Forthcoming events from Sustainable St Albans and friends – across St Albans, Harpenden and the villages.
13 Jul – Sustainable living – learnings from lockdown 7.30 – 9.00pm Join us for a series of short talks and discussion about sustainable living and what we have learnt from the coronavirus lockdown. The event is free and will take place via Zoom, book your place here
7.30pm Thurs 30 July – Share chat/tips on Plastic Free July: SSA Open Meeting – #PlasticFreeJuly feedback . Time: Jul 30, 2020 19:30 London. Join Zoom Meeting click here:
Meeting ID: 817 2068 4897
Password: 462197
The Story of Plastic -Brand new film special #lockdown online screening – Tickets Limited for 1st July. 
FREE Online screening ‘The Story of Plastic – Wed 1st July 7pm. Details and tickets here. With post-film panel discussion at 8.30pm with Jen Gale, author of the popular Sustainable-ish blog and book; Amanda Yorwerth, St.Albans Friends of the Earth, and Catherine Ross from Sustainable St Albans.
Playing Out
Playing Out sessions cannot take place at this time; however if you are interested in starting Playing Out on your street later in the year, please do get in touch with us. You can find all the information that you need to start Playing Out is on our webpage here.
In the meantime here is a video by Playing Out about Playing In!
Open Food Gardens is going virtual for 2020!
We can’t run our programme of garden visits in 2020, so this year we are “going virtual” by creating videos of food growing in local gardens. We now have three virtual open food gardens on our Open Food Gardens page.
More videos will be added during the summer, do get in touch if you would like a make a short (up to 2 minute) video of your open food garden.
Our Planet Our Future events in 2020 
Evening speaker and discussion events, 2nd Monday of alternate months, 7.30 – 9.30pm usually at Bennets, (and where necessary via Zoom)
13 Jul – Sustainable living – learnings from lockdown 7.30 – 9.00pm Join us for a series of short talks and discussion about sustainable living and what we have learnt from the coronavirus lockdown. The event is free and will take place via Zoom, book your here
14 Sep – Leave your car at home! Boots, bikes and buses, an evening with talks and discussion on alternative ways to get around that are kinder to the planet. Free event (probably via Zoom) please book via Meetup here
9 Nov Sustainable holidays. Contributors include James Blake, CEO of the Youth Hostel Association. Free event, please book via Meetup here
Sustainability Festival 2020 has been postponed until 2021
For more information see the festival website at www.sustfest.org
Carbon literacy/Climate awareness courses in 2020
If you are interested in attending a session or finding out more please email us here
Thermal imaging camera information sessions
Camera sessions have finished for this winter; they will resume in winter 2020/21
Thursday 18th June 8pm Food Garden Question Time online Book here
Grow Community Sopwell host the ZOOM online Food Garden Question Time with local food gardeners, Amanda Yorwerth, Ian Langford – chair of FoodSmiles St Albans and Sopwell gardener and allotment holder Michelle Mackenzie. See more and book your ticket on Eventbrite here
Getting Involved in Sustainable St Albans -Zoom Meetings 
An informal online Zoom session aimed at anyone who wants to hear a little more about the work of Sustainable St Albans and find out how they could take part –
- Getting Involved – Wednesday 10 June, 10-11am, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88135835615
- Getting Involved – Wednesday 10 June, 8-9pm, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84607975377
