With the expansion of services we now offer, we need your help to keep it going! If you would be interested in being a volunteer, please get in touch with us at [email protected] #thankyou #community #pullingtogether #support #groups #opportunity

The government’s outdated rhetoric is pitting nature against the economy, but the truth is they go hand in hand. Our CEO sets the record straight. 👇

With an estimated 24 million gardens in the UK, making little changes to how they are cared for can make a big difference to wildlife! Swapping fences for hedges gives refuge to birds and insects, and brilliant blooms provide nectar for pollinators! 👉 wtru.st/2LCKcT1

New content up on CA-WN Exchange today. Read about why the story on road-building in West Northants might not be quite what you think, and how to keep Hope alive in challenging times. Northampton Chron West Northamptonshire Council exchange.ca-wn.org

Has your child's school signed up to National Education Nature Parks? Great resources to green your school and many schools are eligible for a £10k grant, including 11 in West Northants. There's help available with applying too. Learning through Landscapes Natural History Museum exchange.ca-wn.org/110-000-grant-…

Check out climate and environmental events in and around West Northants on our What's On listing. And do let us know if you are organising an event and we'll add it on. Next in the diary is our monthly online Climate Café on Wednesday at 8pm. exchange.ca-wn.org/whats-on/

‘Leave the leaves’ until end March. Many insects including some types of bees, keeping warm in them. (Maybe also even a hedgehog or two if leaves in heaps). #Biodiversity

Thank you to our amazing supporters who raise free funds for us on easyfundraising. If you're not signed up yet, please do and you can raise free donations whenever you shop online this year. Join here: join.easyfundraising.org.uk/no-fuss-meals-…

£110,000 to be claimed by West Northamptonshire schools northamptonchron.co.uk/education/ps11…

Join us online Thurs evening 20/02 to hear Niall Toru, senior lawyer from Friends of the Earth, talk to us about 'Climate in the Courts', and give an update on recent high-profile cases, their impacts and how they might shape future climate action. Register free eventbrite.co.uk/e/105719810097…

Why have words like Woke and acronyms like ULEZ been weaponised in speech, print & online? We examine why West Northamptonshire Council councillors have set themselves against low emissions zones in our latest 'popcawn' opinion piece. exchange.ca-wn.org/popcawn-march-… #ULEZ #cleanair #localelections2025

Climate Cafes are friendly, inclusive & non-judgemental spaces to share emotions & concerns about the climate and nature crises. Join us Weds evening for our monthly online Climate Café. It really does help to share those anxious thoughts. Climate Psychology eventbrite.co.uk/e/105723774956…

We love featuring climate-friendly local businesses in CA-WN Exchange. This month's is See Limited, which works in the notoriously carbon-heavy building industry producing worktops and laminates. Check out our article to see how they do it: exchange.ca-wn.org/see-the-light-…

FREE RANGE this Monday! Our Fortnightly Monday sessions will be this time at our Community Allotment, as we will every four weeks at 10am to help nature on the plot & around allotments, out 10:30-1:30 to stop for lunch til 2pm, let's see what we can do! wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk/eco/nature-ran…

Some great events this week, including a talk on Pollination, Biodiversity & Climate Change by Prof. Jeff Ollerton - @[email protected] in Mkt Harborough on Weds 19th, and on Thu 20th our monthly CA-WN meeting with guest speaker Alan Ryan from West Northamptonshire Council Flood & Water Team. exchange.ca-wn.org/whats-on/

Latest on CA-WN Exchange from guest writer Sienna Mahoney, Journalism student at UniofNorthampton, writing about West Northamptonshire Council Council's new Climate Change and Tree Strategies. exchange.ca-wn.org/council-watch-…

Thoroughly recommend reading this concise and devastating critique of the future for financial markets ("climate-driven market failure") from a Board member of a major insurer. Climate, Risk, Insurance: The Future of Capitalism linkedin.com/pulse/climate-…

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