Category: Updates

Beyond the summit: what COP30 means for the Global South

What it is: We will be live streaming a Royal Geographic Society event taking place at the end of COP30.

Hosted at the end of COP30 in Brazil, and shared by the Royal Geographical Society, this discussion will reflect on the emerging agreements and especially their implications for the Global South – the regions most affected by the climate crisis.

Why go: Understand the implication of COP30 for the Global South

Time/location:

  • Tuesday 18th November
  • From 7pm to 8:30pm
  • Eco Action Hub in Maidenhead

There will be discussion before and after the event, and opportunities to meet the ECO Action Hub team – come and join in the conversation!! #COP30 #COPtober

🌍 What We Can All Do to Tackle the Climate Crisis

🗓 Saturday 15 Nov | 11am–12pm

📍 ECO Action Hub, Nicholsons Centre, Maidenhead

đŸŒ±đŸ’šFeeling concerned about the climate but not sure what really helps? 💭
Join this interactive, feel-good session to discover the actions that make the biggest difference — for your home, your community, and your wellbeing. You’ll:

  • Learn which everyday choices really count
  • Create your own personalised climate action plan
  • Connect with others making Maidenhead greener, cleaner & happier

Everyone welcome — whether you’re just curious or already taking steps.
Come along, get inspired, and take action that feels right for you! đŸ’Ș

âžĄïž Free event | No booking needed

Don’t forget our ECO Cafe; Free Tea, coffee, bubbles and other refreshments available from ECO Action Cafe. Keep an eye out for more great events at the ECO Action Hub! COP30 #COPtober

Eco Question Time with Josh Reynolds MP & Cllr Karen Davies

ASK YOUR CLIMATE QUESTIONS & meet Joshua Reynolds MP & CLLR Karen Davies Saturday 25th October
What’s Happening: They will both be in our Hub answering your questions on all eco topics starting with the Climate & Nature Bill.

Join our conversation from 11:00 – 12:30!

Why? Ask your questions about local or national eco issues. Discuss with your local MP Joshua Reynolds or Cllr Karen Davies on Eco-Action topics, on the Climate Action Bill – And help get their support in #COPtober!

How? To let us know you’re coming AND ask Josh a question: please email us here

When: Join our conversation from 11:00 – 12:30 on Saturday 25th October.

Where: ECO Action Hub WAM Nicholson Centre Maidenhead

ECO Cafe; Free Tea, coffee, bubbles and other refreshments available from ECO Action Cafe. Keep an eye out for more great events at the ECO Action Hub!

#COP30 #COPtober

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

INTERESTED IN MARKETING?

HELP US BE EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL!

We’re looking for someone to join our team with marketing & communications capabilities… could that be you?

We’re busy with marketing outreach on social-media, email-newsletter and our website. Our marketing team work well – but now we need someone to help us grow more across all these platforms and with great communications!

We’re looking for someone with ‘any’ level of marketing skills to join our volunteer marketing team. If you’ve an interest in climate & the environment, want to ‘do something that makes a difference’, have some marketing skills & capability you want to build on, we’d love to talk to you.

Come into the Hub, reach out to us here, or come to one of our events and see us! We’re looking forward to talking with you! The ECO Action Marketing Team.

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!

🌍 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

đŸŒ± Join Our Team – Be an Engagement Coordinator! đŸŒ±

We’re growing our grassroots movement at ECO Action in Maidenhead – and we need you to help spread the word!

💚 Can you help us:
✅ Find out what’s on in Maidenhead
✅ Choose great local events to attend
✅ Coordinate volunteers to hand out leaflets
✅ Organise local leaflet drops?

If you’re organised, community-minded, and passionate about the planet, we’d love to hear from you!

📧 To see the detailed job description please click here
📧 To volunteer get in touch: click to email us here
 Let’s Reduce Carbon, Increase Nature, Improve Wellbeing – together!

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

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

ECO Action’s Partner, SaveEnergy “share offer” to help local people enjoy warmer homes, lower bills AND decarbonise

SaveEnergy help people enjoy warmer homes, lower bills AND decarbonise! 

We’ve partnered with them so they can be even more successful helping reduce the 42% of carbon emissions generated across RBWM from domestic energy consumption. And especially because they make people’s home lives more “comfortable & sustainable”.

We’re running events 11:00 Saturday 26th and 19:00 Tuesday 29th at the Hub. OR join a webinar OR have a chat OR email the team! All information below …

SaveEnergy is: 

  • A community-owned, not-for-profit organisation
  • Run by local people based in Maidenhead
  • An ECO Action & DraughtBusters partner.

SaveEnergy offers: 

  • Home energy assessments & practical actions to help people reduce their energy use
  • Free advice so people enjoy warmer homes, lower bills and reduced carbon emissions
  • AND 20% of services are delivered free of charge to aid people in fuel poverty

Invest for success: SaveEnergy is raising working capital to drive growth and create more green jobs. Investors in SaveEnergy’s Share Offer will help decarbonise more homes, more quickly

  • Minimum SEIS investment ÂŁ100, maximum ÂŁ10,000
  • Eligible investors will benefit from SEIS tax relief of 50%
  • SaveEnergy aim to repay capital from July 2028
  • Share Offer is open from April 2nd to May 16th … so act now and don’t miss out!
  • Details of their Community Share Offer & business plan on  www.saveenergy.coop/share-offer/
  • Note: all investments carry a risk, and we cannot guarantee that capital will be repaid

Hear more: Come to an event, have a chat, join a webinar, email or simply read up!

Events & Information: 

  • We are hosting two ‘SaveEnergy events’: Saturday 26th April 11am OR Tuesday 29th April 7pm(*)
  • To reserve your seat on 26th email here or on 29th email here or just turn up on day!
  • To simply ask a question, get more info, OR arrange a chat email them here
  • On-Line Event: Join an online discussion about their plans and share offer – book on Eventbrite here
  • Supporting Info: Read about their background and their share offer on www.saveenergy.coop

(*) NOTE: to get into the evening event 29th March at the Hub, please go down the alleyway besides McDonalds & enter via the back door of the Hub. See you soon – ECO-Action Team!!