Category: Climate Conversations

COP30 – What can we do?

🌍 Let’s All Work Together — Act Now for Climate!

With COP30 taking place this November in Brazil, ECO Action WAM is gearing up for a month-long local awareness campaign and activities with our amazing partners — because every small action makes a difference!

From 25th October to 23rd November, we’ll be celebrating and showcasing the many inspiring climate and nature initiatives happening right here in our community.

Together with our ECO Action Partners and extended network, we’ve created a shared calendar of events, activities, and actions designed to inspire, connect, and amplify our collective impact.

👉 Stay tuned! Bookmark the calendar, find it with the QR Code below, visit our website, and follow our newsletters and social media — all tagged with #COPtober. See how you can get involved and make a positive change!

Let’s take action together — for our planet, for our community, and for our future. đŸŒ±

Find all #COPtober events here

Heal The Land @Norden Farm

Wild Maidenhead presents Heal the Land

Why: a compelling, inspiring and hopeful film about the transformation of a former intensive dairy farm in Somerset into a thriving new place for nature and people. Join for a journey of drama, discovery and insight into the start of this rewilding journey, with a remarkable array of wildlife and astonishing new arrivals.

What: The 25-minute documentary, filmed at the Heal Somerset site during 2024, will be followed by Q&A with Jan Stannard – CEO of Heal Rewilding and founder member of Wild Maidenhead. Heal Rewilding’s website

When & Where: 1st October at Norden Farm Studio (Free event) – Norden Farm Centre for the Arts

UK Climate & Nature Bill

Learn more about the UK Climate & Nature Bill

Here is a full briefing for you, why it’s important to all of us today, and ways you can get involved …

The UK’s Climate & Nature Bill will help tackle climate & ecological emergencies via an integrated & cross-party approach: It’s significant because it requires the Secretary of State to implement a strategy to achieve targets. It would establish a climate and nature assembly to advise in strategy creation.

The bill was introduced by Roz Savage (Lib Dem) 16 October 2024 & adjourned until 11 July 2025: t’s unlikely to be debated again. Following adjournment, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband issued a promise to work to the “spirit and substance” of the bill—”including for legislation” – to “make a meaningful difference” for climate and nature.

Where are we at?

  • Statement: Earlier this week Ed Miliband gave a very informative and balanced statement in Parliament: Watch it HERE and form your own view. Watch Roz Savage’s response HERE.
  • Action group Zero Hour are actively campaigning to support the Climate & Nature Bill: on 15th July with a webinar to share what they’re achieved & ask for your support. Watch HERE or download slides HERE.
  • What are we doing? We’re lobbying our MP Joshua Reynolds to promote and support Ed Miliband and Roz Savage in furthering the goals laid out in Ed Miliband’s statement to the House.
  • What can you do?:

Last but not least: Continue to support and get involved with ECO Action WAM, with our calls to action, action plans, events, and help us by donating here … we’re all pulling towards the same goals.

Less Carbon, More Nature, Better Wellbeing!

Help Shape Our Future Events! 🌍 đŸŒ±

We’re reaching out to better understand the kinds of events that matter most to you. We’re planning future activities focused on reducing carbon emissions and increasing nature, and your input is vital to help us make them engaging, relevant, and impactful.

Can you spare a few minutes to complete our short survey? đŸ‘‰ https://forms.gle/cQGWMg4ywSWtFX3j7

Your feedback will guide the types of events we organise—whether it’s workshops, talks, or practical sessions—all aimed at tackling the climate crisis and enhancing nature in our communities. The survey only takes 3-5 minutes, and your views will directly shape what happens next.

Thank you for your time and support. 

đŸŒ± 🌍 See David Attenborough’s “Ocean” at Norden Farm in July 🌍 đŸŒ±

‘Norden Farm Centre for the Arts’ (near Altwood in Maidenhead) is screening David Attenborough’s wonderful ‘Ocean’ over three days in July.

Our ECO Action WAM Team are planning to have a ‘booth’ during the screening, where we are looking forward to meet lots of people, have interesting conversations on carbon reduction & saving money, handing out leaflets & action-plans.

This is a great opportunity to see & hear from an internationally recognised icon & some say national treasure, what is happening int the oceans, how human-made climate change & pollution is affecting them and , and what action they can take to help fight climate change.

Attenborough explores the planet’s undersea habitats, revealing the greatest age of ocean discovery and emphasizing the ocean’s vital importance while exposing its problems and highlighting opportunities for marine life recovery.

Norden Farm’s Screening Times:
11th July 14.00 & 20.00
12th July 20.00
17th July 14.00
Book your tickets here: Ocean

🌍 Volunteer Role: National Action Coordinator

Help Drive National Change for Climate and Nature

At ECO Action, we believe real impact comes when personal actions are matched with collective effort. That’s why we encourage everyone to Take Action across four areas:

  • Personal – follow a Personal Action Plan
  • Communicate – talk to family and friends
  • Community – volunteer locally
  • National – demand bigger changes from those in power

We’re now looking for an enthusiastic volunteer to lead the charge in that fourth area — National Action.

What You’ll Do

As National Action Coordinator, you’ll help local people amplify their voices and influence national decisions. Your role includes:

đŸ”č Petition & Campaign Coordination

  • Gather and maintain a list of credible national petitions (e.g. from Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, The Climate Coalition)
  • Choose and highlight the most urgent and impactful ones
  • Store and share them with our supporters via our Google Drive
  • Identify Climate or Nature Bills due to be debated in Parliament
  • Encourage our community to contact their MP and sign key petitions

đŸ”č Collaborate with National Organisations

  • Liaise with groups like Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth about any national campaigns happening locally
  • Let our volunteer base know how they can get involved in actions such as leafleting or door-knocking

đŸ”č Engage Local Politicians

  • Help us connect more regularly with local MPs, especially Josh Reynolds (Maidenhead) and Jack Rankin (Windsor), and others as appropriate
  • Explore working with local Labour or other party groups to influence policy
  • Look for opportunities to encourage political parties to go further and faster for Climate and Nature

What You’ll Bring

  • Passion for Climate and Nature
  • Good organisational skills
  • Confidence with online tools (e.g. Google Drive, email)
  • Ability to communicate with people and inspire action

You don’t need to be a policy expert — just someone who cares and is ready to help others speak up.

Why It Matters

National decisions shape the future of our planet. As National Action Coordinator, you’ll play a crucial role in empowering local voices to influence national policy — and in doing so, help protect the climate and restore nature for generations to come.

đŸŒ± Ready to Step Up?

Please email us at here with “National Action Volunteer” as the title to find out more and provide more of your details. Thank you. 

#EcoAction #Maidenhead #VolunteerRole #ClimateAction #CommunityEngagement #Sustainability #RBWM #GetInvolved

Nature Friendly Gardening QT

Ask The Experts Live

Come and join us for a Big Green Week Event hosted by Peter Gibbs from the BBC’s Gardeners’ Question Time, and with the local Wildlife Gardening Awards.

A chance to ask the experts on our panel in a fun and informative event all your questions on gardening for wildlife. We’ll have local wildlife gardeners, members of Wild Maidenhead & more.

Whatever outdoor space you have this is the ideal opportunity to learn more about how to make space for wildlife and enjoy your garden.

When and Where?

Saturday June 7th at 10:30 in our ECO Action Hub

What to do next 


For all information and your EventBrite tickets please click here.

Our Planet and Climate Change – Online Talk

Our Planet and Climate Change

Join us this Earth Day for an inspiring online event! Learn, act, and connect for a greener future. #EarthDay2025

Date and time: Tuesday, April 22 · 6:30 – 7:30pm GMT+1

About this event: This year marks 55 years since Earth Day was established! This year, ECO Action is participating in Earth ACTION Day by hosting an online educational event on climate change. Join us on 22nd April at 18:20 for this seminar as we all take action for this year’s Earth Day!

How to book: Please click on this link to request a ticket from Eventbrite. The link for the event will be sent out via email once you have applied for your free ticket! Any questions about the event, please email us here

Smart Energy Show Marlow April 5th 2025

Smart Energy Show Marlow logo

The Smart Energy Show Marlow returns this April. We’ll have fresh exhibitors, a great quick-fire talks programme, and a new location with plentiful parking! All information here!

The key focus will again be on better energy management in buildings. This will include exciting renewable and electric technologies like solar panels, batteries, electric car-charging, heat pumps and other electrical home heating technologies, and smart energy controls. And, for anyone renovating or building afresh: energy retrofit assessment, fabric insulation and green building design.

With energy prices rising again, more government support available, and technologies improving, it is time to engage, even if you’ve already made some green energy changes in your life.

The Smart Energy Show Marlow 2025 takes place on Saturday 5 April at Great Marlow School, Bobmore Lane, Marlow SL7 1JE. Opening times are 10am to 4pm.

EXPERTS ANSWER EV QUESTIONS

We held a free event in the ECO Hub “Electric Vehicle Question Time” last Saturday 22nd. Local residents gave questions to our expert panel led by Ginny Buckley.

Ginny is a well known TV presenter from Top Gear, Dispatches & Escape to the Country. Her specialist subject is motoring journalism: She recently set-up www.Electrifying.com where she is CEO.

On the panel were Dug Tremellen (RBWM Transport Policy) & Richard Taylor from Your Energy Your Way, who install EV chargers and also run a small fleet of EV cars and vans.

Questions ranged from optimum charging methods and charging infrastructure through to 7-seater EVs and grid-balancing technologies.

Andrew Ingram, a volunteer at ECO Action who organised the event, said “There were many topics but the answer that surprised the audience most, was that EV batteries will now outlast the vehicles themselves. They are also being recycled”.

The “Guide to Going Electric” is available free at www.Electrifying.com