Watlington Climate Action GroupDec 6, 20211 min readThe Chalgrove Brook - The StoryIt took me nearly a decade to find out what was under my nose. The network of brooks that run through Watlington are part of something...
Watlington Climate Action GroupDec 6, 20212 min readWatlington Christmas Fair StallThe weather for the Watlington Christmas Fair was sunny and perfectly freezing, but despite the cold, there was a huge turnout. We had a...
Watlington Climate Action GroupDec 6, 20212 min readThe Importance of being ImperfectEveryone can make a difference in their impact on the planet, and there are many ways to achieve this, but the mix of things will be...
Watlington Climate Action GroupNov 23, 20212 min readCutting plastic cutleryAbout 1.1 billion single-use plates and 4.25 billion items of cutlery, mostly plastic, are used annually in the UK, but only 10% are...
Watlington Climate Action GroupNov 20, 20212 min readLooking forward to the Christmas Tree Festival! WCAG is joining organisations across Watlington in creating a Christmas Tree for the Christmas Tree Festival at St Leonards Church. The...
Watlington Climate Action GroupNov 13, 20212 min readGood books for stocking fillers or those people you never know what to buy for.With Christmas on the horizon now is the time to think about responsible present buying. A good book can last for life and a good read...
Nicola SchaferNov 13, 20211 min readSharing Pigments"Sharing Pigments" is a short film which documents the project to collect pigments from trees around Oxfordshire, representing the...
Watlington Climate Action GroupNov 13, 20214 min readLive Well For The PlanetIt was I believe, following the brilliant success of the film our very own Nicola Schafer produced on Hedgerows that I suggested perhaps...
Watlington Climate Action GroupNov 10, 20214 min readUp The AskChris Packham talks to Philip Lymbery at the Peter Roberts Compassion in Farming Lecture On Sunday 7th November I had the pleasure of...
Watlington Climate Action GroupOct 31, 20213 min readCOP-26 - More broken promises, or real changeWhat to expect from COP-26? COP-26: humanity’s last hope to avert climate catastrophe? Muddling bureaucracy, baffling policies and...
Watlington Climate Action GroupOct 31, 20212 min readWatlington Hedgehog Highway SchemeAt the Green Plan Art Trail on August Bank Holiday weekend, WCAG launched a Hedgehog Highway Scheme – a project to try and get as many...
Watlington Climate Action GroupOct 31, 20212 min readPear and Apple GaletteServes 6 Time 1h 45 minutes Ingredients For the Pastry: 125g plain flour A pinch of salt 40g coconut sugar (or brown sugar) 70g cold...
Watlington Climate Action GroupOct 23, 20211 min readHoglet MacaroonsRecipe by Andrea Brewer Ingredients: 250g (8oz) castor sugar 150g (5oz) ground almonds 1 tablespoon rice flour 2 egg whites 25 whole or...
Watlington Climate Action GroupOct 23, 20212 min readGreen Plan Update: Watlington’s Hedgerow ProjectFollowing the success of Nicola Schafer’s Hedgerow Film and the amazing work of the dedicated team of volunteers surveying all the...
Watlington Climate Action GroupOct 21, 20215 min readHomes and Energy Survey, 2021 Homes and Energy Survey, 2021 Thank-you to everyone who took part in Watlington Climate Action Group’s Homes and Energy survey over the...
Watlington Climate Action GroupSep 26, 20213 min readGREEN PLAN : Tree Foster Care SchemeOne of the drivers for the Watlington Climate Action Group and the Green Plan is to increase tree cover in the parish to improve...
Watlington Climate Action GroupSep 26, 20211 min read Blackberry and Cardamon MousseTime: 30 Minutes (+setting time) Serves 6 Ingredients 600ml Oat cream 3 Cardamon pods, crushed 1 tsp Agar Agar powder (or 3-4 sheets of...
Watlington Climate Action GroupSep 26, 20212 min readPeople and LandscapesThank you to Dr. Sarah E. Edwards for her incredible talk “People and Landscapes”. Sarah is an ethnobotanist currently working at the...
Watlington Climate Action GroupSep 3, 20213 min readTo our amazing Green Plan Art Trail volunteers.Thank you so much for helping make the Green Plan Art Trail a reality! Our ambitious plan could not have happened without you. There were...
Watlington Climate Action GroupSep 3, 20211 min read"From the Ground Up: 20 Stories of Climate Action""From the Ground Up: 20 Stories of Climate Action" is an art exhibition by some of the community action groups that make up the...
