The colder months are a-gatherin’ in, but there are still plenty of fantastic eco activities going on in the next few months…

• St Mary’s Fields Work Party – Sat 3rd Dec 10am-12pm. Join the team down at St Mary’s Car Park (OX5 2AZ) for the last push of the year!
• Ladies Christmas Swap Shop: Weds 7th Dec, 7.30pm at Kidlington Baptist Church (High St, OX5 2DS). Swap clothes, gifts and toys in the run up to Christmas – save money and recycle! Please bring good/gift quality items to swap.
• No Waste Noel – Sat 10th Dec – 12–4pm, Exeter Hall. Waste Innovation Station (WISH) is putting on a community Christmas bonanza complete with arts, crafts, food and more. Even Santa will be there! (see poster below).
• Don’t miss the selection of short KEG talks running in parallel in the small hall (see talk topics and speakers in poster below)! Talk start times to follow.
• Cherwell Collective have started a Repair Café for electrical equipment every Saturday at the Larder, 11am – 2pm. Why chuck it when you can fix it?! They also have a Party Library with items to borrow for children’s parties etc.
• Warm Spaces in Kidlington – if you’d like to cut down the carbon whilst saving a few pennies on your heating bill this winter why not join others in one of our community warm spaces (see poster below).

For more information or details about how to sign up or get involved visit the upcoming events page on the KEG website here.

Local Eco News – Some Headlines from October…

• Thank you to all those who took part in Kidlington Abindance’s apple pressings in various locations last month – you helped produced 575 litres of apple juice, 10 litres of pear juice and reused 533 bottles!
• The Harvest @ Home work days went well – though more volunteers would be very much welcomed!
  • At Ron Groves Park they were especially grateful to have the support of some D of E students!
  • At Park Hill a path was laid and compost bins made by a couple of volunteers and a few staff members from the Collective
  • Lyne Road Planters – nine volunteers rolled up their sleeves to beautify the space. The trees and hedgerows are doing well.
• Cherwell Collective Holiday Family Activities were a success, with lots of families (and pumpkins!) involved.

Have your say…

Many will have seen the plans for Botley West Solar Farm. Want to find out more or offer input?

More information and details about the consultation process can be found here.

If you have any local eco news or events to feed in to our next monthly digest please email: kidlingtonecogroup@gmail.com

Our next KEG meeting is on Thurs 1st Dec, 1pm @ Exeter Hall (in the small hall) – feel free to join us!