austell
BTCV practical conservation day, carrying out different woodland management tasks within this spectacular woodland World Heritage Site.
Everyone welcome, but booking necessary.
Pick ups – Tuckingmill Valley Park at 9.00am and Truro Railway at 9.30am; usually back about 4.45pm
For more info or to book a place on the minibus ring Betty on 01209 610610
- Community Energy Solutions
7.30pm - 9pm
Pearson Room, Old Bridge Street, Truro
A presentation on setting up community energy projects by Paul Martin of KABIN and Neil Farrington of CEP, plus a talk on small scale renewables by Charmian Larke of Atlantic Energy.
- Farmers' Market
8.30am - 1pm
The Moor, Falmouth
Wednesday, 24 September
- Conservation Day
Goss Moor
BTCV practical conservation day – come and discover the wonderful world of Goss Moor National Nature Reserve,
the largest tract of lowland heath in south west Britain. We will be carrying out scrub control work.
Everyone welcome, but booking necessary.
Pick ups – Tuckingmill Valley Park at 9.00am and Redruth Railway at 9.10am; usually back about 4.45pm
For more info or to book a place on the minibus ring Betty on 01209 610610
Thursday, 25 September
- Penzance Country Market
St Johns Hall
8.15am - 11.45am
- Farmers' Market
St Ives - Backpacker's Room
Friday, 26 September
- Conservation Day
Steeple woods (St Ives)
BTCV practical conservation day, cutting and burning rhododendron from this site to enable it to be replanted with native species. This site has wonderful views over St Ives Bay towards Hayle
Everyone welcome, but booking necessary.
Pick ups – Tuckingmill Valley Park at 9.00am and Redruth Railway at 9.10am; usually back about 4.45pm
For more info or to book a place on the minibus ring Betty on 01209 610610
- Farmers' Market
Launceston - St Mary's Hall
9.30am-2pm
- Farmers' Market
Redruth
Market Way
From 9am
- Farmers' Market
St Austell - Cornerstone Community Centre
9.30am - 12pm
Saturday, 27 September
- Conservation Day
Camelford
BTCV practical conservation day. We will be clearing areas of a pond to create better wildlife habitat; also opening up pond drainage channels.
Everyone welcome, but booking necessary.
Pick ups – Tuckingmill Valley Park at 9.00am and Redruth Railway at 9.10am; usually back about 4.45pm
For more info or to book a place on the minibus ring Betty on 01209 610610
- Plant Swap
10am-12pm St Bartholomew Church, Lostwithiel
Community plant and seed swap in the grounds of St Bartholomew Church, Lostwithiel
- Farmers' Market
10am-2pm. Public Rooms, Bodmin
- Farmers' Market
9am - 12pm Carnon Downs Village Hall
- Farmers' Market
Liskeard Mole Valley Farmers' Market Building
10am-12pm
- Farmers' Market
Saltash
Reagle Street, off Fore Short
9am-1pm
- Farmers' Market
Truro - Lemon Quay
9am-4pm
Sunday, 28 September
- Children's Nature Cycle Ride
11am-2pm. Cambrose nr Portreath
Guided nature ride along the coast to
coast trail. Bring a drink and your own
bike or hire one (plus free helmet hire)
from the Bike Barn (www.thebikebarn.org).
Cost: £2 per person. Booking essential.
The Bike Barn at Elm Farm is
also offering free bike safety-checks
throughout Climate Friendly Fortnight.
Contact: Rory Goodall on (01736)
811200
The Climate Friendly Fortnight ends on the 28th, but the great climate challenge continues everyday throughout Cornwall.
To keep up to date with what's going on visit the Cornwall Community Climate Forum's calendar
For information on what happened during 2007's Climate Friendly Fortnight visit the South West Wildlife Trust |
