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West Berkshire Green Exchange welcomes any West Berkshire group or individual who wants to connect with others working towards stabilising nature and climate. Our local network includes people with expertise in:
We help each other stay up to date with the latest nature and climate news through our WhatsApp group, presentations to local groups, and our Nature and Climate Stall at local events. Please email [email protected] for more information.
We share information from West Berkshire Council, including from the Town and Parish Climate Forum, and the Environment Advisory Group Open Forum.
Please subscribe to their Environment Newsletter, visit their online Green Hub and read their Environment Strategy 2020-2030 to find out more about available help and grants, the latest news from local eco-groups, and progress towards targets.
There is no charge for membership but please sign up here, or email [email protected] to find out more. Members receive approximately monthly emails and can unsubscribe at any time.
Updated March 2025
- Nature conservation
- Affordable and energy-efficient home improvements
- Single-use plastic reduction, & local recycling options
- Mediterranean (naturally low-carbon and healthy) cooking
- Reducing food waste at home and in industry
- Estimating and reducing carbon footprints
- Electric vehicle facts and myths
- Switching to banks and pensions that don’t invest in fossil fuels
- Campaigning (eg the UK’s Climate and Nature Bill and the global Fossil Fuel Non-proliferation Treaty)
We help each other stay up to date with the latest nature and climate news through our WhatsApp group, presentations to local groups, and our Nature and Climate Stall at local events. Please email [email protected] for more information.
We share information from West Berkshire Council, including from the Town and Parish Climate Forum, and the Environment Advisory Group Open Forum.
Please subscribe to their Environment Newsletter, visit their online Green Hub and read their Environment Strategy 2020-2030 to find out more about available help and grants, the latest news from local eco-groups, and progress towards targets.
There is no charge for membership but please sign up here, or email [email protected] to find out more. Members receive approximately monthly emails and can unsubscribe at any time.
Updated March 2025
Useful resources:
- A life on our planet by David Attenborough (also on Netflix)
- Met Office, Climate Change Committee and United Nations reports
- https://footprint.wwf.org.uk and How bad are Bananas by Mike Berners-Lee, for estimating and reducing carbon footprints
- Penny Post Eco Podcast, the Cleaning Up - Leadership in Climate Action Podcast, and The Happy Heat Pump Podcast
- Many local Facebook groups including Friends Of the Earth Newbury, Hungerford Food Community, Thatcham & Newbury Plastic Free, Recycling & Zero Waste and West Berks Climate Action Network
- Some suggested reading: Sustainability is for Everyone by Alan AtKisson, Scientists on Survival by Scientists from XR , A Climate of Truth by Mike Berners-Lee, Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie, Less is More by Jason Hickel, and The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg.
