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SUSTAINABLE BRAMPTON COP26 AND LOCAL NEWS

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We are a community organisation committed to minimising our impact on the environment, promoting local food production and local businesses and building a stronger community through practical activities and campaigning.

Links (underlined) to further information are included wherever possible. New entries are in blue, those in grey are repeats from the previous newsletter.

THINK GLOBAL

COP26 Glasgow. COP26 will be showcasing some of the events happening in the Green Zone to 12 Nov and you can also visit the Google Arts and Culture Digital Green Zone .

How to Lobby Your MP. A short video showing how persistent you need to be to influence your MP, in this case the Local Electricity Bill. See powerforpeople.org.uk/the-key-to-influencing-your-mp Together we can transform things!

ACT LOCAL

BRAMPTON FAIRTRADE TOWN
Good news! Brampton has been granted renewal of its status as a Fairtrade Town. The next renewal will be in Oct 23. This represents a lot of work by members of the Fairtrade Group under challenging circumstances. Anyone wishing to find out more please contact Kate at cmallan4@hotmail.co.uk

CARLISLE WORLD SHOP
Carlisle World Shop will be extending its opening hours in the run-up to Christmas. Starting Tue 2nd Nov it will be open Monday through Saturday, 10am to 4.30pm. Beginning on Sun 21st Nov until Sun 19th Dec it will also be open on Sundays, 12 noon to 4 pm.

WARWICK BRIDGE CORN MILL
Did you know that Rye is milled at the Corn Mill? Rye is a cereal grain related to wheat traditionally grown in Europe. We also make stoneground wholemeal (Dark) and white (Light) varieties of rye flour and have some great rye breads for sale on Click & Collect, as well as packs of Light and Dark Rye flour. Try our German-style Rustic Rye, Fruit Rye and Caraway Rye loaves as an alternative to 100% wheat based breads. Rye is naturally lower in gluten and contains more fibre and nutrients such as vitamin B.

EVENTS

5 NOV - FIREWORKS NIGHT AT SUSAN’S FARM HOUGHTON
Community ‘Bonfire Night’ from 6pm on 5 Nov at www.susansfarm.co.uk/ Houghton. Gates open 6pm, bonfire lit 6.30pm. The website link contains much more information about this remarkable sustainable farm. Enquiries to Susan on 01228 548336 or susan.aglionby@btinternet.com

6 NOV – CLIMATE JUSTICE RALLY CARLISLE
A public rally in Carlisle on 6th Nov. See Carlisle rally for climate justice and jobs: part of the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice. (facebook.com). Please let Rakesh know if you are likely to be coming along at rakesh.prashara@foe.co.uk.

7 NOV - SEEDS OF RESILIENCE
The Cumbria Sustainability Network (CSN) will be holding a live event on 7th Nov (10am-4pm) celebrating COP26 Nature Day at the National Trust Footprint building at St Catherine’s (Windermere, LA23 1NH), organised in partnership with Zero Carbon Cumbria Partnership and the National Trust. This will also be a chance to meet the CSN team as well as think through future plans for Cumbria.

Please make two bookings if you are planning to come for both the morning and afternoon sessions:
Seeds of Resilience: Session 1 (cafs.org.uk)
Seeds of Resilience: Session 2 (cafs.org.uk)

BRAMPTON’S CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE TALKS (LIVE AND ZOOM)
See http://cafescientifique.org/brampton. Tickets £4 in advance (£5 on the night) may be purchased at https://www.bramptoncc.org.uk/regular-activities/cafesci/. Live attendees receive a free drink and a raffle ticket. Full time students free if notified in advance. Talks are normally recorded. All enquiries to timothycoombe@damhead.me

11 Nov (live) – Jack Brennand: ‘Understanding blanket bogs: carbon, degradation and restoration’. This talk was postponed from 28 Oct.

28 Nov (live) – Owen Morgan: ‘Belonging and connecting - The value of hill farming culture and community to the management of the upland environment’.


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