Gemma Rickard - Save Our Shropshire

Climate Emergency Summit for Parish and Town clerks

March 17, 2022March 17, 2022 Gemma Rickard

Join the one-day, virtual summit on March 23rd for an opportunity to engage with the latest advice and guidance relating to climate change, finance, community engagement or standards and wellbeing. Sector experts from Friends of the Earth, Surfers Against Sewage, ClimateGuide, Speak Carbon and The Carbon Literacy Project, will lead (more…) Read More

Floods in Shrewsbury

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 Gemma Rickard

February 23rd saw floods again in Shrewsbury, and along the Severn towards Ironbridge. See STAR, Our reaction is to put up the flood barriers. But these floods are now an annual event. Instead of “placing a sticking plaster” on the problem we urgently need to confront the climate emergency, which (more…) Read More

Planet v. People

January 8, 2022January 30, 2022 Gemma Rickard

BBC TV produced a brilliant documentary in May 2021 on a Citizens assembly that took place in Birmingham in 2021. Meet the 108 ordinary Brits who Sir David Attenborough says we should listen to. This warm and honest documentary reveals how everyday people feel about the climate crisis. It shows (more…) Read More

Couch to Zero

November 28, 2021January 8, 2022 Gemma Rickard

From Couch to Zero is a fantastic programme produced by a company that is running a ten-day programme in which they send you videos with simple ideas which you can undertake to save carbon. It does not take much time, and it will ensure you make a difference. As they (more…) Read More

Carbon Literacy certificates for councillors

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 Gemma Rickard

Save Our Shropshire CIO is delighted to announce that eleven parish and town councillors and three others have received Carbon Literacy certification in a brand new workshop through the Carbon Literacy Project. We partnered up with the Carbon Literacy Project (CLP) and Speak Carbon to create a brand new “Parish (more…) Read More

Taster at COP 26

November 6, 2021November 24, 2021 Gemma Rickard

We are presenting at COP 26 a one-hour taster for our new Parish Council Workshop. If you are interested, then do Zoom over to COP 26 and get a real taster of a new one day-workshop to help you organise to take pragmatic action on the Climate Emergency. The workshop (more…) Read More

Queen’s Green Canopy

November 4, 2021November 24, 2021 Gemma Rickard

The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) is a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 which invites people from across the United Kingdom to “Plant a Tree for the Jubilee”. Everyone from individuals to Scout and Girlguiding groups, villages, cities, counties, schools and corporates will be encouraged to (more…) Read More

The National Lottery Fund awards Save Our Shropshire £ 10,000

November 2, 2021November 16, 2022 Gemma Rickard

Save our Shropshire CIO is celebrating receiving nearly £ 10,000 in funding to support its work in fighting the Climate Emergency through education. It is awarded as part of the Together for Our Planet project. SOS CIO will use the grant funding to support our work in developing and delivering (more…) Read More

Shop Well for the Planet

October 29, 2021November 24, 2021 Gemma Rickard

On Thursday 28th October BBC TV showed a great programme on how a family could reduce their carbon footprint by shopping for products that are eco friendly. It shows it does not have to be expensive to reduce your carbon footprint. They also showed how you can change your diet (more…) Read More

Low Carbon Agriculture

October 22, 2021November 24, 2021 Gemma Rickard

This show will help farmers in Shropshire understand how to take practical action to tackle the climate emergency on their farms. Low Carbon Agriculture Show held in partnership with the National Farmers Union (NFU) and the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) will take place on 8 – 9 March 2022, (more…) Read More

Author: Gemma Rickard