Members' Meeting and AGM 2016

All are welcome at the WGBE AGM and Members' Meeting on Wednesday 28th September at 7.30 pm at the Community Furniture Project, Unit F, Hambridge Road Industrial Estate, Bone Lane, Newbury RG14 5SS.
There will be a talk on how to prepare for an extended power outage, and the Cold Ash Electric bulb unit will be on display to shine a light on some of the confusion around different bulb types.
We need new committee members so please consider putting yourself forward. This year we will lose our Treasurer, Robert Pattison, and committee member Tony Drewer-Trump and we have already lost our Secretary, Evangeline Haggarty, all of whom have worked enormously hard for the WBGE.
After the AGM there will be an open discussion with members about the way in which WBGE can be of most benefit to members. Some key issues for us are:
  • Our key role as a communication channel to West Berks Council is made more difficult by their withdrawal of funding and by the demise of the Cleaner Greener Local Sub-Partnership group, where we could discuss environmental matters with WBC councillors and officers and with other voluntary groups and industry representatives. Should this continue as a primary role for us?
  • Other environmental groups, like ourselves, have detected a fall in interest among the public on addressing climate change. Perhaps, now that the Paris agreement has been signed, people are content to leave it to the politicians? We need to know your views, and how you would like us to represent you.
  • We still hold over £4,000 from the Greenham Common Trust to support voluntary initiatives aimed at reducing carbon emissions. Do you have ideas on how this could be used?
  • Would you want us to hold another conference in, say, February or March and if so what would you like it to cover? Are you willing to help organise it? Should we combine it with one or more other environmental groups?
It is vital that we have a good turnout on 28th September to discuss these and to give a clear direction to the committee on what members want. Please come, and bring any friends with you. I look forward to seeing you.

Richard Foster

Brian Cox leads a discussion on Climate Change - 8 Oct

Brian Cox will lead a Climate Change discussion with Prof. Sir Brian Hoskins and a panel of experts from the University of Reading on the afternoon of Saturday 8 October, at the Great Hall, on the London Road Campus of the University of Reading
The event is sponsored by the Royal Society and the University.
Tickets are £10 and £5 for children.

royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2016/10/science-matters-climate-change/?gclid=CIWs-_Sumc8CFZUK0wodwTkOYw

Big Green Home Show in Swindon, October 8/9

Welcome to the West Berkshire Green Exchange

Welcome to the West Berkshire Green Exchange Website. The Green Exchange  meets quarterly to allow West Berkshire's green and sustainability groups to  network and share information. Workshops are also held and cover a range of  topics that will help your community meet its sustainability needs.

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