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When it comes to cutting carbon, we’re often drowning in oceans of good advice - more than we can swallow. What we really need is to SPEAK to the right people; and we need to SEE the solutions in action. As part of Faringdon ECOWEEK we’ve put together a number of enabling events where you can do just that. In addition - we’ve also arranged a showing of ”The Age of Stupid” with Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite , and there’s a wonderful BIRDS & BEES double-event for budding beekeepers and ornithologists.
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EVENT ONE - Saturday 12th June 10am-4pm - FREE ENTRY: The ECOFAIR will take place in the Corn Exchange and will conveniently be running concurrently for the first two hours with the SWAPSHOP being held in the RC Church Hall just over the road.
We will be bringing together those local companies and organisations that have anything to tell or sell relating to reducing your impact on the environment and your carbon footprint.
Invited companies/Organisations include those who can offer advice and services relating to:
- Green energy & micro-generation
- Insulation & energy efficiency
- Recycling & waste reduction
- Water saving
- Devices around the home
- And many more!
EVENT TWO - All Week - FREE ENTRY: The ECOTRAIL gives you the opportunity to be nosey! Twenty five houses in and around Faringdon have kindly given their permission for you to visit between specified times - to see how the owners have implemented eco-solutions, and to find out whether it’s worth it for you to investigate some of these solutions further.
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EVENT THREE - Tuesday 15th June 6-7pm: ECOBEES at Brixton Farm (Thrupp) . Lilian Valentine from the Vale & Downland Beekeepers Association will give an hourlong presentation using a special demonstration hive. This will then be followed by ECOBIRDS. See below.
EVENT FOUR - Tuesday 15th June 7-9pm - FREE ENTRY: Mike Shurman from the RSPB & Otmoor Nature Reserve will take you for a Bird and Farm walk around the farm and along the Thames. Brixton Farm (Thrupp). Sorry - no dogs. Collection in aid of the RSPB.
EVENT FIVE - Thursday 17th June 5pm-8pm - FREE ENTRY: John Willmer from Friar’s Court (just this side of Clanfield) has been an environmental pioneer for more than two decades now, and has always made a point of sharing what he has learnt with the general public through the use of informative displays, eco-walks, and guided tours. John has kindly agreed to offer ECOTOURs and Cream Teas on the Lawn from 5pm onwards on the 17th. And there will also be an opportunity to see the lambs with their mothers.
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