The Great Big Green Week will shortly be taking place across the St Davids Peninsula with events and activities to celebrate community action and raise awareness of climate change prior to COP26 in Glasgow.
From 18th to 26th September, communities will be coming together for the St Davids Peninsula Great Big Green Week which is being coordinated by EcoDewi with a host of local partners. To check out what is happening visit the Eco Dewi website. The week of activities is part of the UK’s biggest ever event for climate and nature, organised nationally by Climate Cymru and The Climate Coalition. EcoDewi, a community group working with people across the St Davids Peninsula on local projects to benefit the environment, has pulled together a wide range of exciting events and activities in collaboration with brilliant local partners such as Oriel y Parc, TYF, Dr Beynon’s Bug Farm, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority and St Davids Cathedral to name a few.
Iolo Williams, the conservationist and TV presenter, was keen to help promote the special week of events. Iolo, who recently visited the St Davids Peninsula during his BBC TV series Iolo’s Pembrokeshire, shared,
“I am delighted to support EcoDewi’s Great Big Green Week community activities across the St Davids Peninsula, with its emphasis on highlighting climate change and how we can all have a personal role and make a difference.”
The week will include special events such as an: EcoDewi Courtyard Takeover at Oriel y Parc; film nights including a screening of David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet; special evening talks with guest speakers on topics such as reintroducing sea eagles to Pembrokeshire, the county council’s Net Zero plans, Câr-y-Môr’s regenerative 3d ocean farming and the National Trust’s plans for Southwood Estate; an Earth Blessing service at St Davids Cathedral; and loads of activities from the Pembrokeshire Coast National Parks Authority and other providers.
“It’s great to see communities and organisations coming together to celebrate and highlight local action to tackle climate change”, said Pembrokeshire County Councillor Joshua Beynon who will be speaking at one of the evening talk events. “I am really pleased to be a part of the St Davids Peninsula Great Big Green Week where I will be updating residents on the Pembrokeshire County Council’s 2030 Net Zero plans.”
Jeremy Wadia, the event’s coordinator at EcoDewi, commented,
“The Great Big Green Week is the perfect opportunity for everyone to add their voice to Climate Cymru’s campaign and tell our leaders prior to COP26 that we expect more to be done to combat climate change and help those worst affected. The support and encouragement for this week from local organisations has been fantastic!”
Visitors to the week’s activities will be shown how they can quickly sign up to Climate.Cymru’s ‘Add your voice’ campaign which is a simple online way to tell our political leaders that we want strong and meaningful action to protect the things we love. Anyone can add their voice now by visiting https://climate.cymru/add-your-voice.
More than 190 Welsh charities, schools and organisations, including EcoDewi and other Pembrokeshire based organisations, have joined forces to launch the Climate.Cymru campaign focused on the UN Climate Summit (COP26). It’s an important and worthwhile campaign to represent voices from all over Wales to show decision makers that people from Wales want action to protect what they love from the climate and nature emergencies. The campaign will be presented to the Welsh Government at the Senedd in October, prior to Climate Cymru’s attendance at COP26.
To find out more about the St Davids Peninsula Great Big Green Week, visit the Eco Dewi website or search for @ecodewigroup on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can also get in contact directly by emailing jeremy@ecodewi.org.uk
[contented provided by Eco Dewi]
