Earth Day: today and every day!

A globe on a desk

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!

  1. Eat less meat and dairy – saving money and carbon!
  2. Leave the car at home – walk or cycle or bus and feel good!
  3. Draughtproof the house – you’ve always wanted to and we can help!
  4. Turn the thermostat down 1% – saving money, fuel and money too!
  5. Shun single-use plastic – stop buying bottled water of coffee in a cup?
  6. Join a local ‘Wild’ group and make your space more green & friendly?
  7. Buy less, spend less … consume less: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse Recycle!

🌎🌱 Make every day earth Day! Help create a greener, healthier future! 🌎🌱

Earth Day 2024
Earth as a lightbulb moment

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)
ECO Action QT: all about solar panels

Take the 10% Carbon Reduction Challenge!

What’s it all about? We all know we need to reduce our carbon footprint, don’t we? We can see climate change is real, that there are global issues and local concerns. Can we afford to do nothing, or can we really make some changes ourselves and have an impact?

Can you make a difference? What can you do to really reduce carbon, save money, and equally importantly how will you feel if you do make changes? How much difference can you really make as a person, and how easy will it be? We can help you! 

Introducing the 10% Challenge: Understanding your personal and household’s carbon footprint, finding tools and approaches to become more aware, then being given plans, approaches, and support to reduce your footprint year on year is what the 10% Challenge is all about.

Tell me more? 

  1. We will help you calculate your carbon footprint today.
  2. Prioritize changes you can make (how easy, how expensive, what return).
  3. Build a plan with you to make a difference (travel, food, reduce/reuse, …)
  4. Show you how to keep assessing, planning, and making real changes!

What next? Come and see us and get some great ideas to start your journey and make a difference now. Sign up with us to get more help. We are open Thursdays to Sundays (here

Come to our Anniversary Party: we’ll have our team there ready to talk with you AND we’ll have special guests including RBWM’s Karen Davies (Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Biodiversity) and her colleagues signing up to and taking the 10% Challenge with you!!

We’re hiring – ECO Action Hub Administrator

ECO Action’s mission is ‘to help and inspire local people to do more to address the Climate and Biodiversity Emergency.’ The Hub Administrator is crucial to the successful running of this dynamic centre with its very varied activities.

Key role: meet & greet all visitors, and be a focal point for volunteers”

  • Liaise with and arrange volunteers to staff the hub during all our open days
  • To administer loans from and returns to the Library of Things
  • To support significant special activities that take place from time to time.

If you are passionate about promoting sustainability and biodiversity and have the attributes and skills to inspire local people and small businesses to take positive action in the Climate Emergency, we would love to hear from you. 

  • Please review the detailed Job Description: Hub Administrator JD
  • If you would consider this role as a job-share please let us know too!
  • Please contact us with your background and relevant information on ecoactionrbwm@gmail.com

We would love to talk with you!

Want to make a difference? VOLUNTEER with us!

Are you concerned about climate change and want to help make a difference?

Want to help other people understand how they can take small steps in their own personal journey to reduce carbon, increase nature, and save money?

Do you have skills that could be useful for the Repair Cafe or the Library of Things?

Become a Volunteer: Help us as we grow – build more engagement with people in the ECO Action Hub, at the events we attend, and at the events we run. There are also admin and business volunteering opportunities.

Find out more about us on our website https://ecoactionhub.co.uk

Contact us by email ECOActionRBWM@gmail.com and register an interest on the application form

Councillor Karen Davies launches 10% challenge

2pm on 2nd March at ECO Action Hub

Come and find out more about our ‘10% Challenge’!

As part of ECO Action’s drive to help people to address our climate crisis, RBWM councillor Karen has agreed to launch and take part in ECO Action’s personal 10% (carbon reduction) challenge.

Karen will commit to:
· Measure her initial CO2 or CO2e footprint
· Commit to reducing it by 10% year on year by changes to her lifestyle
· Measure her improvement step by step

Why? We all realise and experience that the climate is changing. Without us all taking action our young people will experience a very different and challenging life.

This community initiative is to generate enthusiasm throughout RBWM for action, show that our Councillors care and want to make a difference.

We invite you to take our 10% Challenge. 💚

Maidenhead’s Repair Café open 9th September!

Open again: Maidenhead’s growing and 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. Opening 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!

We have published our future dates which also include:
– Saturday 9th September
– Saturday 14th October
– Saturday 11th November
– Saturday 9th December

Maidenhead’s Repair Café open 9th September!

Open again: Maidenhead’s growing and 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. Opening 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!

We have published our future dates which also include:
– Saturday 9th September
– Saturday 14th October
– Saturday 11th November
– Saturday 9th December

Waltham Place Farm: Fundraising event for ECO Action Hub

Hold the dateWednesday 16th August 2023 at 2 pm!

Join Waltham Place Garden Team for a walk around the Kitchen Garden and Market Garden to see how they manage their productive growing areas. We will also be visiting the compost area to see how we turn garden and farm waste into a valuable resource for the garden.

A wonderful opportunity to ask questions, and get tips from their experienced growers, that will help in your allotment or garden at home. And it includes a glass of organic cordial.

All details including how to register here: Waltham Place – ECO Hub: Grow Your Own

All funds will be donated to the Eco Hub, www.ecoactionhub.co.uk who are delighted to be in partnership with Waltham Place Farm.

Grow your own produce

Time and Date: 14:00 on 16th August 2023

Tickets: Waltham Place – ECO Hub: Grow Your Own

Address: Waltham Place Farm, Waltham Place, Church Hill, White Waltham SL6 3JH