Sustainable Bucklebury is a group that started last summer aiming to get people together to promote living sustainably.
We're excited to progress and start new projects in 2025 and do what we can as a community to tackle climate change.
We held public meetings in October and November and our next meeting will be on Tuesday 18th February at 7pm at The Oak Room, Upper Bucklebury. There will be tea, coffee, and cake and hopefully a great turnout of people looking to get involved and contribute some ideas!
During the year we will be sending out some newsletters via e-mail with general information and updates. The plan is for our first newsletter is to have information from our home energy advisory group. If you would like to receive the newsletter, please sign up using the link on our website. We would also welcome contributions!
One of the suggestions at our recent meetings was to produce a map, specific to our area, to include all sustainable initiatives, organisations, and recycling facilities. The general feeling was that it was hard to find specific information, and people were unaware of what could be recycled at which facilities. We are pleased to say that our Sustainable Bucklebury map is now live. We will be looking to add to this map, as we are sure we are missing some initiatives and local facilities, and are aiming to form a complete picture of what is available within, and around, Bucklebury. Please contact us with your updates and suggestions.
Our plans for later in 2025 include wildflower planting and planting a community orchard in the parish meadow in Upper Bucklebury. We have met at the meadows with those experienced in this area and received some fantastic advice on what to plant, how to plant and how to maintain the fruit trees. The next step will be to secure funding so we can begin planting towards the end of the year. We would like to get as many people as possible involved with this project and the on-going care of the orchard.
In the last issue of the Oaks we reported on the success of the Thatcham and Newbury Repair Cafes and our hope to run regular Repair Cafes in Bucklebury. Repair Cafes can be used to get help fixing items you own without having to dispose of them, reducing waste and saving money. There are several keen volunteers, but we would still need a few more. If you have skills you would like to share with the community, for a couple of hours once every three months, let us know. If you think you would come along to a local Repair Café, please submit your interest and tell us what you might like to bring along to get help with.
We want to make the Sustainable Bucklebury group an enjoyable community endeavour, whether you want to simply access more information, occasionally join a project for a couple of hours or get more involved. If you have time, ideas, comments, or energy to spare, or just want to know more, please get in touch.