Climate change forum “Food for thought”

POSTPONED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS. WE WILL ADD A NEW BLOG WHEN THE DATE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED

Date and time: Friday 13^th March 2020 7.00 pm

Venue: Pulborough Village Hall, Swan View, Pulborough, RH20 2BF

This is the second in a series of climate change forum events in Pulborough, the first event in October was an outstanding success and packed out the village hall, learn more here. Come and learn about the problems and solutions of the food industry………

7.00 – 7.10 pm        CHAIRMAN Geoff Barnard, Founder Greening Steyning

7.10 – 7.25 pm        INTRODUCTION: THE FOOD CHAIN Tony Whitbread, President Sussex Wildlife Trust

7.25 – 7.40 pm        SOIL HEALTH Dan Osborn, Chairman CPRE Sussex, the countryside charity

7.40 – 7.55 pm        FARMING Philip Lymbery, Chief Executive Compassion in World Farming

7.55 – 8.00 pm        FARMING Speaker TBD, Position TBD National Farmers Union

8.00 – 8.30 pm        Tea break with refreshments

8.30 – 8.45 pm        FOOD WASTE Yvonne Thomson, Chief Executive Officer UK Harvest

8.45 – 9.00 pm        PACKAGING Carrie Cort, Founder Sussex Green Living & Al Gore Climate Reality Leader

9.00 – 9.45 pm        PANEL DISCUSSION Led by Geoff Barnard

Organised by THE WIGGONHOLT ASSOCIATION (Registered Charity No 1129002)
http://www.wiggonholt.org/            Tel: 01798 872531        http://www.twitter.com/WiggonholtA

FURTHER INFORMATION

Al Gore Climate Reality Project https://www.climaterealityproject.org/

Climate Action Network International http://www.climatenetwork.org/

Committee on Climate Change, UK https://www.theccc.org.uk/

Compassion in World Farming, UK https://www.ciwf.org.uk/

CPRE Sussex: Campaign to Protect Rural England http://www.cpresussex.org.uk/

Farm Clusters https://www.farmerclusters.com/

FOE: Friends of the Earth https://friendsoftheearth.uk/

Green Alliance Trust, UK https://www.green-alliance.org.uk/about.php

Greening Steyning http://www.1010steyning.org/useful-info/

Greenpeace https://greenwire.greenpeace.org/uk/en-gb/groups/arun-adur-greenpeace

Greta Thunberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Thunberg

HDC: Horsham District Council Councillors https://horsham.moderngov.co.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?VW=TABLE&PIC=1&FN=

Horsham Climate Cafe: http://www.horshamrepaircafe.org.uk

IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Chapter 3) https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/

IPPR: Institute for Public Policy Research https://www.ippr.org/about

Knepp Estate Rewilding, Horsham https://knepp.co.uk/home

NFU: National Farmers Union https://www.nfuonline.com/about-us/our-offices/south-east/

Possible https://www.wearepossible.org/climate-change-explained

QUNO: Quaker United Nations Office https://quno.org/resource/quaker-statement-climate-change

Soil Association https://www.soilassociation.org/

SCATE: South Coast Alliance for Transport and the Environment http://scate.org.uk/

SECA: South East Climate Alliance https://seclimatealliance.uk/

SGL: Sussex Green Living https://www.sussexgreenliving.org.uk/

SWT: Sussex Wildlife Trust https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/

The Wiggonholt Association http://www.wiggonholt.org/

University College London: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-sciences/people/academic/prof-dan-osborn

UK Government https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121005144028/
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Environmentandgreenerliving/Thewiderenvironment/index.htm

UK Harvest: https://www.ukharvest.org.uk/what-we-do

United Nations Climate Programme https://www.unenvironment.org/

WSCC: West Sussex County Council https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/

XR: Extinction Rebellion https://rebellion.earth/