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Jun 2023
Nidderdale hosts green week events to tackle climate change
A series of environmental activities are being held in Nidderdale as part of the Great Big Green Week, which runs from June 10 to 18.
The green week, which first started in 2021, encourages community action to tackle climate change and protect nature.
Organised by the Climate Coalition, which includes organisations including the National Trust, WWF-UK and the RSPB, it sees tens of thousands of people take part in events ranging from litter picks to seaweed foraging to tackle climate change.
The activities in Nidderdale include a low impact lunch at Summerbridge Methodist Church, a biodiversity walk and talk at Bank Woods in Summerbridge, a community litter pick in Glasshouses
Make It Wild, Church in the Dale, Nidderdale Climate and Environment Group are among those organising the local events.
Details of these and other events being held during the green week are available here.
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