We have had to postpone our Solar Panel Question-Time Event for Saturday 18th May. Our apologies – but keep watching this space and we’ll post more news as available.
Thank you. Eco-Action WAM.
POSTPONED: Question Time All about Solar Panels
🌿🎉 THIS SATURDAY: ECO Action Hub’s 1st Anniversary Party! 🎉🌿
What’s Happening? We’re celebrating our first year – AND we’re celebrating YOU, our incredible community of eco-warriors. Here’s why you won’t want to miss this:
When: Saturday May 11th from 10:00 with the ‘grand opening’ at 11:00, cake and bubbles at 12:00 and events through the day in ECO Action Hub.
Inspiring Conversations: Connect with people on the same journey or just starting out: climate advocates, curious minds. Share stories, swap tips, learn how small actions can make a big difference for you & for the planet!
Meet Our Team and our Partners: Our passionate team members will be there to chat with you about sustainable living, climate action, and biodiversity. Our partners (from the local “Wilds”, from the “Wildlife Garden Awards” and others will all be there too!
Meet Special Guests: We’re thrilled to welcome RBWM’s Karen Davies, Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Biodiversity, along with her colleagues. They’ll be signing up for the 10% Challenge right alongside you!
Engaging Eco-Activities:
- Seedling Swap: Bring your extra seedlings and exchange them with fellow gardeners.
- Repair Cafe: Got a broken item? Our skilled repair volunteers will help fix it!
- Library of Things: open for you to be able to pick items to take out ‘on loan’!
- Banana Climate Game: A fun way to learn about carbon footprints and climate impact.
- Jenga Challenge: Challenge yourself to answer eco-questions playing a giant Jenga game.
- Personal Action Plan Sign-Up: Get personalised tips to reduce your environmental impact.
- 10% Challenge: Commit to reducing your carbon emissions by 10%—we’ll guide you!
- Young ECO-Warriors Story-Telling: for children from MDG at 11:15 / 13:15
- Live Music: Relax and listen to gently soothing eco-friendly live music too!
Cake and Bubbles: And if that’s not enough there will be cake and champagne to go with the games and the swaps and the conversation … it’s a reward for your commitment to a greener planet!
🌎🌱 Together we can create a greener, healthier future. See you there! 🌎🌱
THIS WEEK: Repair Cafe Saturday 11th May
Back again this year: Maidenhead’s successful Repair Café gives people’s broken or worn-out possessions a new lease of life! See people like yourself rebuilding, repairing and recycling things that might otherwise be thrown away. Open again in our ECO-Action Hub.
Please register here if you wish to bring something for repair to reserve your time-slot: Or feel free to email the Repair Café team on repair.maidenhead@gmail.com.
We open from 10:00 to 15:00. Repair skills available at this next event include:
– small electrical items (excludes microwaves and large items)
– laptops/computers, phone repairs (except screen repairs)
– IT assistance(e.g. anti-virus, software updates)
– glass repairs, book binding, fixing picture frames
– basic woodwork, small furniture items
– sewing and mending, textiles repairs
We aim to fix anything, our volunteers love to solve problems!
Look out for our future dates in 2024!
Anniversary Party – What’s On?
ECO Parenting: “potty-training” babies!
🚽💫Are you an expectant parent or already experiencing the joyous chaos of raising a baby aged 0-6 months? Find out how transform your potty-training experience!🚽💫
Join us at 11am on Friday, 17th May at the Hub and discover a revolution in potty training.
- What is ec babies? A groundbreaking app to guide parents to success with potty training.
- Who’s it for? Parents to be or with babies aged 0-6 months, keen to save money & the environment.
- Reserve your FREE seat: Eventbrite tickets here
How does it help? In the face of an environmental & cost of living crisis, there’s never been a better time for new parents to try elimination communication (EC). This gentle approach to potty training early is good for the environment & saves you money. It also promotes healthy bowel and bladder development, and encourages communication skills.
- Why do it? With EC, good bladder and bowel control and the ability to communicate toileting needs develop at a very early age, so many babies no longer require nappies by between 12 and 18 months of age.
- What’s the benefit?: fewer nappies used in year 1, potty-trained altogether a year or two earlier than might be. For disposable nappies: less cost & less waste. For reusables: less laundry and energy consumption. AND health benefits too!
- Is EC a new thing? The EC approach is common in cultures around the world from Vietnam to Alaska; just a couple of generations ago it was common in the UK too. Unfortunately, the methods have been largely forgotten here.
Tell me more! ec babies guides, motivates, and supports parents and carers willing to give EC a go. We’ve worked hard to make it the best we can. After much prototyping and testing we have something ready to go. If you would like to help evaluate (and maybe even test) our latest offering we’d love to hear from you.
Find out more at www.ecbabies.org
Repair Cafe Saturday 11th May
Back again this year: Maidenhead’s successful Repair Café gives people’s broken or worn-out possessions a new lease of life! See people like yourself rebuilding, repairing and recycling things that might otherwise be thrown away. Open again in our ECO-Action Hub.
Please register here if you wish to bring something for repair to reserve your time-slot: Or feel free to email the Repair Café team on repair.maidenhead@gmail.com.
We open from 10:00 to 15:00. Repair skills available at this next event include:
– small electrical items (excludes microwaves and large items)
– laptops/computers, phone repairs (except screen repairs)
– IT assistance(e.g. anti-virus, software updates)
– glass repairs, book binding, fixing picture frames
– basic woodwork, small furniture items
– sewing and mending, textiles repairs
We aim to fix anything, our volunteers love to solve problems!
Look out for our future dates in 2024!
Earth Day: today and every day!
What we do today and everyday helps form the kind of world we want to live in. Reducing our carbon emissions is ever more important: Working together we can achieve more – and we’re here today and every day to help you!
Here are some really great ideas – chose one (or two) for Earth Day and every day!
- Eat less meat and dairy – saving money and carbon!
- Leave the car at home – walk or cycle or bus and feel good!
- Draughtproof the house – you’ve always wanted to and we can help!
- Turn the thermostat down 1% – saving money, fuel and money too!
- Shun single-use plastic – stop buying bottled water of coffee in a cup?
- Join a local ‘Wild’ group and make your space more green & friendly?
- Buy less, spend less … consume less: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse Recycle!
- Need a plan? We can help you – download our Personal Action Plan here!
- Need some more help & more information? We’ve got Help Sheets here for you!
🌎🌱 Make every day earth Day! Help create a greener, healthier future! 🌎🌱
Get Swapping and Growing!
We’ve got two swaps coming up for you. The first is in Datchet (perfect for people on the Windsor side of the borough) on Saturday 27th April. The second is during our anniversary event at the hub on Saturday 11th May.
You can bring well labelled seedlings along to the hub on the Thursday and Friday before the events. Or bring them on the day of the swap. As with the last seed swap – all are welcome (new growers welcome!), the events are FREE and donations to the hub are welcome as it is run by volunteers.
We’re linking in with Wild About Datchet, Maidenhead Veg Growers, Wild Windsor and the Wildlife Garden Awards. So come and get involved!
ECO Action Question Time: All about Solar Panels
Join us at the Braywick Nature Centre for an informative event all about solar panels!
Whether you’re a seasoned environmental enthusiast or just curious about sustainable energy, this is the place to be. Our panel of experts will answer all your burning questions about solar panels and how they can benefit both you and the planet.
Put your questions to our expert panel – which includes users and installers – chaired by Peter Gibbs (from BBC R4 Gardeners’ Question Time):
- Richard Taylor, Your Energy Your Way
- Hayley George, RBWM Solar Together
- Ian Alexander: Solar Panels user
Timing: From 11:00 too 12:30 Saturday 18th May.
Early-Bird Tickets: 2-for-1 and Concession options: Tickets: Book here on Eventbrite!
Location: Braywick Nature Centre, Hibbert Road, SL6 1UU
- FREE: Tea, Coffee, Biscuits.
- FREE Parking at Braywick Nature Centre!!
- Additional Overflow Parking: Braywick Leisure Centre (chargeable)
🌿🎉Join Us at the ECO Action Hub’s 1st Anniversary Party!🎉🌿
What’s Happening? We’re celebrating our first year – AND we’re celebrating YOU, our incredible community of eco-warriors. Here’s why you won’t want to miss this:
When: Saturday May 11th from 10:00 with the ‘grand opening’ at 11:00, cake and bubbles at 12:00 and events through the day in ECO Action Hub.
Inspiring Conversations: Connect with people on the same journey or just starting out: climate advocates, curious minds. Share stories, swap tips, learn how small actions can make a big difference for you & for the planet!
Meet Our Team and our Partners: Our passionate team members will be there to chat with you about sustainable living, climate action, and biodiversity. Our partners (from the local “Wilds”, from the “Wildlife Garden Awards” and others will all be there too!
Meet Special Guests: We’re thrilled to welcome RBWM’s Karen Davies, Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Biodiversity, along with her colleagues. They’ll be signing up for the 10% Challenge right alongside you!
Engaging Eco-Activities:
- Seedling Swap: Bring your extra seedlings and exchange them with fellow gardeners.
- Repair Cafe: Got a broken item? Our skilled repair volunteers will help fix it!
- Library of Things: open for you to be able to pick items to take out ‘on loan’!
- Banana Climate Game: A fun way to learn about carbon footprints and climate impact.
- Jenga Challenge: Challenge yourself to answer eco-questions playing a giant Jenga game.
- Personal Action Plan Sign-Up: Get personalised tips to reduce your environmental impact.
- 10% Challenge: Commit to reducing your carbon emissions by 10%—we’ll guide you!
- Young ECO-Warriors Story-Telling: for children from MDG at 11:15 / 13:15
- Live Music: Relax and listen to gently soothing eco-friendly live music too!
Cake and Bubbles: And if that’s not enough there will be cake and champagne to go with the games and the swaps and the conversation … it’s a reward for your commitment to a greener planet!
🌎🌱 Together we can create a greener, healthier future. See you there! 🌎🌱