Greenspace

Intro

Following a request at the launch, this space has been set aside for people interested in environment and green spaces in Sheffield to network, share information, and create ideas.

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(Disclaimer: this space is free for anyone to add any campaign to. The Sheffield Social Forum does not currently endorse any particular campaign or organisation.)

Networking

Green Drinks

You are invited to the first meeting of Sheffield Green Drinks which will be held on Tuesday 14 September at the Showroom Café Bar from 6.30pm onwards.

Green Drinks is an opportunity for people working or interested in the environment, sustainability and regeneration to get together and have a drink in an informal atmosphere. It is designed to attract a great mix of people form all sectors and is a good way to make new contacts. Green Drinks is designed to be a self sustaining network as members are encouraged to invite new contacts to the events.

Sheffield Green Drinks will be held on a monthly basis and more information about future dates and the venue can be found by visiting the Sheffield Green Drinks Website here.

For more details or to be added to the email list to ensure you receive reminders of forthcoming green drinks events contact Jo Ives - j.ives<at>shef.ac.uk

Community involvement in Green Spaces

Are you a member of a friends group for your local green space? Are you interested in making Sheffield's green spaces as interesting and accessible as possible? Please leave information about any projects, or ideas here.

Friends of Burngreave Cemetery

The Friends of Burngreave Cemetery and Chapel will this year hold events and open days from the Chapels in the Cemetery. Loads of stuff will be going on including lots of arty stuff like exhibitions and such like. The last event was an art exhibition over the weekend of the 2 -4th of april it attracted well over 300 people over three days.

http://www.burngreavemessenger.org.uk/39mar04/cemetery.shtml

Friends of Lynwood Gardens

Lynwood gardens is a 6000m2 area of mature woodland and open glades situated in Broomhall near the heart of Sheffield City centre, UK. The site is to the South of Aunt Sally’s pub, which was the former home of the Newton family (Sheffield Master Cutlers 1844). The site dates back to 1832 and has been left untouched for over 150 years; map evidence suggests that it may be the only piece of "virgin" land left in western sheffield. It is therefore a valuable piece of Sheffield’s steel making heritage, which should be protected.

The Site is currently owned by the Sheffield City Council education dept and has been under pressure from developers for many years. Areas of the site have already been built on and there have been plans to sell off more. Formed in 2003, Friends of Lynwood Gardens are a group of concerned Broomhall residents seeking to form a charity and take over ownership of the land to protect Lynwood and the surrounding area from further development.

Vist our lovely website by clicking this link

Current Sheffield (and Nearby) Campaigns

Please add details of any local environmental campaigns here, include reports of events (or links to them), and details of upcoming events in this space.

Nine-Ladies Anti-Quarry Protest Camp

Latest news from Nine Ladies can be found here.
John Vidal's Guardian report can be found here.

Sherwood Woodland Defence Camp

See the latest news here.

Bernard Road Incinerator

There was an active campaign against plans by the council to let waste mismanagement company Onyx extend the polluting incinerator in Sheffield's city centre in order to burn yet more waste that could be reused or recycled. An excellent summary of the facts of incineration is available on indymedia here
The coucil provides a handy summary of some of the arguments against the scheme here.
The incinerator had previously been the target of a Greenpeace campaign as it was massively in breach of environmental regulations governing air pollution emissions. Here are some reports of the Greenpeace action: one, two.
RABID is Residents against Bernard Road Incinerator Damage. They have a website here
A member of SSF is helping IMPACT to collate info on incineration, so that we can continue to campaign against it. Here's the WIKI page where info is being put:

Go to the incineration campaign page for more information.

Green Sheffield Links

Sheffield Green Party
Sheffield Friends of the Earth

Green Dreams

This space will initially be used for ideas that came out of discussions at the launch. It will then be open for anyone to add what they would like to see happen in Sheffield. If you want to flesh out an idea, why not creat a new page for it.

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