âNorden Farm Centre for the Arts’ (near Altwood in Maidenhead) is screening David Attenboroughâs wonderful âOceanâ 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
At ECO Action, we believe real impact comes when personal actions are matched with collective effort. Thatâs why we encourage everyone to Take Action across four areas:
Personal â follow a Personal Action Plan
Communicate â talk to family and friends
Community â volunteer locally
National â demand bigger changes from those in power
Weâre now looking for an enthusiastic volunteer to lead the charge in that fourth area â National Action.
What Youâll Do
As National Action Coordinator, youâll help local people amplify their voices and influence national decisions. Your role includes:
đč 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
đč 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
đč 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 Youâll 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 donât need to be a policy expert â 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, youâll play a crucial role in empowering local voices to influence national policy â and in doing so, help protect the climate and restore nature for generations to come.
đ± Ready to Step Up?
Please email us at here with âNational Action Volunteerâ as the title to find out more and provide more of your details. Thank you.Â
Come and join us for a Big Green Week Event hosted by Peter Gibbs from the BBCâs Gardenersâ 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. Weâll 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 âŠ
For all information and your EventBrite tickets please click here.
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
The Smart Energy Show Marlow returns this April. Weâll 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 youâve 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.
We held a free event in the ECO Hub âElectric Vehicle Question Timeâ 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 âThere 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 recycledâ.
On 16th February, Greenpeace Berkshire will be in Eco Action WAM in Maidenhead, hosting a welcome event film screening of âBuy Now: The Shopping Conspiracyâ.
This film screening and welcome event is a great opportunity to watch and discuss the fantastic new film âBuy Now! The Shopping Conspiracyâ; directed by Emmy-winning writer and film maker Nic Stacey, which exposes the tricks companies like Amazon use to keep people buying, and the true costs of overconsumption on people and planet. !
WHEN : 3pm Sunday 16th February
WHERE: ECO Action WAM, Nicholsons Centre, Maidenhead SL6 1LB
COST: Free
Itâs also an opportunity to meet and get to know your local Greenpeace group, find out what we do, and how you can take part in our campaigns. Come join us to grow our movement for change! The cafe will be open for refreshments .
WHAT NEXT: Please Register HERE to reserve a place , get reminder & get notified of updates.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES QUESTION TIME Saturday February 22nd 2025Â HOLD THE DATE!
WHY COME?
Thinking about getting an electric car? Got lots of questions?
Not sure if itâs for you? Will you save money and reduce carbon if you have one? Why shouldnât you have one!? This is your chance to hear our expert panel discuss and answer your questions about electric vehicles.
Come to our Electric Vehicle Question Time in the ECO Action Hub Maidenhead on Saturday 22nd February from 11:00 â 12:30
Headlining our panel is highly experienced motoring journalist and EV specialist Ginny Buckley who recently founded www.electrifying.com. together with EV owners, an installer and a specialist in charging infrastructure planning. AND our EV owners will be on Maidenhead High Street from 10am for you to ask questions.
See you at the EV Question Time – where coffee, tea and brownies will be served from the ECO Community Cafe (Donations welcome)! The ECO Action Marketing Team
Cookham Footprint is hosting a SMART ENERGY SHOW on Saturday 23rd November from 13:00 – 16:30 at Chartered Institute of Marketingâs Moor Hall Cookham SL6 9HQ!!
I want to find out more about Air Source Heat Pumps and are there alternatives?
Is my roof suitable for solar panels and are they worthwhile?
What is the Great British Insulation Scheme?
Is my house suitable for cavity wall insulation?
What is a Hybrid system?
Iâm interested in an electric car and need a charger.
What about battery storage?
Can I get FREE draughtproofing?
What grants are available?
Peter Gibbs, meteorologist and broadcaster, will start the talks at 1.30pm explaining his enthusiasm for these technologies, and what his motivation was for installing them.
There will be short talks covering topics such as Solar Panels (pvs) and batteries, Air Source Heat pumps, Zero Emission Boilers as well as talks by WildCookham on how we can encourage wildlife into our gardens.
Need more convincing? Become inspired and informed on the exciting technologies available for home energy. Have an opportunity to speak to genuine accredited installers of Solar Panels, Batteries, Air Source Heat Pumps and Zero Emission Boilers. There will also be a national insulation company, who can advise on government grants. All companies come with recommendations from villagers, and most are themselves local.
Cookhams Footprint (part of the Climate Community in Windsor & Maidenhead) is a community energy group encouraging villagers to insulate and ultimately move away from gas. Volunteers visit Cookham homes offering free thermal imaging, explaining EPCs and how to improve their insulation.
The team includes a professional retrofit Surveyor advising on all aspects of energy & homes. He’s given many well-attended talks on Air Source Heat Pumps and how to go carbon neutral. People really appreciated an informal chat from someone with his enthusiasm and expertise.
Also there, Draughtbusters, whom many of you know is a volunteer group who will fix the draughts in your home for FREE, so you should feel warmer and reduce carbon emissions. A trained local resident will come and survey your property and undertake basic draughtproofing.
In these turbulent times, join us and experience the power of coming together to explore how we can act in service of all life on Earth – with a workshop that helps in “Exploring the ‘Spiral’ of The Work That Reconnects”
We are living through crazy, uncertain times. Everywhere we turn, we see evidence of the Great Unraveling of our society and our world: armed conflicts, global climate change, poverty, systemic racism, mass species extinctions, and the collapse of familiar institutions and support structures.
To remain conscious and engaged in these times can be heartbreaking, and the fear, grief, anger, and helplessness we feel can often seem unbearable – because itâs not just our personal pain we’re experiencing, itâs also the collective pain of all life on Earth.
Join us in this workshop as we explore together ‘The Spiral’ of The Work That Reconnects, a body of work created by deep ecologist, activist and beloved elder, Joanna Macy.
Over the 4 hours weâll create space to tap into the deep well of our gratitude, resourcing ourselves so that we can turn to honour our pain for our world, and speak honestly of the unravelling we are experiencing in our communities and living systems.
In confronting these sorrows we’ll connect to the depths of our caring, recognise and appreciate our radical interconnectedness with all peoples and species, and understand that our flourishing is collective.
Weâll emerge energised, more able to go forth with newfound clarity about our role in The Great Turning, and with greater conviction and courage to join together to act in service of all life on Earth.
PLEASE BRING: To ensure you can enjoy the workshop, please wear comfortable clothing, and consider bringing a layer you can pop on if you get cold. Bring a refillable water bottle to keep hydrated. Bring a packed lunch/something to eat in the lunch break. The ECO Hub has a cafe, so you can also bring a refillable cup for hot drinks.
PAYMENT: We have set a donation option to reduce your ticket fee cost. The donation amount is ÂŁ20, so please enter that amount to purchase your ticket. Any tickets booked below the indicated donation amount will be refunded immediately. If ordering more than one ticket please adjust accordingly e.g. 2 tickets @ ÂŁ40, 3 tickets @ ÂŁ60 etc. You will only receive 1 ticket in this case but we can see how many you have purchased by the amount you have paid.
