Getting your voice heard! Gedling’s first ever Climate and Nature Convention.
Gedling Climate Change Group are hosting a Climate and Nature Convention on Saturday 18th November 2023 from 10:00 to 15:00 hours at The Civic Centre, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 6LU.
The Gedling Climate Change Group are a group of people from all walks of life with one thing in common; we want to make a change! We organise events, share resources and meet regularly to inform, explain and campaign about climate change.
Gedling Climate Change Group have organised several events locally in recent years, including everything from hosting a political Hustings on climate challenges to campaigns for local chip shops to use less plastic! There’s no issue too big or small!
We have organised the Climate and Nature Convention, as we believe nothing like this has been done on a local level in the Gedling area and surrounding boroughs. People are hugely concerned about the Climate Crisis but often feel like their voice isn’t heard and don’t know how they can change that, or that smaller scale changes and projects can get ignored. Well, we’re hoping to have the answer to those worries!
The Climate and Nature Convention will be a day where everyone will have their chance to ask questions, raise concerns and learn about what we can do to address the climate and nature emergency.
The day will run from 10:00 to 15:00 hours and will be ticketed.
There will be guest speakers throughout the day, along with facilitated group discussions and stalls from organisations that all work with the climate and nature at the heart of what they do.
We are also hosting a free screening of “Offshore”, an independent documentary that brings together varying perspectives on working in offshore oil and gas and renewable energy, as part of the convention.
As a group we will be collecting the findings from the day and feeding these directly back to the local council, to ensure local people’s views and concerns are communicated effectively and cannot be ignored.
Confirmed to speak at the convention is Dr Simon Berrow, a well-respected international lecturer on Marine Biology and travels around the world. He is a university lecturer at GMIT (Galway Mayo Institute of Technology), CEO of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group and has also been on the heritage council as a marine advisor to the Irish Government.
Tickets to the convention are free and booked through eventbrite:
We want as many people to attend as possible so we can all make a difference, together!
