June 2025 Eco report
Big Green Week – 7th – 15th June 2025
Various events are happening to mark this week; come to an event and join the 1 million people across the UK taking action for nature and climate.
– see the poster about Rising Sea Levels at Avenue St Andrews on 10th June elsewhere in this edition.
Green Fest at Itchen Valley Country Park – 15th June from 10.00am with all day market stalls, Romsey Ukulele Group performing at 10.30am and 12.00 and Liberty’s Raptor displays at 11.30am and 2.30pm. A day packed with eco fun and activities for the whole family.
System Update” -A free premiere screening of this new climate film with a Q and A session with the director on June 11th, 2025 – 6pm Kings School Tower Auditorium, Romsey Road, Winchester, SO22 5PN. This film reveals how radical shifts in our political, economic, and social systems can protect our generation and the planet from climate change. System Update offers understanding, new ideas, and inspiration for action. (Winchester Action on the Climate Crisis charity).
A Rocha eco church online prayer forum June 19 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Please register for this event at https://arocha.org.uk/event/eco-church-prayer-forum-online-11/ or via the events page on their website.
United Nations World Ocean Day – 8th June 2025
This year’s theme is “Wonder – Sustaining what sustains us” The event is to be held in Nice, France and then from 9th -13th June the World Ocean Conference takes place with the aim to protect biodiversity and sustainably use our oceans. Over 70% of the earth’s surface is ocean but only 1.45% of international waters and 19.29% of national waters are protected. I recently saw David Attenborough’s stunning but shocking film, Ocean, at the cinema. Despite the appalling damage we are doing with huge trawlers constantly scraping the bottom of the ocean bed just to get a few scallops, destroying everything in their path, and overfishing with no thought to the 3 billion people living near coasts or rivers who depend on fish to survive, and the damage global warming is doing, there is still hope. If left alone, the ocean is incredible at regenerating itself within a decade or so, with many species coming in from unspoilt parts. It is essential that we halt the destruction and use more sustainable ways to fish. My hope is that the sea bed dredgers are banned or at least severely limited in their use and that the conference aim of an increase in marine protected zones to a third of the ocean is achieved. Last year’s WOD reached 80 million people on social media, with 180k programme views and 38 global speakers, so please follow on line.
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