A workshop run by Chester Quakers as an event associated with the Cathedral Exhibition "Our Journey to Sustainability" Learn about how the way you spend, save and invest money can make a huge impact on the world around us. Free of charge but please register at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/money-makes-change-tickets-99010602377 if you would like to attend.
Our final Forum meeting before the summer break. Speaker TBA MEETING NOW CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
Here is the poster for this year's Hiroshima and Nagasaki Flower Memorial on August 6th at 8pm. Our usual pattern has been adapted to meet social distancing, so all the group events will take place on The Groves. If you and your friends then want to walk onto the bridge to drop flowers, or walk […]
Our first meeting of the 2020/21 period takes place in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and before restrictions and constraints have fully eased. This Forum will therefore be run as a Zoom session. Our speaker will be Namrata Bhattacharya-Mis (Namrata), giving a talk "Global Health Update" based on her current research. Namrata is Gill […]
This meeting, like the one that had to be cancelled in March, is to discuss the future of the group. When this incarnation of CND was set up, there was the possibility of cancelling the next Trident order, but in the current climate, there is no obvious immediate focus for our activities. The group can […]
2-3.00pm The Cross, Chester Last month's Vigil was very successful, catching shoppers' attention, the group standing in front of empty shops and conveniently situated for maximum visibility. The Group knows that some avoid these events, feeling uncomfortable handing out leaflets. At this event leaflets are only given to those who approach us. Come and support […]
Joining at 6.00 for start at 6.15pm. Issues to be raised and discussed with Chris include: the Foreign Office/International Development merger; working towards Zero Carbon Britain; post-EU Trade Deals; Covid and developing country Debt. The session will be Zoom-hosted and chaired by Gill Miller. We hope you can join in. To participate please email bernard.payne691@btinternet.com […]
A Virtual weekend, where a variety of contributors will be speaking on a range of environmental and social topics. Each session will last around an hour with time for Q&A from the audience. Sessions will take place across the whole weekend and anyone can register to watch as many sessions as they like, live via […]
Greenpeace nationally has started a Transport campaign. Locally we wish to organise an event, Wednesday 14th October at 6:30 pm, where we can engage our local authorities to speak on local transport issues, and particularly seeking contributions from groups that are campaigning on the intersections of race and transport, and the accessibility of transport, and […]
Our recent vigils have been very successful, catching shoppers' attention, the group standing in front of empty shops and conveniently situated for maximum visibility. The Group knows that some avoid these events, feeling uncomfortable handing out leaflets. At this event leaflets are only given to those who approach us. Come and support us! To let […]
Please note this date is one week earlier than the Forum’s traditional 2nd Tuesday slot. Prior to the Forum business meeting Stephen Maund will be giving us an update on his work in Malawi with the Capacity Foundation. Their activities are focussed on northern Malawi, and seek to end aid dependency by enabling people to […]
By putting on this exhibition with Chester Cathedral, the Chester Sustainability Forum aims to display the wide range of responses to the climate emergency that are being planned and implemented by the many faith groups, environmental groups, businesses, and political parties which share the common objective of improving the environmental sustainability of Chester and its […]
