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Upcycling for Families
Upcycling for Families
Presenting a fun-filled event where we reduce waste and give no longer needed items a whole new life. Upcycling projects are a creative way to spend time, bond with family, and save money. Items you’ve crafted with your own two hands are sure to mean more to you and live a longer life on this…
Avondale Tree Walk
Avondale Tree Walk
Immerse yourself in the beauty of nature on the Avondale Tree Walk, in partnership with Urbanwise. Beginning at North Kensington Library, this guided educational walking tour will explore the local Avondale Park greenery. Grab the chance to spot local wildlife, identify variations of flora and fauna, and appreciate the beauty of nature. You’ll learn about…
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Wool Spinning – Session 1
Wool Spinning – Session 1
Join Tine & Floyd for a demonstration of hand-spinning wool into yarn, a generative craft where what you produce can be made into something new. This is a demo on the Turkish Spindle, loved for how lightweight, portable and easy to use it is. Learn A little about the drafting process – how to tease…
Wool Spinning – Session 2
Wool Spinning – Session 2
Join Tine & Floyd for a demonstration of hand-spinning wool into yarn, a generative craft where what you produce can be made into something new. This is a demo on the Turkish Spindle, loved for how lightweight, portable and easy to use it is. Learn A little about the drafting process – how to tease…
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Sustainable Home
Sustainable Home
Join us for an event to learn about sustainability in the home and how we can make our own homes more sustainable. From daily eco-actions to installing big changes at home, the possibilities are endless. Together we can build a better future for our planet. This event is part of the Sustainable September Celebration…
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Muddy Boots
6 weeks - Outdoor Sensory Experience for tots & toddlers. In the Growing Space gardens, we let children be children. We let them explore and go on their own discoveries so they can fully be immersed in nature and be in a true flow state. We help plant the seeds early! We encourage children to…
Garden Fun Club
New Autumn Garden Fun Club! (6 weeks) This term, our gardening clubs will be focused on the theme of 'Sustainability'. Children will enjoy the garden freely and engage with outdoor educational gardening activities while experiencing minimal interference from adults. In this busy city & urban lifestyle, we want to encourage children to be children, give…
What is Climate Change & How RBKC is Responding?
What is Climate Change & How RBKC is Responding?
This children’s workshop is sure to inspire young minds and give them an insight into what they can do for their planet, as well as learn about how local leadership is supporting environmental action. By giving children all the facts about climate change and empowering them to take action, we can help them become the…
What is Climate Change & How RBKC is Responding?
What is Climate Change & How RBKC is Responding?
This children’s workshop is sure to inspire young minds and give them an insight into what they can do for their planet, as well as learn about how local leadership is supporting environmental action. By giving children all the facts about climate change and empowering them to take action, we can help them become the…
What is Climate Change & How RBKC is Responding? For Adults
What is Climate Change & How RBKC is Responding? For Adults
Join the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea for a talk on climate change and responses to the worldwide issues we’re facing. Discover new ways you can get involved Present and share ideas for environmental action Get connected and organised with other environmentally conscious individuals who want to make a change. Find out more about…
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Big City Butterflies – Family Fun
Big City Butterflies – Family Fun
Children won’t want to miss this family-friendly butterfly workshop, in partnership with Butterfly Conservation Project. This fun-filled event will introduce children to wildlife and ecological guardianship through fun facts, activities and crafts. o . At least 25 of the UK’s 59 species of butterflies and moths can be found in London! From peacock butterflies to…
Big City Butterflies – Wild Spaces
Big City Butterflies – Wild Spaces
Join us for Big City Butterflies! Wild Spaces – an introduction to butterflies, moths and climate change. This engaging event for adults gives insight into butterfly and wildlife conservation, all within the theme of ‘sustainability made easy’. Discover: Facts about butterflies and moths How to find them How to help them thrive in their natural…
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Minibeasts Discovery
Minibeasts Discovery
Are your children curious about the tiny creatures that live all around us? Join RBKC and the Holland Park Ecology Centre for a minibeasts discovery event that gives an introduction to the wonderful world of creepy crawlies. See giant model invertebrates and get to meet some real minibeasts up close, including the exotic Tiger Hissing…
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Sustainability Fair at Portobello Road Market
Sustainability Fair at Portobello Road Market
Are you winter ready? Come along to the next Sustainability Fair on Portobello Road Market! Learn how to lower your energy bills while keeping your home warm, prevent damp and lower your emissions! Meet recycling, climate action and other teams across W11 for FREE workshops and family-friendly events. Tavistock Road W11 1AN An event ran…
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Bee Superhighway
Bee Superhighway
We are proud to bring you a presentation on an exciting project supporting our buzzing and fluttering friends – Bee Superhighway. This project aims to support bugs, bees and other pollinators by creating a network of habitats in public places – nature corridors – in order to: Provide a safe place for bees to live…
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Big City Butterflies – Family Fun
Big City Butterflies – Family Fun
Children won’t want to miss this family-friendly butterfly workshop, in partnership with Butterfly Conservation Project. This fun-filled event will introduce children to wildlife and ecological guardianship through fun facts, activities and crafts. At least 25 of the UK’s 59 species of butterflies and moths can be found in London! From peacock butterflies to elephant hawk…
Big City Butterflies – an Introduction to Butterflies, Moths and Climate change
Big City Butterflies – an Introduction to Butterflies, Moths and Climate change
Brought to you in partnership with the Butterfly Conservation Project, this event delves into butterflies and moths as well as how they are being affected by climate change – and the impact this has on us and our environment. Find out more about: Different species, and the ones that can be found in cities The…
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Family Workshop – Supporting Your Emotions Around Climate Change
Family Workshop – Supporting Your Emotions Around Climate Change
Climate change is a complex issue that can naturally make us feel overwhelmed, leading us to experience a range of negative emotions. It is important to acknowledge and process our feelings in a healthy way, which is what this family-focussed workshop is about. In this event we’ll go over tools and strategies for supporting your…
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Sustainable Travel: Live + Breathe
Sustainable Travel: Live + Breathe
Introducing a fun and informative workshop on air pollution, sustainable transport and how it positively impacts our environment. We’ll talk about: The options – from cycling and scooter-sharing to low emission or carbon neutral vehicles The advantages and benefits – for the environment, public health and you as an individual The challenges of sustainable transport…
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Nature Arts & Crafts
Nature Arts & Crafts
Get little hands busy and crafting at our nature arts and crafts workshop with Nature & Bliss. Using natural and sustainable materials, children can explore their creativity through different textures, colours and media. This event is a great chance for children to explore learning about and grow their love for the natural world. Let their…
Incredible Indoor Plants
Incredible Indoor Plants
Breathe easier with indoor plants! Learn how they improve our indoor air quality, and about the nuances of caring for them so you can surround yourself with plants in the home, in partnership with Growing Space. This family-friendly workshop will teach children: About the different types of indoor plants and how to best care for…
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Energy Efficiency: Become an Energy Detective
Energy Efficiency: Become an Energy Detective
Track down where a building could be losing heat and understand the “fabric first approach” for making more efficient choices around heating and cooling. The Council’s Climate Change Team will join us to work through what this means for the borough and what is in RBKC’s Climate Emergency Action Plan to tackle this locally. …
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Climate Mitigation: understand your own carbon footprint
Climate Mitigation: understand your own carbon footprint
This event designed for children will introduce them to climate change and solutions to the issues in an engaging and enriching space. They will get to workshop: Why it’s important What the causes are What we can do to help – mini eco-actions What their personal carbon pledges should be By teaching kids about climate…
Climate Mitigation: understand your own carbon footprint
Climate Mitigation: understand your own carbon footprint
Join us for a fun and informative event to learn about climate mitigation and what you can do to help. Understand more about carbon footprints, how to calculate them and explore how we can reduce our emissions to help mitigate the impact of climate change. This workshop explores things we can do to cut down…
Climate Mitigation: understand your own carbon footprint
Climate Mitigation: understand your own carbon footprint
This event designed for children will introduce them to climate change and solutions to the issues in an engaging and enriching space. They will get to workshop: Why it’s important What the causes are What we can do to help – mini eco-actions What their personal carbon pledges should be By teaching kids about climate…
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The Well Gardened Mind – Book Reading with Sue Stuart-Smith
The Well Gardened Mind – Book Reading with Sue Stuart-Smith
We are proud to introduce a live reading session with Sunday Times Bestseller, Sue Stuart-Smith, author of The Well Gardened Mind. A psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Sue will share her insights on the power gardening has for healing and transforming our lives. Sue uses powerful storytelling to illuminate tales of people struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma,…
Climate Adaptation: building climate & community resilience and how to get involved
Climate Adaptation: building climate & community resilience and how to get involved
This event is all about adapting to climate change and building resilient communities. Beyond the environmental impacts of climate change, there are also the social, economic and emotional impacts to consider. Get involved and discover new strategies for dealing with our brave new world. This event is part of the Sustainable September Celebration 2023…
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Gardening with Disabilities
Gardening with Disabilities
Join us for a mindful event on gardening with visible and non-visible disabilities, in partnership with Growing Space. In this supportive environment, we’ll workshop: Adapting gardening activities for differing abilities Choosing the best plants and tools Strategies for making gardening more accessible This workshop is for anyone who is interested in gardening with disabilities, whether…
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Eco-Friendly Paper Crafts
Eco-Friendly Paper Crafts
Let your children’s creativity run wild at this eco-friendly paper crafts hands-on workshop! Crafting is an enriching way for kids to spend time – they get to develop fine motor skills, express their creative side, discover new talents and build self-esteem, and most of all, have fun. Through this workshop, we aim to instil an…
Sensational Succulents
Sensational Succulents
This hands-on children’s workshop explores the sensational world of succulent plants. Children will learn: About the different types of succulents How to care for them How to take cuttings and propagate new plants They’ll even get to propagate and take home their own! Through sensory exploration and plant care we can nurture their connection to…