On Thursday 14th January 2021, the Greener Waldringfield group held its inaugural general meeting via zoom and an informal group of passionate believers in sustainable living became a formal force for carbon cutting in our local area. With the agreement on a constitution and the election of key officer roles, the more formal standing of … Continue reading The Greener Waldringfield inaugural general meeting
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hedge planting in Waldringfield
A report from Christine Fisher Key, Waldringfield Tree Warden Here are some pictures I took yesterday on Newbourne Road. We had six people spaced out as you can see - the length of the hedge was about 30m and it was all mulched with straw on completion. Socially distanced hedge-planting A slightly different combination of … Continue reading hedge planting in Waldringfield
Garden share
A plot available for your veggies on School Road – lovely view over the river! At least one household in the village has registered that they would like someone to take over their veg garden – about the size of a usual allotment. First come first served for this tempting offer! No money either way … Continue reading Garden share
Join us!
Please join Greener Waldringfield to help with the Climate and Ecological Emergency! In February Greener Waldringfield had its most successful event yet, the Sustainability Day with Repair Cafe - relevant, practical, attended by a good range of old and young, villagers and sympathisers from afield, inspiring and fun. We planned the following month to have an … Continue reading Join us!
Sustainability Day
Greener Waldringfield held a successful Sustainability Day on 29th February. Ian Kay's talk secured a large and responsive audience; a smaller number attended the young people's presentation but were moved by their sincerity and passion. Clothes were swapped. While the e-bike event was compromised by the weather, a good few people got useful advice both … Continue reading Sustainability Day
Waldringfield, Hemley and Newbourne Scattered Orchard
Waldringfield, Hemley and Newbourne Scattered Orchard began in 2012, when with much support and advice from the Suffolk Traditional Orchards Group – now Orchards East – the first 60 trees were planted on publicly accessible land across the three parishes e.g. village halls, verges, churchyards etc. This is ‘fruit for all for free’ – we … Continue reading Waldringfield, Hemley and Newbourne Scattered Orchard
Ideas for Greening Waldringfield
1. School Walking Bus & Drop Off place: East Suffolk's GreenPrint Forum has already won funds for its Sustainable Travel Plan, which includes School Walking Buses. While the Waldringfield Head will need to advise on safe-keeping regulations, if that 0.75 acre scrub-land triangle on the SE sector from our Waldringfield Heath cross-roads could be made … Continue reading Ideas for Greening Waldringfield
Please sign this petition – and news of a local talk
from Greener Rendlesham: "This is a really important petition: for the County Council to act on it, we need everyone we know to sign it – (provided they live in Suffolk). So please send to all our contacts and please would Transition Woodbridge, Greener Fram, Greener Sax and Greener Waldringfield forward it to all their … Continue reading Please sign this petition – and news of a local talk
XR critical swarm
GW member Linda Wilkins joined Extinction Rebellion's Critical Swarm in London:The swarm cycled through centre of London from Waterloo Bridge several times around Parliament square roundabout, ending up at Tate Modern for die in - cycled for over two hours , traffic managed - amazing to cycle through red traffic lights. Imagine a reality of … Continue reading XR critical swarm
No Power Monday
On Earth Day, 22nd April 2019, GW members tried to live for 24 hours without power. They met up that evening to exchange thoughts. Here's a report from Neil Winship: Re: not using mains-electricity for the day, it being warm and light till late, it was no great hardship ~ certainly compared to 5 - … Continue reading No Power Monday
The Greener Waldringfield Grapevine 