Greenprint Forum meetings held in 2011

3 October 2011 - Harvest Happenings

• Notes of the 3 October 2011 meeting (new window PDF 34KB)
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• Traditional orchards in Suffolk (new window PDF 2.90MB) - presentation by Paul Read, Suffolk Biodiversity Partnership.
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• Demonstration of fruit press and other equipment (new window PDF 1.57MB) - Betsy Reid, Waldringfield Allotments and Leisure Gardens Association.
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• Local sourcing (new window PDF 1.19MB) - presentation by Rick Fryer, East of England Cooperative Society.

18 July 2011 - Greenprint and Suffolk Coastal Tree Wardens visit to Waklyns Agroforestry Farm.

• Summary of the visit to Waklyns (new window PDF 17KB)

• Notes of the 4 July 2011 meeting (new window PDF 24KB)
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• Green initiatives - including reducing use of plastic carrier bags (new window PDF 60KB) - presentation given by Mark Pryke of the East of England Co-operative Society Limited.
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• Reducing use of plastic carrier bags (new window PDF 94KB) - letter addressed to the Prime Minister requesting that the Government runs a consultation on how best to reduce the use of single use plastic items and that it adopts the approach that will reduce the environmental impact the most.
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• Plastic Bags (new window PDF 112KB) - reply to the letter above from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

4 April 2011 - an evening of talks and discussion about how businesses and organisations can save money, help the environment and the local community and how local communities can support green businesses.

• Notes of the 4 April 2011 meeting (new window PDF 24KB)
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• Encouraging Greener Enterprise (new window PDF 1.64MB) - presentation given by Michael Gell of Xanfeon.

24 January 2011 - the aims and work of the innovative Europe-wide Cradle to Cradle Network (C2CN) were revealed at this meeting and discussed in the workshop following it.

• Minutes of the 24 January 2011 meeting (new window PDF 38KB)
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• Cradle to Cradle Network (new window PDF 155KB) - presentation given by Michael Gray, C2CN Project Manager, Suffolk County Council