Ryedale Environment Week gets underway this weekend with a series of talks and information.
This year’s event, run by Ryedale Environmental Group, coincides with The Great Big Green Week, which runs from Saturday, September 18 to the 26.
The Ryedale Ecofair is on Saturday 10am – 3pm at the Pickering Memorial Hall. Local environmental groups from around Ryedale will present, together with stalls from over 20 other environmental organisations, local, regional and national
Environment Week will also feature a series of live virtual events and talks on Zoom, providing inspiration and practical advice on steps we can all take to live greener lives.
Diet, sustainable transport, energy and wildlife-friendly gardening will be among the topics covered, as well as an update on progress with tackling the climate emergency.
One of the highlights of the week will be a talk by Jen Gale, at 7pm on Monday on “green parenting”.
Jen describes herself as “an ordinary, knackered mum of two whose life changed when she dragged her family into a year of buying…
