Climate Cafe 2023

What's On?

In short - loads! And there will be giveaways and prizes to keep an eye out for, and drinks and food available from the cafe.

Guest Speakers

• What is Rugby Doing About Climate Change? - the view from Transition Town Rugby

• An Energy Efficient House on a Budget - a chartered engineer and resident of Rugby talks about his journey to make his house energy efficient

• An Introduction to Growing Your Own Food at Home - from Five Acre Farm CSA

Demonstrations

• Rugby Real Bread will be there to show you how to create your own delicious and healthy bread

• We will be demonstrating our new Thermal Imaging Camera, which we'll be lending to households to assess your own energy efficiency

• Rugby Unwrapped will be there to guide you in the ways of zero-waste shopping

• Rugby's resident Master Composters, John and Sandy, will be here to show you how to turn your food waste into the best compost

Activities

• Re-Use corner - do you have an interesting item that you're sure could be useful but you just don't know how? Bring it along, share it and maybe swap it with someone else - lets see if we can put your item to use!

• The famous Rugby Repair Cafe will be there - bring your items that need mending and their volunteers will have a go!

• A quiz with eco-friendly and energy saving prizes

• We're launching a children's art and writing competition

Entertainment

• Live music from Monday Nights, The Scutters, Quigley's traditional Irish group, Rugby Songrwriters Group

Displays and Stands

• Reaching Out from Rugby

• Rugby Friends of the Earth will have a petition and some giveaways

• Warwickshire Safe and Active Travel team will be on hand to talk to you about walking and cycling in Rugby

Book Tickets

The event will be free entry on the door, however we encourage you to book tickets in advance via the Eventbrite page