Events

November

"Plastic, where do you think it goes?" - three public events with environmentalist and local MP Zac Goldmith and short films. See press release for more information about the evening events, and below: Thursday 4th, 7.30 - 9.00pm, American International University, Richmond: with Roz Savage, writer, environmental campaigner, and first woman to row solo across the Pacific. Your invitation and how to book a place here.Friday 5th, 1.00pm,  Duke Street Church, Richmond - a daytime event for local primary schools, with "Sea Shepherd" Mark Sanders-Barwick. For more information contact Jean Loveland on 07833 693 776 or Carol Hegedus at carole@greeneruponthames.orgThursday 11th, 7.00 - 9.00pm, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road campus (Room 1001 on the
  ground floor of the John Galsworthy Building): with Roz Savage, writer, environmental campaigner,
  and first woman to row solo across the Pacific. Your invitation and how to book a place here.

October

Saturday 30th, 10.30am- 4.00pm: Kingston Library celebrates UN Year of Biodiversity and Greener Kingston will be there with other local environmental groups. The day includes informal talks, displays, competitions and activities for all the family, on sustainable gardening; insect habitats; encouraging wildlife into your garden; local birds; forest gardening; urban bee keeping; monitoring small mammals; info on wildlife walks; heritage seeds; the Great Pacific Garbage Patch… More info at
http://www.kingston.gov.uk/browse/leisure/libraries/branches/kingston_library/kingston_libr
ary_events.htm.

September
Tuesday 21st: Kingston University Freshers' Green Fayre - Greener Kingston gave away Greener Upon Thames bags and badges to students and collected signatures on the GUT petition

Saturday 11th: Plastic-Bag-Free Day - 11.00am - 3.30pm -  Greener Kingston gave away cloth and Greener Upon Thames bags, and collected signatures on the GUT petition outside All Saints Church in Kingston Market Place.

Over the summer months
Greener Upon Thames was out and about distributing our long-life bags to shops that support our campaign and at local summer fairs, including Richmond, Ham, and the Cambridge Road Estate Fun Day.

July
Monday 5th, Kingston Guildhall, 4.00 - 6.00pm: Kingston environmental groups met Kingston councillors. Greener Kingston was there with a display in the Guildhall for the rest of the week.

April 17th: Transition Town Kingston's big launch party. Greener Kingston is there making bags out of T-shirts with young guests, and two Kingston University drama students help children create puppets out of plastic bags.

March 20th, 21st: ArtGym in Kingston. Two Kingston University drama students bring their community plastic bag project to the marquee, creating puppets out of plastic bags.

January 25th: Green Guardian Awards at Rose Theatre, Kingston. Greener Kingston's Marilyn Mason is a higlhy commended Green Champion, and Greener Upon Thames is there giving away bags and badges. Pictures here.

January 21st: Greener Upon Thames celebration at Bingham Hotel, Richmond - launching our new mini-video and bags and badges. Pictures here.

2009
September 12th: National Plastic-Bag-Free Day. Greener Kew and Greener Kingston are out in Richmond and Kingston persuading shoppers to give up their plastic bags. Pictures here.