East Suffolk Council
Past events
| 2025 | |
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| Friday 9 May 10:00-14:00 |
Shovel it Yourself – compost giveaway, Wickham Market |
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Friday 21 March 09:30-12:00 |
Guided Tour of Water Treatment Works, Lound |
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Monday 10 March 10:00-15:00 |
Winter Work Party, Woods Meadow, Oulton Broad |
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Monday 24 February 17:45-21:00 |
Evening Forum - From anxiety to empowerment, East Suffolk House, Melton |
| 2024 | |
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9 October |
Guided tour of Materials Recycling Facility |
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29 September |
Felixstowe Beachwatch |
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28 September |
Pakefield Beachwatch |
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26 September |
Guided tour of Lound Water Treatment Works |
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20, 28 & 29 September |
Greenprint Forum Beachwatch Report |
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4 July |
Heat Networks with Community Energy Scotland and Swaffham Prior |
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26 June 18:00 - 20:00 |
Guided tour of SWT Worlingham Marshes |
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17 June 15:00 - 17:00 |
Open visit to community energy cooperative Power 4 KcC, Kelsale |
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4 June |
Visit to Toggam Farm solar array, Lakenheath |
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10 May 10:00 - 14:00 |
Shovel it Yourself Day |
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28 February 18:00-21:00 |
Evening Forum – Nourishing local and sustainable food, Saxmundham Market Hall
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26 January 10:00-15:00 |
Action for Nature – heathland conservation activity at Upper Hollesley Common |
| 2023 | |
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18 December 10:00-15:00 |
Action for Nature – tree planting activity at Woods Meadow, Oulton Broad |
| 15 November |
Visit to Energy from Waste plant |
| 23 October |
Guided tour of Aldhurst Wilds, Sizewell. |
| 23 September |
Visit to iFarm in Blo Norton, including Community Climate Action workshop from 12:00-13:00 |
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16 September 17 September |
Beachwatch |
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30 August |
Interparish workshop – community planning for climate action and nature recovery |
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22 June |
Evening Forum – Growing Sustainably |
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7 June |
Guided tour of Martlesham Wilds |
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12 May |
Shovel It Yourself Event, Lowestoft |
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3 March |
Workshop - Collaborating with young people on environment and climate change challenges |
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12 February |
Woodland creation at Woods Meadow |
| 2022 | |
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21 November |
Evening Forum – Climate Resilient Communities |
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16 November |
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25 September 2022 26 September 2022 9 October 2022 |
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6 May 2022 |
Shovel it Yourself event, Leiston |
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9 April 2022 |
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13 February 2022 |
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| 2021 | |
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3 December 2021 |
Bringing Business and Biodiversity Together - Bringing business and biodiversity together Clean Growth for Business - YouTube |
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19 November 2021 14:00-16:00 |
Farming Today, Fit for Tomorrow - Virtual event Farming Today, Fit for Tomorrow - virtual forum held 19 November 2021 - YouTube |
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28 October 2021 |
Visit to art exhibition On a Knife Edge and tour of Snape Marshes SWT nature reserve |
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19 September 2021 26 September 2021 |
Greenprint Forum Beachwatch Report |
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28 May 2021 14:00-16:00 |
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22 March 2021 14:00-16:00 |
Nature First – virtual event
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| 2020 | |
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5 November 2020 16:30 - 17:30 |
Zero Carbon Communities and their role post Covid-19 - Virtual event |
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8 October 2020 19:00 – 20:30 |
Training session for new and existing Champions. |
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5 October 2020 19:00 – 19:30 |
Introduction to the Plastic Action Champions scheme. |
| Feburary - March 2020 | |
| 12 March 2020 | |
| 4 March 2020 | |
| 3 Feburary 2020 |
Greenprint Climate Action event |
| 2019 | |
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| 19 November 2019 | |
| 14 November 2019 | |
| October 2019 |
Briefing/training sessions for Plastic Action Champions – Calendar for October |
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20 September 2019 22 September 2019 |
Great British Beach Clean – Greenprint beach litter survey 2019 |
| July 2019 |
Briefings/Training sessions information for Plastic Action Champions |
| 17 June 2019 |
Briefing/Training session for Plastic Action Champions – 17:30-20:00 Monday 17 June 2019, Riverside, Lowestoft. |
| 5 June 2019 | (World Environment Day) – Sustainable and Active Travel (evening event). East Suffolk House, Melton. |
| 2018 | |
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09-11-18 |
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30-09-18 29-09-18 |
Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival, Snape – weekend of activities and information on improving how we reuse, reduce and recycle plastic. |
| 26-09-18 |
Plastic Action Forum, Lowestoft – evening – Film : A Plastic Tide plus launch of east Suffolk Plastic Action Champion scheme. |
| 06-09-18 |
Plastic Action Day, Kirkley Centre, Lowestoft – morning – including showing of the Film: A Plastic Tide. |
| 02-09-18 | |
| 29-08-2018 | Plastic Action Felixstowe |
| 25-08-2018 | Orford Flower Show event report |
| 06-08-18 |
Great Blakenham Materials Recycling Facility Tour |
| July | Beach Marathon report |
| 17-04-18 |
Visit to Great Blakenham Recycling Plant |
| 28-03-18 |
Plastics know your place in the community. 6pm - 9pm - East Suffolk House, Riduna Park, Station Road, Melton, Woodbridge IP12 1RT. |
| 19-03-18 |
Lunch time stride and pick - Lowestoft |
| 16-03-18 |
Plastic Action Felixstowe Community Event Screening of a the Sky Documentary ‘A Plastic Tide’ followed by a ‘refuse, reduce, reuse and recycle’ discussion/question time. This was run as a low plastic event. Thanks go to Sky for supplying the DVD, the Salvation Army for providing the hall, The Bakery Felixstowe for the delicious vegan cookies, Fruit and Flowers Felixstowe for the bananas and dates, Foulger’s Dairy for the milk and the Woodbridge Tea Emporium for the tea. Thanks also to the Town Council, Felixstowe Forward, Plastic Free Felixstowe and all the others who circulated this event and will be circulating the key learning points and most importantly acting to reduce plastic pollution Lunch time stride and pick - Melton |
| March |
Marine Conservation Society Webinar You can access a recording on: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/436043611329042433 Locally people all around the Suffolk Coast have been involved in the Annual Marine Conservation Beach Watch weekend for many years. Now even more are getting out there this webinar: introduces the Marine Conservation Societ, plastic as a pollutant and what we can do to help. |
| February |
Plastics – an introductory webinar You can access a recording on: https://register.gotowebinar.com/rt/1766148115064602114 To get you thinking about the whole issue of plastics this introduces you to what they are, their history and how they are used, what we know about plastics and what don’t we know, what are we finding in the water, on the beaches and in the bins in Suffolk and action we can take. |
| 2 February |
Transition Woodbridge screening of A Plastic Tide Screening of a the Sky Documentary ‘A Plastic Tide’ followed by action talks. |
| January |
Our refreshed vision – action and learning now for the future You can access a recording on: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7866070400596809730 Discover the thoughts behind the words and help us bring the vision to life. For it is only through working together on improving quality of life while reducing negative environmental impacts that we will make a difference. |
| 2017 | |
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| 26-07-17 |
Energy from Waste Visit, Great Blakenham What do we do in Suffolk with the waste that is not suitable for recycling? We use it to generate electricity. This tour gave the chance to find out more about the process and ask questions. |
| 24-07-17 |
Give and Take (drop in) - Whitton Residents Hall, Hawthorn Avenue |
| 03-07-17 |
A forward looking starter discussion that was open to all on how we can help tackle our communities hidden needs through housing in an environmentally sustainable way. |
| 03-07-17 | Greenprint Forum July |
| 26-04-17 | Energy From Waste at Great Blakenham |
| 30-03-17 | Materials Recycling Facility visit at Great Blakenham |