Past meetings
May 2017 meeting: 10 Year Celebration of Sustainable Frome
In May we celebrated 10 years of Sustainable Frome. It was a chance for members old and new to celebrate achievements and peer into the future. Our trip down memory…
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April: 6th April 2017: Sustainable Water At our One Planet Frome meeting this month on Sustainable Water, we were treated to a fascinating presentation by Mike Blackmore, the conservation officer for…
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March: 2nd March 2017: Zero Carbon March’s One Planet Frome session was on the theme of Zero Carbon. We explored our own experiences – how have we learnt about climate change? For many…
Read MoreFebruary 2017 meeting: Local & Sustainable Food
February: 2nd February 2017: Local & Sustainable Food Our discussions explored, existing systems for producing, distributing, selling and consuming food have become totally dysfunctional, profoundly inequitable and unsustainable. With an expected…
Read MoreJanuary 2017 meeting: Health & Happiness
January: 5th January 2017: Health & Happiness January’s meeting focused on Living Well and Dying Well and was inspired by the One Planet Living theme of Health and Happiness. Mike Grenville (Funeral Celebrant, Dying Doula and…
Read MoreDecember 2016 meeting: Culture & Heritage
December: 1st December 2016: Culture & Heritage December’s meeting was inspired by the One Planet Living theme of Culture and Heritage. We explored the role the arts can play in relation to the…
Read MoreNovember 2016 meeting: Equity & Local Economy
November: 3rd November 2016: Equity & Local Economy The One Planet Living theme for our November meeting was ‘Equity and the Local Economy’ and the focus was housing. In recent times…
Read MoreOctober 2016 meeting: Zero Waste
October: 6th October 2016: Zero Waste We watched the film Bag It which outlines the massive impact that plastic is having on our environment and health. For anyone that missed it Sustainable Frome…
Read MoreSeptember 2016 meeting: Sustainable Materials
1st September 2016: Sustainable Materials The theme for September’s One Planet Frome meeting was Sustainable Materials – using sustainable, healthy products with low embedded energy, sourced locally, and made from renewable or waste…
Read MoreJuly 2016 meeting: Nature Rights – a new way to protect nature in Frome?
July: 7th July 2016 Nature Rights – a new way to protect nature in Frome? In this time of uncertainty, it feels that now more than ever we need to get…
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