A day filled with inspirational talks, discussions, readings and performances online to imagine a sustainable future in Suffolk.
The Hive Eco Forum aims to pursue a sustainable future for Suffolk. It is based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and is hosted by West Suffolk Hive CIC. The forum is made up of representatives from local organisations, businesses, councils and local residents who share our passion in making Suffolk a greener place to live. The Eco Forum is a place to share skills and expertise to bring about positive change in our community and to focus and act on local issues affecting the environment.
This Online Eco Festival is a day intended to connect, inspire and challenge everyone involved and to open up communication between communities and authorities. There will be an assortment of talks and discussions with a fabulous array of guest speakers, some dramatic performances, poetry readings and some artwork from younger members of the community.
Don't worry if you missed it!!! We recorded everything. Scroll down to watch the videos, see the presentations and find the links mentioned.
To find out more about each speaker and their session, please see below.
To join the Eco Forum, please visit www.westsuffolkhive.org.uk/hiveecoforum
The Hive Eco Forum aims to pursue a sustainable future for Suffolk. It is based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and is hosted by West Suffolk Hive CIC. The forum is made up of representatives from local organisations, businesses, councils and local residents who share our passion in making Suffolk a greener place to live. The Eco Forum is a place to share skills and expertise to bring about positive change in our community and to focus and act on local issues affecting the environment.
This Online Eco Festival is a day intended to connect, inspire and challenge everyone involved and to open up communication between communities and authorities. There will be an assortment of talks and discussions with a fabulous array of guest speakers, some dramatic performances, poetry readings and some artwork from younger members of the community.
Don't worry if you missed it!!! We recorded everything. Scroll down to watch the videos, see the presentations and find the links mentioned.
To find out more about each speaker and their session, please see below.
To join the Eco Forum, please visit www.westsuffolkhive.org.uk/hiveecoforum
See below for more information about each speaker and each session.
Timetable
About our Speakers
Ian Miles
Ian is an educational trainer and former Deputy Head of King Edward VI school in Bury St Edmunds. He has been a Director of '1st Question Training Cooperative' based in Ipswich and an international teacher trainer at the University of Cambridge.
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Kate Mc FarlandKate McFarland is a Chartered Resource and Waste Manager and works as the Waste Strategy Officer for West Suffolk Council. With 16 years of waste management under her belt, she is a keen advocate of all aspects of the industry. Her biggest passion is reducing food waste which has led to several high profile campaigns within local authority settings, and most recently the exciting formation of the Still Good Food Charity.
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Oliver Ingwall-KingOliver has been working on energy, environment and carbon management since 2003. He has supported home owners, businesses and communities and set up a social enterprise to enable him to deliver further work as required by the community. His day job is as Energy Advisor for West Suffolk Council where he leads on energy management, energy efficiency, renewable heat projects, and smart grid demonstrators. In addition to the delivery of a range of heat pump, biomass and batter energy storage projects for the Council Oliver has also used the resources available to home owners in Suffolk to insulate this home and replace his gas boiler with an air source heat pump.
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Tom BarkerTom has been in Planning for over 15 years and is currently Assistant Director for Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils. He has also been a Town Councillor, Charitee Trustee and is currently Chairman of the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket. Tom is also an enthusiastic member of a community supported agriculture scheme based just outside Ipswich.
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Jon Parker
Businessman turned environmentalist and founder of Pico Planet, Jon has worked with businesses to develop their environmental policies and lower their emissions. Jon is also an experienced self-builder able to give advice and deliver talks about the process of creating eco buildings for the 21st century, alongside a true passion for active travel.
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Sara Knight
Sara Knight is an internationally-known expert on Forest School, with 5 academic books (translated into Turkish, South Korean and Chinese) and seven book chapters published on the subject. She lives in Sudbury where she ‘plays in the woods’ with the Eden Rose Project.
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Libby Ranzetta
Libby Ranzetta is a trustee of Bury Water Meadows Group and founding member of the Chalk Aquifer Alliance, a network of English chalk stream groups. She is a co-founder of Bury St Edmunds Rickshaw, which provides free, sustainable movement of people and essential supplies around the town.
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Matt Rowe
Matthew is the inspiration behind the Happy Food Coop, an idea to create food systems that are owned and loved by the community. He also runs a regenerative market garden and organic veg box scheme.
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Steph Holland
Steph is the founder and director of West Suffolk Hive CIC. She is passionate about connecting people and communities and working together to improve the environment. She is a member of Bury Water Meadows Group and the River Lark Catchment Partnership and is part of the Air Quality Residents Group in Bury.
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Georgie Luppi
In January I created and produced an online variety fundraiser called “An Evening of Joy” raising over £7,400 for the young girl I care for. Last autumn I was asked to write and perform in “EarthQuake”, an online theatre festival uniting creatives from the U.S, India and the U.K. to explore climate change and cultural identification. Prior to the first lockdown, I performed a devised piece at the Graeae Theatre, London with Project Phakama UK. To celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Bury St Edmunds' Theatre Royal, I portrayed Florence Harris in their immersive tours: “Close Encounters". I am a member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and have also appeared in numerous Suffolk Young People’s Theatre productions.
Ella Shipley
Ella trained at the Musical Theatre Academy London. Since graduating in 2018, she has performed as a vocalist in holiday resorts abroad, as well as appearing in a pantomime or two in places such as Alton Towers and a TIE (Theatre In Education) tour in Bristol. Ella is also an aspiring writer, and has over recent years begun writing her own plays in addition to short stories and poems.
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A summary of the talks, slides, videos and links
You can watch both the morning and afternoon's recordings from the Zoom session via:
Passcode: Ex@&*KH4
Morning: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/J2ySp8vfYaCB3YRhWvmXvOLUGpa2GKJxUhhgJAOLLNSQiLHEQYhc6OKestZhJeiP.vwTg6vu8ndJBo9-a?startTime=1616921169000
Afternoon: (missing final 30 mins) https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/J2ySp8vfYaCB3YRhWvmXvOLUGpa2GKJxUhhgJAOLLNSQiLHEQYhc6OKestZhJeiP.vwTg6vu8ndJBo9-a?startTime=1616933333000
Passcode: Ex@&*KH4
Morning: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/J2ySp8vfYaCB3YRhWvmXvOLUGpa2GKJxUhhgJAOLLNSQiLHEQYhc6OKestZhJeiP.vwTg6vu8ndJBo9-a?startTime=1616921169000
Afternoon: (missing final 30 mins) https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/J2ySp8vfYaCB3YRhWvmXvOLUGpa2GKJxUhhgJAOLLNSQiLHEQYhc6OKestZhJeiP.vwTg6vu8ndJBo9-a?startTime=1616933333000
10.00am - Welcome and introduction (Steph Holland, West Suffolk Hive CIC)
10.15am - 10.45am - Climate Change: Just how serious is it? What needs to be done? (Ian Miles, West Suffolk Hive CIC)
Global temperatures rising? Our natural resources disappearing? What do 99% of climate scientist agree is happening ? Our planet under threat? Can we afford to continue with our current way of life? What actions are we going to take? What’s the answer? The 20min presentation will provide some evidence, some suggestions and the opportunity for some much needed debate.
10.15am - 10.45am - Climate Change: Just how serious is it? What needs to be done? (Ian Miles, West Suffolk Hive CIC)
Global temperatures rising? Our natural resources disappearing? What do 99% of climate scientist agree is happening ? Our planet under threat? Can we afford to continue with our current way of life? What actions are we going to take? What’s the answer? The 20min presentation will provide some evidence, some suggestions and the opportunity for some much needed debate.
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10.50am - Monologue "Amy's Story" (Ella Shipley) from "This Play Will Solve Climate Change" created by Laura Baggely for Reusable Theatre Company.
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Amy's Story 1
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Amy's Story 2
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Amy's Story 3
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11.00am - 11.30am- The Weird and Wonderful World of Waste (Kate McFarland, Waste Strategy Officer, West Suffolk Council) What can I recycle in my West Suffolk bin? And why can't I recycle Pringles tubes? What happens once you have finished with your products and how can you make a difference to the amount of waste collected? From high tech Energy from Waste facilities to worms, all have their place in the world of waste.
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11.40am - 12.10pm - Net Zero Emissions - West Suffolk energy projects and opportunities (Oliver Ingwall-King, Energy Adviser, West Suffolk Council & Director of ÄlskaECO CIC)
West Suffolk Council has committed to a Net Zero Emissions target for its operations and service delivery. What does this mean for low and zero carbon energy projects in our district and what are the opportunities for my involvement?
West Suffolk Council has committed to a Net Zero Emissions target for its operations and service delivery. What does this mean for low and zero carbon energy projects in our district and what are the opportunities for my involvement?
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12.20pm - 1.00pm Planning and the enduring legacy of the thinkers behind Garden Communities (Tom Barker, Assistant Director Sustainable Communities, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils)
Planners - bureaucrats imposing the will of government upon communities or idealists hoping to create a better world? Probably a bit of both..
Planners - bureaucrats imposing the will of government upon communities or idealists hoping to create a better world? Probably a bit of both..
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1.40pm - Monologue "Marina's Story" (Georgie Luppi) from "This Play Will Solve Climate Change" created by Laura Baggely for Reusable Theatre Company.
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Marina's Story 1:
https://youtu.be/BULbHWtd3tY Marina's Story 2: https://youtu.be/pXK9aLpD_GU Marina's Story 3: https://youtu.be/MgDpMTFof8c |
1.50pm - 2.20pm - Transport: Science vs Reality (Jon Parker, West Suffolk Hive CIC & Pico Planet)
Wondering how our transport systems might need to change to keep global warming below 1.5deg? Find imagining that change difficult the see, then this is the talk for you. Jon Parker has worked in the automotive industry for 20 years, currently working for a tech company providing diagnostic solutions to some of the worlds largest vehicle manufactures. They know the world has to change do you?
Wondering how our transport systems might need to change to keep global warming below 1.5deg? Find imagining that change difficult the see, then this is the talk for you. Jon Parker has worked in the automotive industry for 20 years, currently working for a tech company providing diagnostic solutions to some of the worlds largest vehicle manufactures. They know the world has to change do you?
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2.40pm - 3.10pm - Outdoors and In Touch (Sara Knight, Author and Forest School Trainer)
Children and adults who play and learn outdoors are more likely to be in touch with the natural world, more engaged with sustainability issues, and more likely to be tuned in to climate change issues. Even better, they may have greater mental resilience and better dispositions to learning. They will bounce back post-Covid.
Children and adults who play and learn outdoors are more likely to be in touch with the natural world, more engaged with sustainability issues, and more likely to be tuned in to climate change issues. Even better, they may have greater mental resilience and better dispositions to learning. They will bounce back post-Covid.
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Sara Knight reading "Dear Greenpeace", by Simon James
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Sara Knight reading "On a lane in Spring", by John Clare
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Sara Knight reading "April", by G F Bradley
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Sara Knight reading "Dandelion" from "The Lost Words",
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3.20pm - 3.50pm - Water, The Environment and Us (Libby Ranzetta, Bury Water Meadows Group & Chalk Aquifer Alliance)
Where does our drinking water come from, how much do we use, and how does this relate to the environment - including our very own River Lark?
Where does our drinking water come from, how much do we use, and how does this relate to the environment - including our very own River Lark?
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4.00pm - 4.30pm - A Happy Food Community (Matt Rowe, Happy Food Coop)
A look at what we can create when we get our food system working for us. A look from 2030 to a world of healthy farms, regenerated wildlife and happier, vibrant local communities.
A look at what we can create when we get our food system working for us. A look from 2030 to a world of healthy farms, regenerated wildlife and happier, vibrant local communities.