The first HCA “Climate Conversation” took place at St Margaret’s Parish Centre on the evening of Thursday 20th February. The topic for discussion at our inaugural event was Air Quality and Community Action. Our two speakers were Dr Jim McQuaid,...
A group of people from Horsforth recently had an interesting tour of HW Martin, this is the place where all our recycling from the Leeds green bins go to be sorted. Some points that came out of it were: Leeds recycles more types of materials than many cities, such as...
There have been two areas in Horsforth where the HCA Nature group have worked with the Climate Energy and Green Spaces dept. of Leeds City Council to develop suburban meadow-like areas to increase biodiversity: these are Cragg Hill Recreation ground and Drury Field....
12 local people enjoyed an interesting and informative Insect Walk on 21st July, organised by the Nature group of Horsforth Climate Action as part of the Horsforth Bioblitz and led by professional ecologist Cathy Burton. We explored a variety of habitats in the Cragg...
In the rearranged Moth Viewing Event which took place this weekend (Saturday 20th July), Cluny MacPherson from The Meanwood Road (BioBlitz) Project demonstrated the wide range of moths captured in a moth trap, set up the previous evening. His knowledge and expertise...
HCA was delighted to take part in the 10th Walk of Art, hosted by the Grove Church. We put a green spin on the overall Walk of Art theme ‘Things that Go’, and turned it into ‘Things that Make the Green World Go Round.” The exhibition included some beautiful...
