Forthcoming events from Sustainable St Albans and friends – across St Albans, Harpenden and the villages.
Rachie Ross of Operation Noah will speak on the subject of 'For the Love of God and Creation, let's clean up the Church's money shall we?' Rachie is an active… Read More »Thinking Lunch: For the Love of God and Creation.
Meet on the hill in Verulamium by the lake and the Roman wall to create a fluorescent octopus shape to reflect the bioluminescence of the deep ocean. We will provide the hi-viz colour. Our outline will be photographed and videoed as part of a global Greenpeace campaign calling on governments to stop deep sea mining… Read More »Human Art Creation of an Octopus for Stop Deep Sea Mining
A two part course to help you understand the carbon impacts of your choices, and feel motivated and supported to take action. Carbon Literacy Training is “an awareness of the… Read More »Place Positive: Carbon Literacy Training
Bring your unwanted plastic plant pots and empty compost bags to the garden centre for recycling. Pots and compost bags can be deposited in our designated recycling bins.
Look out for signs dotted around the District throughout the festival period to learn more about our wonderful trees and their value to us and nature.
Right across our schedule hear features on sustainability and environmental themes, plus interviews with the people organising SustFest events and the issues they are working on.
Call into the Cathedral and leave your prayers and thoughts to help us as a community to live more sustainably and address social justice issues.
South Herts Cyclists present a SustFest edition of their Five Miles to Fabulous women-only cycle rides. We meet in Fleetville, under the canopy on the Hatfield Road frontage of Morrisons. We split into two groups, a very easy-paced group covering typically five to eight miles and a groups that goes a bit further and a… Read More »Women-only Cycle Ride for SustFest/Great Big Green Week
Join us this year for St Albans Sustainability Festival to make a Sakura Bath Bomb and Wild Flower Seed Bomb for your garden! We will be making our super popular Sakura Bath Bomb whilst learning about some of the regenerative ingredients we use at Lush and how they help protect endangered animals. We will also… Read More »Bath Bomb and Seed Bomb Making
A showing of the film The Letter: Laudato Si'. Pope Francis wrote an “encyclical letter”–a short book - called Laudato Si’. It encourages us to see how “everything is connected.” The way we treat the Earth, our common home, is a reflection of how we treat each other. Caring for each other means caring for… Read More »Film Screening – The Letter: Laudato Si’
Join us for our first ever Community Showcase event, to highlight charities, not for profit and other organisations that operate locally to support social justice and environmental issues and build a stronger, more inclusive community. On Saturday 10 June 2023, 11am – 3pm, we will be welcoming more than 50 organisations to the Cathedral, providing… Read More »St Albans Community Showcase
Together with the RSPB, join Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust volunteers for Peregrine Watch within the grounds of the Cathedral to find out more about these magnificent birds and get a close up view through telescopes and binoculars, which will be provided.
Don’t chuck it, repair it! St Albans District Fixers are coming to St Albans URC, Greenwood to help repair household fabrics and electrical items you might otherwise throw away. This… Read More »Repair Fair – St Albans URC, Greenwood
Come along to our church and pick up some plants that are beneficial for pollinators. We'll have lots on offer and we'll also be welcoming donations of spare seedlings and plants to share with the community.
Soroptimist International St Albans collects barely worn bras for Smalls for All® , a charity that collects underwear for people in Africa and the UK who can’t afford or can’t get any. Because dignity matters. This is an opportunity to go through your undies drawer and find good homes for those bras that still have… Read More »‘Smalls for All’ Collection Point
Site tour of the Folly Lane allotment site, starting at 2.30pm for 90 minutes. Please book your free place via the link below. The tour will cover; Site introduction/ safety. What is needed for good crops & what is healthy soil? Site resources organisation for growth and wildlife. 5 composting/manure techniques. Dig and no dig.… Read More »Folly Lane Allotment Tour – looking at food growing, encouraging nature and carbon sequestration
Join us this year for St Albans Sustainability Festival to make a Sakura Bath Bomb and Wild Flower Seed Bomb for your garden! We will be making our super popular Sakura Bath Bomb whilst learning about some of the regenerative ingredients we use at Lush and how they help protect endangered animals. We will also… Read More »Bath Bomb and Seed Bomb Making
Call into the Cathedral and leave your prayers and thoughts to help us as a community to live more sustainably and address social justice issues.
LEAF Open Farm Sunday is farming’s annual open day, giving visitors the opportunity to learn more about farming and the countryside and farmers the chance to talk about what they’re so proud of: British farming! Plus, it’s FREE ENTRY. Rarely open to the public, Rothamsted Farm is set in an historic campus on the Rothamsted… Read More »Open Farm Sunday at Rothamsted
Come celebrate local food growing with us! Seed & seedling swap, planting, activities for children, cake and refreshments and more at our Annual Community Garden Open Day. Everyone welcome. Please note: this event will go ahead in light rain.
Drop in to the community garden and explore the fruit and veg grown in St Albans, Harpenden & the villages. Tips, advice & inspiration for growing your own will be on offer.
Come and join us to count bees, butterflies and beetles. See how many you can identify in a BioBlitz square in 15 minutes! You could download the iNaturalist app to help with identifications. The Abbey Orchard meadow space is situated in the lower end of the Abbey Orchard on the right hand side of the… Read More »BioBlitz In The Abbey Orchard Meadow Space
Together with the RSPB, join Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust volunteers for Peregrine Watch within the grounds of the Cathedral to find out more about these magnificent birds and get a close up view through telescopes and binoculars, which will be provided.
This 'taster' event of our new project, The Green House, a friendly and inclusive hub run by members of the local community to provide information and advice on sustainability, protecting local wildlife and reducing our carbon footprint. Check back for more event details.