Many thanks to the Contact Magazine A big thank you to Pete and Melvyn, ‘Contact’ editors, for accepting our articles, toall of the ‘Contact’ team, past and present, for production and distribution and to all contributors and advertisers. ‘Contact’ has been a great help to the cohesion of village life for 50 years or so, […]
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Chartley Moss is the largest example of a floating peat bog, or schwingmoor, in Britain. The sphagnum lawn supports important botanical communities adapted to grow in this hostile environment. These plants in turn support a large number of invertebrates. We are going in midsummer and may get to see some rare species of dragonflies, among […]
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7.30 – 9.00pm upstairs at Great Haywood Sports & Social Club Following the success of our Positive News hot spot at a recent coffee morning we are now bringing this to the Green Drinks evening so we can explore some good news stories in more detail. Some of the items we cover will be drawn […]
Read more 7.30 – 9.00pm upstairs at Great Haywood Sports & Social Club Following up recent month’s Green Drinks themes of how we can start to relocalise our economy, Diana Smith will tell us about the local network she is building across Staffordshire to start rethinking our food systems. This network includes farmers, food producers, people involved […]
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7.30 – 9.00pm upstairs at Great Haywood Sports & Social Club Following up last month’s Green Drinks theme of how we can start to relocalise our economy, Nicki will share her story of how she started making natural soaps and how she turned a hobby into a viable business idea. There will be soaps available […]
Read more What’s the issue? In February 2023 we started our Green Drinks Socials with a film Ancient Futures which explored a ‘saner’ way of life. Exactly a year later we showed the short version of the sequel The Economics of Happiness which focusses on how economies and supply chains might be relocalised. A quick trailer for […]
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Do join us for the film and a sociable evening of festivities – bring a friend or two – All Welcome! In 1975, linguist Helena Norberg-Hodge went to Ladakh, a region of Kashmir in the Western Himalayas, to help make a film. The experience changed her worldview, her values and the direction of her life. […]
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Please join us and bring a friend or two – All Welcome! Please note that there is no Coffee Morning or Green Drinks evening social in August _______
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Do join us for a sociable evening of festivities – bring a friend or two – All Welcome! All around us nature needs a helping hand but how can we play our part in supporting biodiversity and improving the health of our local green spaces? Space for Nature is a Colwich Parish Council campaign to […]
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Do join us for a sociable evening of festivities – bring a friend or two – All Welcome! Why our Carbon Footprint is important and what to do about it – a presentation by Simon exploring the main sources of Greenhouse Gases, how we contribute to these and what we can do to reduce our […]
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