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Sustainable St Albans is a local charity, run by volunteers, working with a larger group of volunteers – we are a group of local people making St Albans District a more environmentally sustainable place to live.
Together we find positive and creative ways to act across St Albans, Harpenden and the villages to raise awareness and address the challenges of climate change, live more sustainably, and move towards a low-carbon economy.
Sustainable St Albans is registered charity and a member of the UK-wide Transition Network.
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Speak like you mean it: The Good Communicator by Virginia Cinquemani
For Our Planet Our Future’s latest book club meeting, we picked The Good Communicator by local sustainability executive coach and trainer Virginia Cinquemani. We aptly met on the hottest June day in recorded history, and unfortunately, the high temperatures meant not all readers could join us. But it felt like a fitting time to be…
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Meet the Stallholder – Aunty Satya’s Durban-style curry masala
Do you enjoy cooking up delicious meals from scratch? Then you’ll love Harpenden Sustainability Market newcomer Aunty Satya. They’ll be back with their Durban-style home-ground curry masala made from a traditional family recipe on Sunday the 20th of September. Based just down the road in St Albans, Aunty Satya is run by Tanuja, who came…
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Meet the Stallholders – Championing cycling in St Albans District with the St Albans Cycle Campaign
Cycling is a great way to get around. It’s good for our health, good for the environment and often a more enjoyable way to travel. But not everyone who wants to cycle does. St Albans Cycle Campaign is working to change that. As well as encouraging people to get on their bikes, the group works…
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Breaking the cycle: how the Netherlands became bike-friendly in Together We Cycle
The Netherlands is regarded by many as the cycling capital of the world. But did you know this wasn’t always the way? The film Together We Cycle charts the events and culture shifts that led to a revival of Dutch cycling culture, from the 1970s to today. We screened it at our latest Our Planet Our…
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The path of most resistance: We Will Not Be Saved by Nemonte Nenquimo
Are small communities destined to lose to powerful Big Oil? Not necessarily. For April’s Our Planet Our Future Book Club, we read We Will Not Be Saved by Nemonte Nenquimo with Mitch Anderson. The memoir takes us on a journey from Nenquimo’s childhood deep within Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest to leading her people to victory against…
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Join us on the 17th of May to discover eco gifts, vegan food and more
Harpenden Sustainability Market is back on the 17th of May, when we’ll be joined by some of the market’s most-loved stalls, plus some new faces to discover. Find out all about which local businesses will be there this spring with our market roundup. First, coffee! What better way to start with an organic, fairtrade coffee…
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