Wycombe Friends of the Earth

Wycombe FoE Monthly Meeting
2024-06-05 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-08-07 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
Format of meeting (Zoom and/or Physical location).
Agenda will be published a few days beforehand on our Home page – www.wycombefoe.org.uk.
Non-members please email us at wycombefoe@yahoo.co.uk for a Zoom invitation.
We welcome new input and faces, so let’s hear from you.

Chiltern Rangers Conservation MOST THURSDAYS
2024-06-06 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-07-04 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-08-01 10:00 - 13:00 | Wycombe Lido Swimming pool, The Rye , HighWycombe, United Kingdom
Most Thursdays 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 them – info@chilternrangers.co.uk
Check their website for details and more events.

Oceans day
2024-06-08
World Oceans Day is the United Nations’ recognized day of ocean celebration and action.
Worldwide. Every 8th June.

Wycombe Repair Café
2024-06-08 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-07-13 10:00 - 13:00 | Church Street, Church Street, High Wycombe, HP11 2DE, United Kingdom
The Wycombe Repair Café is a project run by the charity Wycombe Environment Centre. The Repair Cafe is located in All Saints Parish Church in the centre of High Wycombe. Bring your broken household items (mechanical, textile or small electrical) and we may be able to repair it. Either way, 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)

Bike week
2024-06-10 - 2024-06-16
Bike Week, delivered by Cycling UK, is an annual celebration to showcase cycling. Thousands of people all over the UK enjoy the simple pleasure of riding a bike.
Search the website for events near you.
Monday to Sunday from end May or from early June. UK.

Anniversary of Wycombe Food Hub (2020)
2024-06-15
Wycombe Food Hub was founded on 15th June 2020 as a Non-profit group.
(it later became a CIC on 6th Aug 2020)

Refill Day
2024-06-16
World Refill Day is a global campaign to prevent plastic pollution and help people live with less waste.
Along with our planet-protecting partners, and thousands of everyday activists around the world, we’re calling on businesses, brands and governments to join the refill and reuse revolution and help make single-use plastic a thing of the past.
As a global movement, we have the power to create a wave of change. By choosing to reuse, we’re saving millions of pieces of plastic and sending a message to the rest of the world that the solutions to plastic pollution and the climate crisis are there – and together we can keep our environment, oceans, cities and communities plastic-free for the future.
Worldwide, every 16th June.

Desertification and Drought day
2024-06-17
United Nations day to combat desertification and drought.
​There is probably no greater issue than land in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals that touches everyone. From the food we eat, to the clothes we wear and the houses we live – it all stems from land resources. In order to “leave no one behind” as proclaimed in the new Sustainable Development Goals, achieving land degradation neutrality needs to be in the forefront to meet our requirements and develop sustainability.
Every 17th June. Worldwide.

Clean air day (UK)
2024-06-20
Clean Air Day is a chance for the UK to come together and improve air quality through collective action.
Find out more about air pollution and how it can impact your health.
3rd Thursday of June, UK

Rainforest day
2024-06-22
A collaborative effort to raise awareness and encourage action to save one of Earth’s most precious resources, our rainforests.
Worldwide, every 22 June.

London Climate Action Week
2024-06-22 00:00 - 2024-06-30 23:59
London Climate Action Week (LCAW) is an annual event bringing together world leading array of climate professionals and communities.
LCAW has become the largest independent climate change event in Europe. It aims to influence and shape global climate action but is also rooted in the reality of London as a global City. LCAW aims to be a catalyst to help London accelerate its transformation towards a net zero, equitable and resilient future.
Starting 4th Sat in June. London.

OTHER ECO GROUPS & EVENTS
2024-07-01, 2024-08-01
Click links below…
List of environmental events in the Wycombe area
This is a more detailed listing of individual events. It is a pinned post on the Facebook page of Wycombe Env Centre.
List of environmental organisations in the Wycombe area
Another way to find out re events. Click on the link to the organisation’s website and search for ‘what’s on’, events or similar.

'Wycombe Env Projects' meeting - MOST MONDAYS
2024-07-01 18:30 - 19:00
Wycombe Environment Projects (WEP) is a projects group run by the charity Wycombe Environment Centre.
WEP is not a forum for discussion, but for action, to cut carbon and boost biodiversity.
The group meets weekly for half an hour by Zoom on most Mondays at 6.30 pm.
If you would like to join in, please email penelope.trustee@refreshwycombe.org
Group was setup 10th Feb 2021.

Scrapstore 'Refresh' EVERY WEDNESDAY
2024-07-03 13:30 - 16:30, 2024-08-07 13:30 - 16:30 | Chilterns Shopping Centre, Unit 8, Chilterns Shopping Centre, Frogmoor, High Wycombe, HP13 5ES, United Kingdom
Refresh Wycombe is a wonderful scrap store based in the Chiltern Shopping Centre, right here in the heart of High Wycombe. Our aim is to encourage you to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Create. We have a huge selection of surplus and unwanted stock all donated by local businesses and individuals. You may be a crafter, a teacher, an artist or a maker. We have fantastic fabrics, textiles, haberdashery items, cards, papers, foils, and shelves full of materials just waiting for you to give it a second life and use it on your next project. We are open to everyone, so come and visit us every Saturday between 10am and 4pm and Wednesday between 1:30pm and 4:30pm. We’re just next door to Primark inside the Chiltern Shopping Centre.

Please follow us on Social Media to get all the latest news.
Facebook – Refreshwycombe
Instagram – @refreshwycombe
Website – www.refreshwycombe.org

Wycombe FoE Monthly Meeting (CANCELLED)
2024-07-03 19:30 - 21:00

Scrapstore 'Refresh' EVERY SATURDAY
2024-07-06 10:00 - 16:00, 2024-08-03 10:00 - 16:00

Scrapstore 'Refresh' EVERY SUNDAY
2024-07-07 12:00 - 15:00, 2024-08-04 12:00 - 15:00

World population day
2024-07-11
In 1989, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme recommended that 11 July be observed by the international community as World Population Day, a day to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues.
Global population size also has an affect on earth resources as well as total greenhouse gas emissions.

Worldwide, every 11th July.

For events local to High Wycombe email highwycombegroup@populationmatters.org
For events further afield, see www.populationmatters.org.

Pann Mill Open day
2024-07-14 11:00 - 17:00 | Pann Mill, The Rye (nr Busy Bees nursery), High Wycombe, HP11 1BJ, United Kingdom
Enjoy a walk round the Rye and stop in on Pann Mill for cake/tea/coffee and view the variety of stands.
Flour made in Pann Mill is usually on sale (dependent on water levels).
Possible environmental stalls: High Wycombe Beekeepers (sale of locally produced honey)
Usually on second Sunday of July.

Earth Overshoot Day
2024-08-01
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. We maintain this deficit by liquidating stocks of ecological resources and accumulating waste, primarily carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Earth Overshoot Day is hosted and calculated by Global Footprint Network, an international think tank that coordinates research, develops methodological standards and provides decision-makers with a menu of tools to help the human economy operate within Earth’s ecological limits.
Every year has different date depending on how sustainable we are; worldwide.

'Wycombe Env Projects' meeting - NO MEETING IN AUG !
2024-08-05 18:30 - 19:00

Wycombe Repair Café (AUGUST SKIPPED)
2024-08-10 10:00 - 13:00 | Church Street, Church Street, High Wycombe, HP11 2DE, United Kingdom
