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Dr Bike is touring around #rdguk next week. The community sessions are scheduled so families can drop-in for bike check-ups & minor repairs. Visit us in Coley Park, Southcote, Tilehurst, Whitley & Whitley Wood. No appointment necessary. Details at: rdguk.info/sYOud
Member of the Dr Bike team working on a bicycle on a stand

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Interested in putting solar panels on a community or business roof? RCES already owns and operates 23 solar PV systems around #rdguk & they're always looking for new sites. Join this free online session at 2.30pm on Wed 19 June, to find out more: rdguk.info/i7dpH
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Draught Busters is helping Reading reach net zero by 2030. Find out more by visiting their website below. See how you can get involved. #readingcan #draughtbusters #draughtbustersreading @ReadingCAN #rdguk readingcan.org.uk/?fbclid=Iw…
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#ShowYourStripes, created locally @UniofReading @ed_hawkins Each stripe represents average temp for a single year🌡 Stark deep red stripes show rapid heating of our planet ➡ rdguk.info/CjFjD You can make your local climate pledge @ReadingCAN #GreenerTown
Climate Warming Stripes for Berkshire.

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It’s #ShowYourStripesDay today and we’ve had a brilliant morning collaborating with schools across Berkshire & @UniofReading @ed_hawkins @ReadingCAN on designing schools climate action plans as part of #ReadingClimateFestival ( will share more soon) #showyourstripes #ReDesigners
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White Cliffs of Dover display stark climate change message The cliffs have been illuminated to start conversations about climate change this #ShowYourStripesDay Created by @ed_hawkins at Reading, the stripes show temperature change in the UK since 1850. ow.ly/gMfq50OToyB
The red and blue warming stripes, which show annual temperature change in the UK since 1850, are projected onto the White Cliffs of Dover.

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As part of @ReadingCAN #ClimateWeek, we're screening fashion doc #FashionReimagined 🥼🍃 WED 14TH JUNE at 7:30pm Includes Q&A after the film on sustainability and the fashion industry! Tickets available here ➡️ bit.ly/RBF-climatefest
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The countdown is on for the return of Reading Council’s much-loved @RdgWaterFest, Sat 10 June 🌞 This year, visitors can look forward to an enhanced programme, made possible by generous £26k funding boost thanks to @TNLUK players & @ace_national 📰 rdguk.info/8QgFr
Canal boats on the river as part of Water Fest 2022. Text reads: Water Fest 2023 makes a splash with bumper programme. 10 June 2023, 11am- 5pm, Forbury Gardens, Abbey Ruins, Chestnut Walk and Riverside Walk. Funded by UK Government, Arts Council England.

ALT Canal boats on the river as part of Water Fest 2022. Text reads: Water Fest 2023 makes a splash with bumper programme. 10 June 2023, 11am- 5pm, Forbury Gardens, Abbey Ruins, Chestnut Walk and Riverside Walk. Funded by UK Government, Arts Council England.

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Join us tomorrow for a bold piece of new writing, which looks at the reality of #climatechange activism. @Shybairntheatre's 'BURNOUT' also has a post-show Q&A with the company & activists from @shelterbox & @XRebellionUK. Find out more: whatsonreading.com/burnout #rdguk #theatre
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Put a note in your diary 11th June 1pm - 4pm This is going to be great fun.
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Our June #podcast is here! We headed to The Concert Hall to talk about the impending arrival of the stunning #EarthArtwork Gaia and the other great events surrounding it with Zsuzsi from @ReadingCouncil - and caught up with the artist @lukejerram too! whatsonreading.com/podcast
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@IPCC_CH22 Apr 2023
This 🌎 #EarthDay2023, watch 🎥 #IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee & scientists behind our latest #ClimateReport, #ClimateChange 2023: Synthesis Report share their messages for the world. Read the report ➡️ bit.ly/SRYRpt23

Earth Day: IPCC Chair & Synthesis Report authors share their messages

IPCC Chair & Synthesis Report authors share their messages for Earth Day 2023

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FREE for every school Everything to embed sustainability across the curriculum 🌱7 themes & big questions 🌱Resources from 100’s of orgs 🌱5 step school journey 🌱Surveys, curriculum & site mapping tools 🌱Staff training, awards & funding 🪧Sign up ministryofeco.org/
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"It's surely our responsibility to do everything within our power to create a planet that provides a home not just for us, but for all life on Earth" Sir David Attenborough Happy Earth Day🌍 #EarthDay #EarthDay2023 #BuildBetter
David Attenborough quote on a background of woodland with bluebells and sun flare with a Kiss House makers mark

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As we continue to mark #EarthDay2023 we join @ReadingCouncil & @ReadingCAN in asking our students, staff and local community to make a ‘small changes with big impact’ pledge and to play a part in creating a cleaner, greener town together. 🌍 rdguk.info/pledge_eHACC
Image of the 7m diameter globe, Luke Jerram's Gaia at Liverpool Cathedral for Liverpool City Council’s River Festival, 2019. Photo by Gareth Jones.

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Museums Partnership Reading's projects that are part of Our Green Stories will be inspiring activities in our #EarthDay2023 event tomorrow. We look forward to welcoming @readingmuseum @NatureNurture_ @BBOWT and you! #rdguk #TheWildEscape Find out more merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2023…
Children wearing bee masks dance around an adult dressed as a daffodil in the MERL garden as part of the Create a Buzz project

ALT Children wearing bee masks dance around an adult dressed as a daffodil in the MERL garden as part of the Create a Buzz project

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We have had an amazing Earth Day event with @TheMERL with families having fun learning about biodiversity, handling insects and animal bones, sharing their green pledges, and creating creatures to add to #TheWildEscape collective artwork. #EarthDay2023
Taking part in Our Green Stories consultation

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Earth Day event at The MERL

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Handling objects at Earth Day

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💚Happy #EarthDay2023 - a good day to remember Richard Louv quote - we won’t protect what we don’t love & we won’t love what we don’t know. So thank you to all who share their knowledge about our precious earth & look forward to finally seeing a #NaturalHistoryGCSE in 2025 🌏 💚
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🌍 The time to #InvestInOurPlanet is now. 🗳️ Time is running out, but it's not too late to use our voices and our votes to enact the change we need. 💚 Happy #EarthDay2023
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🌍Happy #EarthDay2023 🌍 🗓️Although of course it's #EarthDayEveryDay 📽️Find out why our students are joining together to take #ClimateActionNow with this 3-min video youtu.be/DvN2vFlyqbw

Why should you join the UK Schools Sustainability Networks?

The UK Schools Sustainability Network (UKSSN) brings together netwo...

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Abbey Ruins and Forbury Gardens looking beautiful in spring sunshine this morning #EarthDay2023
Dormitory at Reading Abbey

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Chapter house at Reading Abbey

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St James Church and Forbury Gardens

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Henry I memorial, Forbury Gardens

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