Some of the audience at the sustainability forum. Photo: John Sheldon and Caroline Series
Warwick pushes eco agenda
Warwick Meeting aims to become an Eco-Congregtion
Warwick Friends recently held a sustainability forum as part of their bid to become an Eco-Congregation.
The Meeting must meet certain criteria in order to become an Eco-Congregation. One of these is to organise a sustainability forum.
The event, inspired by Banbury Meeting’s own forum, was held at Dormer Place Conference Centre in Leamington Spa on 7 October.
Some forty people attended, two thirds of them from the wider community. The Meeting had advertised the event widely, ‘to attract the general public who may not have considered sustainability issues before’, assistant clerk Wendy Edwards explained.
Four speakers took part, each discussing what their organisation is doing to promote sustainable living. The speakers represented the Campaign to Protect Rural England, Community Energy Warwickshire, Action 21, a local recycling charity, and Canalside Community Food (a community-supported agricultural scheme).
