Hello
Green Hustlers
We're only a
few weeks away from our Green
Hustle festival, which is taking
place Saturday 5 June 10AM -
4PM.
We will be
monitoring capacity levels
throughout the day, ensuring we
stay covid-compliant to keep
everyone safe. The event is
completely free and open for
everyone to attend, and we hope to
see you there!
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Green
Hustle Festival
Saturday
5 June, 10AM - 4PM.
We'll
be taking over Sneinton Market
Avenues with our brilliant friends
from Soul & Flare, The Avenues
Market, Blend and Street Food
Club. We're working with a huge
number of local organisations,
artists, curators, performers and
independent stallholders to pack
out the day.
We'll
also be extending into King Edward
Park for our fringe event where
you can check out Backlit,
SkateNotts and Nottingham City
Homes.
Nottingham
Vegan Market will also be in full
swing on Sneinton Market (opposite
Victoria Baths).
Check
out our full line-up below or head
to our
website and find out more.
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Nature
Relay
Our first ever
Nature Relay schools project
takes place May 28 with
inner-city schools. Project
Leader Christine has designed a
fun, creative and educational
Nature Relay Day for primary
aged children to learn about
bees, wildflowers and the
importance of maintaining insect
habitats.
With thanks to
Nottingham locals who donated
many different items to the
cause, we have built each school
their own insect hotel, which
can live on the school grounds
for several years. As part of
the Nature Relay activities,
children will take part in the
scavenger hunt to collect
materials needed to fill the
hotel, so bees, butterflies and
insects can naturally gravitate
towards using the space, helping
to pollinate the flowers and
progress the habit to their own
needs. The top of the hotels
contain wildflowers and
lavender, encouraging wildlife
to the area and creating more
green space within the school
grounds. We've also created
digital learning content for the
children so they can also learn
about planting for pollinators,
the effectiveness insect hotels
and how to create seed bombs.
All schools taking part will
receive a certificate for their
engagement and will become a Green
Hustle School.
If you know
of a local Nottingham School
that want to become part of our
collective, drop an
email over and we can get
in touch when our next project
hits!
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Shop
Zero
Sustainable
offers at Shop Zero
As lockdown
eases, Shop Zero - your
one-stop-local-shop for eco
friendly goods - are pleased to
be welcoming more customers back
to their city centre store!
It’s great to
see old friends and new
customers alike.
It’s World Bee
Day on the May 20th - so Shop
Zero are celebrating the amazing
Bee and the stunning work it
does for our survival and
maintaining our natural
environment. There's a special
offer on our bee-related
products, which is available
until midnight on Sunday 23
May.
Plus if you're
a NET tram user you can get 10%
off all products by showing your
pass/ticket at their city centre
store or at our online
shop.
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Nottingham
Climate Assembly
Nottingham
Climate Assembly came
together in June 2020 to explore
the potential for a Citizens
Assembly. Their activities aim to
involve local residents in
responding to environmental
issues. All members live in the
Greater Nottingham area, but know
that their steering group needs to
be more diverse and welcome advice
and input from everyone – so feel
free to get in
touch!
The Green
Meadows Project
In the Autumn of
2020 Nottingham Energy Partnership
and the Mozes Community Energy
Group were successful in bidding
on behalf of the Meadows Community
in Nottingham for a grant from the
Community Lottery. The project was
called Green Meadows and the bid
was made to the Climate Action
Fund of the Lottery.
The project
started in March 2021 and will
continue for 5 years. It covers a
series of 16 separate initiatives
within 3 themes:
- Homes
and Buildings
- Living
for the Future
- Measures
for Success
Homes and
Buildings concentrates on both
individuals and the community as a
whole. At a community level,
it aims to map out and monitor the
actual carbon footprint of the
Meadows area, energy modelling the
different building types, energy
generation/storage and transport
infrastructure. At an individual
level there will be
training and resources available
for residents to learn how to
tackle winter heat loss, summer
heat gain and reduce their energy
bills.
Living For the
Future covers a whole range of
practical learning and engagement
opportunities for all ages from
school and upwards. Workshops,
bootcamps, competitions and
funding opportunities for smaller
group endeavours will be there, as
well as a web resource covering
all the issues people might want
to know about if they want take
action against climate
change. It's important to find out
how people want to engage,
whatever their age or background,
and about measuring how successful
the different parts of the project
have been.
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Nottinghamshire
Wildlife Trust
#30DaysWild
Take on the UK’s
biggest nature challenge with NWLT
by signing
up to their annual nature
challenge.
If you can do
one wild thing a day throughout
June, Nottinghamshire Wildlife
Trust wants it to be for your
health, wellbeing, for wildlife
and for the planet. Go on a bug
hunt, switch to green energy,
splash in puddles… whatever you
do, just make sure it’s wild!
When you sign
up, you’ll even receive a free
pack of goodies to help you plan
your wild month, including an
activity passport and a
wall-chart. We’ve got special
packs for those taking part at
their school, care home, or
workplace, too!
Working
in partnership to achieve a
Nature Recovery Network
A range of
exciting habitat projects
demonstrating the partnership
approach needed to create a
flourishing Nature Recovery
Network, have made great progress
despite the challenges of
lockdowns.
Teams from the Wildlife
Trust, Severn Trent Water and
the Environment Agency
recently visited the Idle
Washlands and Idle
Valley Nature Reserve in
north Nottinghamshire to view the
progress made with efforts to
boost habitat for species
including water voles and wading
birds and to reintroduce beavers
to the county for the first time
in 400 years. The projects form
part of a major programme being
delivered by the partners which
also includes work with farmers
and landowners to improve habitats
for wildlife on their land as well
as efforts to conserve soils and
minimise pollution in vital water
courses. You can read more about
their trailblazing and restoration
here.
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and Youtube
channels which are stuffed with
tonnes of green content.
Until next
time,
The
Green Hustle team 💚
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