Launch Event Saturday 10th June 12-4 pm  Histon Baptist Church

Talks from:

British Antarctic Survey scientists Dominic Hodgson and Ruth Price on Why we should take action on CO2 – a view from the polar regions

Shepreth Wildlife Conservation Charity trustee Liz Damms talking about their Hedgehog Hospital and conservation of endangered species.

Dan Mace from HI Trees on Let's Plant Trees in Histon and Impington

30 Day Challenge and Events

Complete the 30 day challenges launched by HI Sustainabilty by picking up a booklet at the launch event.

Open Eco Homes H&I 

Sat 17, 24 and 1st July 10am - 4pm

MacFarlane Close and Narrow Lane

Booking required, 10 people per tour - contact  fran@cambridgecarbonfootprint.org

Histon and Impington Eco Home owners will be hosting in person tours of their homes to showcase some of the changes that can be made to our homes in order to provide greater energy efficiency, lower your carbon footprint and make a significant dent in your bills. Come and see real examples of improved insulation, solar panels, home batteries and heat pumps. 

Narrow Lane property: Retrofit 1980's with some improved insulation, solar panels, house battery and air source heat pump. MacFarlane Close: 1960's full house retrofit with MVHR for a healthy home with no mould, solar PV and hot water, house battery, electric car charging on solar, improved insulation, managed solar gain windows.

Becoming a climate positive business

Eco Fest 30 Day Challenge Talk

Tues 13th June, 8 – 9:30pm

The Boot (snug), Histon High St,

(No booking required but we’ll be full at 20)

Peter Gilheany lives locally and is Director of Forster Communications, a company voted the Sunday Times’ Best Green Company and their Climate Positive Plan was the 2023 winner of this year’s Sustainability Initiative in the Management Today Business Leadership Awards. Join Peter in the snug of The Boot to hear about the steps his business has taken to reduce emissions and play its part in tackling the climate crisis. He'll offer practical and inspiring ways you can do the same.

‘Sustainability and climate action has been a fundamental ethos at Forster since it was founded in 1996. In July 2019 we declared a climate emergency and published our first Client Disclosure Report. The Climate Positive Plan contains open commitments to drive change across every aspect of our business. The Plan inspires and engages the workforce, our clients, suppliers and the wider community. You can see the impact it is having in the latest report here. We have been a B Corps for many years.’
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Why do Christians Care About Climate Change?

Eco Fest 30 Day Challenge Talk 

Wed 14th June, 7:30pm St Andrew’s Centre
Join us during the H&I EcoFest and 30-Day Challenge to hear Canon Dr Hilary Marlow from the University of Cambridge and A Rocha giving a talk on the Christian response to climate change. All welcome, for more information call 01223 320420 office@standrewshiston.org

Waterbeach Waste Discovery Guided Tour– where it goes, how to reduce it!

Eco Fest 30 day Challenge Event

Fri 30th June, 10am – 12pm

Waterbeach Waste Management Facility, Ely Rd, Cambridge, CB25 9PQ

 The Waste Education Dept at the Waterbeach Waste Management Facility runs some super interesting tours of its Material Recovery Facility. The two hour tour and talk will take visitors through how their recyclable waste is processed .

 As well as a tour your visit will include a hour long recycling workshop where you can  

• Learn how we currently manage waste
• What you can do to reduce, reuse, repair and recycle it.
• Learn what you can and can’t recycle in your area

 The Eco Fest Challenge tour can accommodate up to 30 people and go ahead with a minimum of 12 people. It’s essential to book onto this tour by emailing Caroline on cmanser99@gmail.com with your name, mobile number and the names of any others coming along with you. HI Friends have kindly let us borrow their minibus for the trip along the A10 and places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. The minibus will leave the carpark of the Histon Baptist Church at 09:30am on Fri 30th June. There is parking on site for visitors. Children must be accompanied by an adult and be at least 7yrs old.

Weeding and mulching at the HI Trees Wood

Eco Fest 30 Day Challenge activity 

Sat 17th June, 2pm onwards

HI Trees Wood (in front of the Holiday Inn)

In 2021 the community planted 1200 trees in the field between the Holiday Inn, the B1049 and the A14. Most of the trees have survived last summer's drought and the hard winter frosts and now they need WEEDING AND MULCHING, otherwise the saplings will be choked by weeds and will struggle to get through the coming summer. We want to give them the best possible start so it's all hands on the shovels! It may not sound exciting, but it will be rewarding and these trees will help offset CO2 emissions.

Children, spades and wheelbarrows all welcome

30 days in Nature Eco Fest 30 Day Challenge Online

June 10 – July 9th

Online Abbey Fields will be providing tips and inspiration to help all of us ‘do something with nature each day for 30 days’. 30 Days in Nature will be launched at the Eco Fest and will invite us to encounter and help nature thrive in your garden, the village and further afield. Details will also be on Abbey Fields website. 

Environmental Reading Month at Histon Library

Eco Fest 30 day Challenge activity

June 10 – July 9th

Histon Library

Cambridge Carbon Footprint will be donating its Green Library collection to anyone interested in the themes at the Eco Fest and then over the following month Histon Library will shining the green spotlight on environmental themes with displays and recommendations.

Histon Plants - Loving Pollinators and Peat Free

Eco Fest 30 Day Challenge Activity, Bell Hill, Histon

June 10th - July 9th

Martin Fussinger  writes, ‘At Histon Plants we care about nature and particularly bees and pollinators. They are hugely important to our ecosystem, our food chain and our lives. For this next month, on our Histon Plants fb page we will be offering a specifically tailored ‘pollinator friendly plant pack’, in association with the HI Eco Fest and 30 Day Challenge. 

At Histon Plants we also care about peat bogs and peat usage and have been trying to reduce our own. We have spent over the last 10 years trying to source a decent peat free compost that performs well and at an affordable price. Please visit our Histon Plants fb page for more info on both the pollinator plant pack/peat free compost and to place an order.

https://www.facebook.com/histonplants/

Green Blue You - Ditch the Plastic Challenge

Eco Fest 30 day Challenge activity

June 10 – July 9th

Green Blue You is a local company that helps consumers, business and local communities choose more eco-friendly products. 

They are challenging people to buy no new plastic bottles for a month. As an incentive, they’ll  offer a 10% off refills code, valid for 30 days and for a one time use.