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Newsletter March – April 2025

Welcome to the March & April 2025 issue of our E-Newsletter full of news, views and information.

Buxton Library of Things Celebrates One Year of Community Borrowing

The Buxton Library of Things is celebrating it’s first birthday. Launched on 30th January 2024 the community borrowing service has been embraced by local people – nearly 200 people have..

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Buxton Community School Hosts Clothes Swap to Combat Fast Fashion

Fast fashion, which sees clothing produced at a rapid pace and often discarded afterminimal use, has a significant impact on the environment. The global fashion industry isresponsible for an estimated..

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Full speed ahead sounds goodUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres cut through the misinformation about the cost of renewables during his remarks after today's closed-door meeting with key Heads of State and Government, and we're so glad to hear it.In more good news coming from this @‌UnitedNations meeting: momentum does keep building toward #COP30 in Brazil, as more and more countries realize that even though "dissenters and fossil fuel interests may try to stand in the way .... the world is moving forward. Full-speed ahead."It's wonderful to see the Secretary-General outline a path forward that's so well-aligned with 350's own vision of a just transition.It's right for our communities. It's right for our economy. It's right for our planet. As Guterres goes on to say: "The path out of climate hell is paved by renewables." 🔥Read his full remarks here: www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/press-encounter/2025-04-23/secretary-generals-press-encounter-climate ... See MoreSee Less
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The resilience of nature is inspiring!Imagine... what could come back > www.resurgence.org/magazine/article6442-imagine-what-could-come-back.htmlA celebration of rewilding and renaturing.If there is one clear message coming from rewilding circles and efforts – on land and sea – it is the joyous message that, given a chance, Nature does not waste time restoring human-damaged ecosystems and bringing back to those rewilded areas some of what we had thought was lost to us for good.I can’t think of a better message for us to celebrate as spring unfurls in the UK, so the special theme in this issue is dedicated to a celebration of not just rewilding, but the less-known initiative of renaturing too...When it comes to the topic of rewilding there is perhaps much metaphor and symbolism for the current and collective yearning of the human psyche and spirit here too.#Art: Insect World by Kristina Gauer ... See MoreSee Less
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Appreciating the Earth and all the living beings who make up this incredible planet. Dr. Jane Goodall is right, we should treat every day as Earth Day. ... See MoreSee Less
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