Wycombe Repair Café
2022-08-13 10:00 - 13:00, 2022-09-10 10:00 - 13:00, 2022-10-08 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Church Street, Church Street, High Wycombe, HP11 2DE, United Kingdom
A Repair Café, run by volunteers and organised by Wycombe Environment, is operating in High Wycombe (All Saints Parish Church in the centre of High Wycombe). Bring your broken household items that you cannot fix commercially (mechanical, textile or small electrical) and you may be able to get them repaired. There will be no charge (except if a new part is required), although any donations will be very welcome.
Every 2nd Saturday of the month, in High Wycombe.
(note also that there are other Repair Cafes nearby, eg in Marlow and Hazlemere)

Water week
2022-08-23 - 2022-09-01
Join us for an intensive week of learning and collaboration on the theme Building Resilience Faster. Together we can develop solutions to address climate change and other water-related challenges.
Starting 4th Monday or Tuesday in August. Worldwide.

OTHER ECO GROUPS & EVENTS
2022-09-01, 2022-10-03, 2022-11-01
Click links below…
List of environmental events in the Wycombe area
This is a pinned post on the Facebook page of Wycombe Env Centre.
List of environmental organisations in the Wycombe area
For events, click on the link to their websites and search for ‘what’s on’ or similar.

Chiltern Rangers Conservation (Thursdays; but check their website!)
2022-09-01 10:00 - 13:00, 2022-10-06 10:00 - 13:00 | Wycombe Lido Swimming pool, The Rye , HighWycombe, United Kingdom
Every Thursday the Chiltern Rangers run a volunteer conservation group which is open to all.
Come along and meet the group at Wycombe Rye Lido Car Park and keep fit while helping to take care of your local environment at woodlands.
Tools, gloves and hot drinks are provided. Please wear stout footwear and appropriate clothing suitable for outdoors activities and the weather. If you would like to get involved then please contact us – info@chilternrangers.co.uk
More events are on their website.

Scrapstore 'Refresh' (EVERY Saturday)
2022-09-03 10:30 - 12:30, 2022-10-01 10:00 - 16:00
A new scrap store (Refresh) run by Wycombe Environment Centre has opened in the Chiltern Shopping Centre (off Frogmoor).
It has taken the stock from the old one (Wycombe Resource Zone – which used to be run by the Council, up at Cressex).

Wycombe FoE Monthly Meeting (social in Mad Squirrel! - see Home Page)
2022-09-07 19:30 - 21:00
Format of meeting (Zoom and/or Physical location).
Agenda will be published a few days beforehand on our Home page – www.wycombefoe.org.uk.
We welcome new input and faces, so lets hear from you.

Pann Mill Open day
2022-09-11 | Pann Mill, The Rye (nr Busy Bees nursery), High Wycombe, HP11 1BJ, United Kingdom
Opens 11am. Closes about 5pm.
Enjoy a walk round the Rye and pay a visit to Pann Mill outdoor ‘cafe’ for cake/tea/coffee, view the variety of stands, or go into the mill itself to see how it works.
Flour made in Pann Mill is usually on sale (dependent on water levels).
Likely eco stalls: Wycombe Friends of the Earth and High Wycombe Beekeepers.
Usually second Sunday. Coincides with Heritage Open Days.

Ozone layer day
2022-09-16
UN international Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
Worldwide, every 16th September.

Recycle week
2022-09-19 - 2022-09-25
The aim of the week is to encourage people to think about all those items that often get forgotten about when recycling at home. And to encourage people to recycle more, waste less and take up the challenge for sustainable living.
From third (or fourth) Monday in September, to Sunday.

Zero emissions day
2022-09-21
The Global 24 hour Moratorium on the use of Fossil Fuels.
Worldwide, every 21 September

Car free day
2022-09-22
On 22 September people from around the world get together in the streets, intersections, and neighbourhood blocks to remind the world that we don’t have to accept our car-dominated society.
(Worldwide, every 22 September)

Great Big Green Week
2022-09-24 - 2022-10-02
In September communities across the country will join together for the Great Big Green Week. It will be the biggest event for climate and nature ever in the UK, and everyone’s invited.
Events will range from art installations, to concerts to community stalls, to climate cafes, and everything in between; hosted by teachers, bus drivers, sport clubs, artists, community groups, places of worship, builders and anyone who cares about climate change.
UK, every September (4th or last Saturday).

World Contraception Day
2022-09-26
The annual worldwide campaign centres around a vision where every pregnancy is wanted. Launched in 2007, WCD’s mission is to improve awareness of contraception and to enable young people to make informed choices on their sexual and reproductive health.
From a sustainability and climate change viewpoint this is also important because having one fewer child has a similar impact as going vegan, not flying, not driving or not using fossil fuels.
Worldwide, every 26th September.

Vegetarian day
2022-10-01
To raise awareness of the benefits of a vegetarian diet in terms of ethics and environmental sustainability.
A vegetarian avoids all meat incl fish, but eats dairy and eggs.
Worldwide, every 1st October.

Animal welfare day
2022-10-04
The aim of Animal welfare day is to raise the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards around the globe. To achieve this, they encourage animal welfare organisations, community groups, youth and children’s clubs, businesses and individuals to organise events in celebration of World Animal Day.
Worldwide, every 4th Oct.

'No disposable cup' day
2022-10-04
Founded by councillor Ed Gemmell in 2019 (4 October is the feast day of St Francis of Assisi who it the patron saint of the environment)
The aim is to…
1. get everyone not to use a disposable cup for one day while raising awareness of the massive waste problem caused by disposable cups
2. get disposable cups withdrawn or banned completely
3. help in the battle against global heating and climate change.
Every 4th Oct, worldwide.

Energy efficiency day
2022-10-05
But efficiency is year-round. Save Money. Cut Carbon. Breathe Easier.
Worldwide, every ?5th October.

Wycombe FoE Monthly Meeting
2022-10-05 19:30 - 21:00

World Food Day
2022-10-16
Food day is celebrated in the worldwide in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945.
Every 16th October, worldwide.

Wycombe FoE Monthly Meeting (Zoom only this month)
2022-11-02 19:30 - 21:00

Chiltern Rangers Conservation (every Thursday, but check their website)
2022-11-03 10:00 - 13:00 | Wycombe Lido Swimming pool, The Rye , HighWycombe, United Kingdom

Scrapstore 'Refresh' (EVERY Saturday)
2022-11-05 10:00 - 16:00
The scrap store (Refresh) is run by Wycombe Environment Centre and is located in the Chiltern Shopping Centre (Frogmoor).
It has ‘inherited’ stock from the old scrapstore Wycombe Resource Zone, which used to be run by the Council, in Cressex.

Prevention of environmental exploitation in armed conflict
2022-11-06
Worldwide, every 6th of November.

Anniversary of Low Carbon Chilterns Cooperative (2011)
2022-11-07
LCCC is a ‘bone fide cooperative’, registered by the FSA as IPS No. 31454R on 7 November 2011. We are a member owned and run, not-for-profit, community organisation helping the community to save energy and generate its own clean power.
