Wycombe Friends of the Earth

Clean air day (UK)
2025-06-20
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

London Climate Action Week
2025-06-21 00:00 - 2025-06-29 23:59 (Europe/London)
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.
Usually starts 3rd or 4th Sat in June. London.

Rainforest day
2025-06-22
A collaborative effort to raise awareness and encourage action to save one of Earth’s most precious resources, our rainforests.
Worldwide, every 22 June.

OTHER ECO GROUPS & EVENTS
2025-07-01, 2025-08-01
Click links below…
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.

Re-Use Shop 'Refresh' EVERY DAY EXCEPT Monday
2025-07-01, 2025-08-01, 2025-09-02 | Chilterns Shopping Centre, Unit 8, Chilterns Shopping Centre, Frogmoor, High Wycombe, HP13 5ES, United Kingdom
For opening times see https://www.instagram.com/refreshthemarketplace.
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 and located near the Primark entrance inside the Chiltern Shopping Centre.

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

Wycombe FoE Monthly Meeting
2025-07-02 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-08-06 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-09-03 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.
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
2025-07-03 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-07 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-04 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.

'Wycombe Env Projects' - NO MEETING (Summer Break)
2025-07-07 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.

World population day
2025-07-11
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.

Wycombe Repair Café
2025-07-12 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-13 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 Café 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 Flackwell Heath, Marlow and Hazlemere)

Pann Mill Open day
2025-07-13 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
2025-07-24
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 MEETINGS IN AUG (Summer Break)
2025-08-04 18:30 - 19:00

Wycombe Repair Café (no repair cafe in August!)
2025-08-09 10:00 - 13:00 | Church Street, Church Street, High Wycombe, HP11 2DE, United Kingdom

Water week (Conference)
2025-08-24 - 2025-08-28
World Water Week is the leading conference on global water issues, held every year since 1991. A non-profit event, co-created with leading organizations, World Water Week attracts a diverse mix of participants from many professional backgrounds and every corner of the world. Developing solutions to the world’s greatest water-related challenges, with topics ranging from food security and health to agriculture, technology, biodiversity, and the climate crisis.
Starting in 2nd half of August, 5days. Worldwide.

OTHER ECO GROUPS & EVENTS
2025-09-01
Click links below…
More environmental events in the Wycombe area (Mycelium Map)
This is a growing map showing some local eco events and some local eco groups. If you are an environmental organisation, you can join.
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.

UN Clean Air Day (Worldwide)
2025-09-07
UN Clean Air Day (Worldwide)
The United Nations have designated a day to raise awareness of the importance of clean air.
The quality of our air affects us in two ways:
Health impact: tiny, invisible particles of pollution penetrate deep into our lungs, bloodstream and bodies. These pollutants are responsible for about one-third of deaths from stroke, chronic respiratory disease, and lung cancer, as well as one quarter of deaths from heart attack. Ground-level ozone, produced from the interaction of many different pollutants in sunlight, is also a cause of asthma and chronic respiratory illnesses.
Climate impact: short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) are among those pollutants most linked with both health effects and near-term warming of the planet. They persist in the atmosphere for as little as a few days or up to a few decades, so reducing them can have an almost immediate health and climate benefits for those living in places where levels fall.
Worldwide, every 7th Sept (note: UK Clean Air Day is on 3rd Thursday of June)

Pann Mill Open day
2025-09-14 | 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, visit the charity stands, or go into the mill itself to see how it works.
If water levels allow, the mill will be operational and will sell flour.
Likely eco stalls: Wycombe Friends of the Earth and High Wycombe Beekeepers.
Usually second Sunday. Coincides with Heritage Open Days.

'Wycombe Env Projects' Monday meetings RESTART
2025-09-15 18:30 - 19:00

Ozone layer day
2025-09-16
UN international Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
Worldwide, every 16th September.

Zero emissions day
2025-09-21
The Global 24 hour Moratorium on the use of Fossil Fuels.
Worldwide, every 21 September

Car free day
2025-09-22
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)
