Ruthin & District

Sustainable Living

Contact Carol or Nick Ward for more details.
The group meets on the first Thursday of the month at 2:00 pm, check venue for each meeting.

U3A ‘Sustainable Living’ group - outline
Would you like to reduce your environmental impact but don’t know how best to go about it? Are you unsure where to concentrate your efforts? Do you want to do something about climate change, but wonder what an individual can actually achieve? Are you boggled by all the information and advice that’s available?
Well this might be the group for you! The intention is to inspire members (and maybe through them, their friends and families) and explore the information and tools needed to make a difference.
The group meets monthly with a mixture of speakers, films, discussions, sharing of members’ knowledge and site visits. Members may also research a particular topic and then report back to the group.
We have purchased a selection of books relavent to sustainable living and these are available for members to borrow (see attached list).

To register your interest in the group or for more information, contact Carol or Nick Ward on welshwardies@outlook.com or 01824 703796.

SUMMARY OF MEETINGS

U3a Sustainable Living group - subjects so far:

  • Recycling
  • Circular Economy
  • Future of farming
  • Plastics
  • Food / diet
  • Soils
  • Climate change
  • Net Zero for UK
  • UN climate change conferences
  • Wales’ Green Recovery
  • Wales Climate Week
  • Environmental impact of ‘stuff’
  • Water efficiency
  • Renewable energy
  • Energy efficiency
  • ‘One Planet Living’
  • Sustainability in fashion and retail
  • Nature conservation
  • Sustainable projects in AONB
  • Film nights (with Ruthin Friends of the Earth)


U3a Sustainable Living group – site visits so far:

  • Organic farm
  • Waste-to-energy plant
  • Centre for Alternative Technology
  • Foraging for wild food
  • Whixhall Moss National Nature Reserve
  • ‘Flintshare’ growers group, Cilcain
  • Solar panels / heat pumps
  • Tree and hedge planting / wildflower meadow
More Group Pages
Away Days Bird watching for fun Canasta Cerdded y Bryniau/ Hillwalking
Classical Greek Classical Music Creative Writing Film / Drama Discussion
Flower Arranging French Life and Language Geology History
Indoor Sports Introduction to Philosophy Ladies Coffee Morning Low Level Walking
Petanque Poetry for Pleasure Reading / Book Club Recorders
Rubber Bridge Rusty Badminton Singing Spanish Beginners
Strollers easy Walking Sustainable Living Ukulele - Pleasant Pluckers Band Whist
More Group Pages
Away Days Bird watching for fun
Canasta Cerdded y Bryniau/ Hillwalking
Classical Greek Classical Music
Creative Writing Film / Drama Discussion
Flower Arranging French Life and Language
Geology History
Indoor Sports Introduction to Philosophy
Ladies Coffee Morning Low Level Walking
Petanque Poetry for Pleasure
Reading / Book Club Recorders
Rubber Bridge Rusty Badminton
Singing Spanish Beginners
Strollers easy Walking Sustainable Living
Ukulele - Pleasant Pluckers Band Whist