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River Deben Association Autumn Talk – Confessions of a Serial Litter Picker

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River Deben Association Autumn Talk

Confessions of a Serial Litter Picker

How litter and plastic impacts our environment

Master litter picker Jason Alexander explains

Tuesday November 5th, Quay Church, Woodbridge IP12 1BX
(doors open at 7 pm, talk at 7.30)

Jason Alexander has established an award-winning UK social enterprise dedicated to inspiring long-term positive changes in attitudes towards littering.

Based at the UK’s first Vintage Litter Museum located just off Jetty Lane in Woodbridge, Jason hosts a variety of community groups, clubs and events designed to give people the knowledge, skills and encouragement to live a litter-free lifestyle.

The River Deben Association is really pleased to have Jason come to talk about his vision, experiences and achievements. He will be bringing exhibits from the museum, and there will be plenty of time for questions after the talk.

Entry is free for RDA members and under 18s, £5 for non-members.
Free refreshments will be served.
Tickets are available from Eventbrite
For more information on membership, see here.

In talk hosted by River Deben Association, Lord Deben urges Suffolk voters to hold their politicians to account over climate change

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WOODBRIDGE, 27 OCTOBER 2023 — Lord Deben, the former chair of the UK Climate Change Committee, and former Conservative Secretary of State for the Environment and MP for Suffolk Coastal, on Thursday urged voters to hold politicians to account over climate change during a talk in Woodbridge for the River Deben Association (RDA). Continue reading →

Litter Pick – Tue 14 Feb and Sat 25 Feb

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What a happy bunch of liitter pickers! We had a tremendous turn out on the 29 January at the Melton Riverside Litter Pick and thank you so much to all of you who came out. We were over 30 in number and had a great couple of hours of clearing the riverside environs.

Please join us for the half term session on 14th February, meeting at Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club at 10.30. Continue reading →

COP 27 and beyond – A talk about Climate Change by Lord Deben – Dec 8th

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“Carbon Capture” reproduced by kind permission of James Ferguson at the Financial Times

COP 27 and beyond.

What can we do to help reach Net Zero?

A talk about Climate Change by Lord Deben

Thursday December 8th 7pm, Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge

(doors open 6 pm)

Change of speaker – Councillor Richard Rout has kindly stepped in at the last moment to give a talk instead of Lord Deben.

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