WF Community Climate Action Network Events
Clothes Swap
There are enough clothes on the planet to dress the next 6 generations. Join us at The Hornbeam to refresh your wardrobe while keeping textiles out of the pipeline that often dumps them on what once a beautiful beach in Ghana.
Details TBC
Introduction to Permaculture
Introduction to Permaculture Course
Connect with nature. Be inspired. Start your journey into sustainable living.
Join passionate Permaculture teacher; Jess Austin, for a weekend exploring the fundamentals of permaculture – a powerful design approach for creating resilient, sustainable systems in gardens, farms, communities, and beyond. Whether you’re completely new to the idea or want to explore it further, this course will give you the tools, inspiration, and confidence to begin applying permaculture principles in your daily life. Our Introduction to Permaculture Course is UK CPD Accredited with the Permaculture Association Britain.
The course runs for two full days, from 10am to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday.
The course fee is £180.
You will be awarded a certificate on completion of the course, as this is a UK CPD Accredited course with the Permaculture Association Britain.
Book your place here - https://jessaustin.co.uk/permaculture/introduction-course-booking-form
FEELERS. Unruly Ecologies: An Entangled Reading Group
A creative exploration of the fertile ground of composting, the de- and re-composition of organic matter
Unruly Ecologies is an Art and Ecology reading group for people who don’t necessarily like reading groups. No need to read anything in advance.
This session's question is: THE GENEROUS ROT: WHAT COMES ALIVE THROUGH DECAY?
Tickets available at Eventbrite
Idle Hands x Hornbeam Mending Circle
Join local textile artist and long time repair fanatic Bronwyn Opland @idle__hands__ for a monthly Mending Circle here at The Hornbeam.
Book your spot at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mending-circle-tickets-2001390790731
Wanstead Climate Cafe - Listening Circle
What is a Climate Cafe Listening Circle? An informal group space with a simple structure in which people speak and listen to one another’s feelings and concerns about our changing climate. It is a tried and tested approach developed by the Climate Psychology Alliance (CPA). There are no formal speakers, action plans or debates but rather space for participants to share what’s on their mind in the face of an uncertain future.
Why have a Listening Circle? Polls show that concern for the climate and ecological crisis is shared by a majority of UK citizens yet feelings accompanying this can be difficult and complex, leading to division or silence and a sense of powerlessness.
Who for? Anyone who wants to ‘stop and think’ amidst the clamour - concerned citizen, person of faith, activist or armchair worrier. Local residents Dave Eldridge and Liz Bodycote, who have been trained in the CPA approach, will be participant facilitators. Book a place for one of the dates to join us! You can come as a ‘one off’ or may want to return to a future cafe. The group, of around 8 people, will be small enough to allow each person to speak freely and to enable respectful listening.
Where? The forest surroundings of the Quaker Meeting House will offer a calm and peaceful atmosphere along with tea, coffee and cake. The space has been generously provided rent free by Wanstead Quakers.
To book your free place or find out more, email Liz Bodycote.
Idle Hands x Hornbeam Mending Circle
Join local textile artist and long time repair fanatic Bronwyn Opland @idle__hands__ for a monthly Mending Circle here at The Hornbeam.
Book your spot at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mending-circle-tickets-2001390790731
The Generous Rot. Unruly Ecologies: An Entangled Reading Group
A creative exploration of the fertile ground of composting, the de- and re-composition of organic matter
This session's question is: THE GENEROUS ROT: WHAT COMES ALIVE THROUGH DECAY?
Waltham Forest Food Growers Network Harvest Fair
Don’t miss our annual celebration of growing, harvest, and all the hard work put into producing local, organic food in Waltham Forest!
This will be a coming together of the community, with space for celebration, story, and delicious food. All proceeds will raise money for the FGN to help continue our vital work supporting community growing and food sovereignty across the borough.
People's Emergency Briefing - St John's Church Leytonstone
The upcoming film hosting is a collaboration between St John's Church, BARA (Bushwood Residents Association) Climate Resilience Group and Transition Leytonstone.
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/transitionleytonstone/2420395
Wanstead Climate Cafe - Listening Circle
What is a Climate Cafe Listening Circle? An informal group space with a simple structure in which people speak and listen to one another’s feelings and concerns about our changing climate. It is a tried and tested approach developed by the Climate Psychology Alliance (CPA). There are no formal speakers, action plans or debates but rather space for participants to share what’s on their mind in the face of an uncertain future.
Why have a Listening Circle? Polls show that concern for the climate and ecological crisis is shared by a majority of UK citizens yet feelings accompanying this can be difficult and complex, leading to division or silence and a sense of powerlessness.
Who for? Anyone who wants to ‘stop and think’ amidst the clamour - concerned citizen, person of faith, activist or armchair worrier. Local residents Dave Eldridge and Liz Bodycote, who have been trained in the CPA approach, will be participant facilitators. Book a place for one of the dates to join us! You can come as a ‘one off’ or may want to return to a future cafe. The group, of around 8 people, will be small enough to allow each person to speak freely and to enable respectful listening.
Where? The forest surroundings of the Quaker Meeting House will offer a calm and peaceful atmosphere along with tea, coffee and cake. The space has been generously provided rent free by Wanstead Quakers.
To book your free place or find out more, email Liz Bodycote.
Re-Writing Our Future
Who gets to write our future?
What role do stories play in building collective hope and imagining a different world?
Spore Collective - Unruly Ecologies: An Entangled Reading Group - FUNGUS
What happens when we stop thinking of organisms as independent individuals? Explore art & ecology in this candlelit reading group, convened and hosted by Laura House.
Unruly Ecologies is an Art and Ecology reading group for people who don’t necessarily like reading groups. No need to read anything in advance.
What happens when we stop thinking of organisms as independent individuals?
Community Apothecary’s Mulberry Close Open Day
Community Apothecary’s gorgeous Mulberry Close Allotment is open for workshops, conviviality, a pot luck, tours and a chance to test a leafy alternative to toilet paper!
Idle Hands x Hornbeam Mending Circle
Join local textile artist and long time repair fanatic Bronwyn Opland @idle__hands__ for a monthly Mending Circle here at The Hornbeam.
Book your spot at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mending-circle-tickets-2001390790731
Our Streets, Our Homes
Join us for dinner + a discussion on an alternative future for housing in Waltham Forest.
The ongoing (and fully intentional) housing crisis, forces many of us into precarious, unhealthy and unaffordable housing. How could things be different? We're hosting a community conversation to start dreaming up an alternative future!
Climate Cafe
Are you concerned about the climate emergency?
You're not alone.
We're all beginning to feel the impact of the climate and ecological emergency here in Waltham Forest where we have experienced fire and floods. Add to that the rising cost of fuel and groceries, many of us are having to tighten our belts or risk falling into debt.
We need to talk about this. As friends and neighbours, we can support each other through these times. Nobody should have to face this crisis alone. Let's show each other empathy and concern because together, as a community, we can meet any challenge.
Please join us for this FREE EVENT (donations welcome). All are welcome, especially those with no prior experience or involvement with this type of event.
Rob Stuart is a Walthamstow based psychodynamic counsellor with a particular interest in the climate emergency. He is a registered member of the British Psychoanalytic Council, the British Associate of Counselling and Psychotherapy, the Birkbeck Counselling Association and the Climate Psychology Alliance.
Book your free space here -
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-need-to-talk-about-this-tickets-1996435595609
Drinks (tea, coffee and cold drinks) provided, feel free to bring a snack to share if you are able to.
We Make Kids Club
Looking for something fun & meaningful to do with your child?
Join us on July 18th at the Hornbeam cafe (Walthamstow) for a Family Upcycling Pop-Up!
It’s your chance to transform some old clothes into new ones for Summer ☀️
Think fringe tshirt, upcycled shorts, bags, patches, drawing on clothes, hand sewing and sewing machines available!
Anything is possible! We’ll have three one-hour session from 2PM to 5PM so reserve your spot now!
As well as making something unique, you’ll be helping to give clothes a longer life and supporting the Hornbeam’s work around climate action, waste reduction, and building a more sustainable community.
📍 Hornbeam Café, #Walthamstow
�� 18 July
⏰ Choose from three one-hour sessions (between 2PM and 5PM)
🎟️ £6.50 ticket (for 1 adult+1 child), £10.50 (for 1 adult + 2 children), £3 concession ticket (1 adult+1 child)
National Emergency Briefing
In November 2025, the National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature brought together leading experts to present the latest evidence on the climate and nature crisis to politicians and other influential people in Westminster. That evidence is now on the public record.
The presentations have been distilled into a 50 minute film, released today and designed to show in communities. Here's a trailer:
https://youtu.be/JaI-dHgh65Q?feature=shared
It is non partisan and I would be delighted if you would attend, as a member of your community.