ERA - Eco Rother Action
We are an independent climate change response group based in the villages between Petersfield and Midhurst
We host excellent talks, carry out local environmental work and bring people together
Join us to push for positive change
In brief
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Next ERA talk: Wastewater research in the Rother catchment
29 May, Henry Warren Hall, 7pm
Talk by Professor John Williams
The University of Portsmouth undertakes wastewater treatment research at a unique Environmental Technology Field Station at Petersfield Wastewater Treatment works. In this talk the station’s director, John Williams, will explain the work carried out there to address the pressing current challenges around managing wastewater, such as managing nutrients in effluents and reducing combined sewer overflows.
All welcome. Please car share.
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Last ERA talk: Ubuntu, the art of being human
Talk by Melanie Carstens
Ubuntu is a southern African philosophy and way of life that pursues harmonious relationships.
Melanie shared some of its basic tenets and ideas of how we can use ubuntu in our daily lives to play an active role in shaping a better future for humans and our natural environment.
Report coming up.
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ERA sponsored walk
6 April
It was a beautiful sunny day and idyllic walk along the Rother westwards to Stedham and back. The walkers raised over £600 so we can now buy and use a Fluidion Alert One test kit. This will be brought into action when more routine river testing detects elevated levels of phosphates associated with sewage release into the river.
If you would like to donate to the fluidion fund even though the walk has completed, please click on the ‘Contribute’ button.
We hope to make the sponsored walk an annual event.
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Next book club book: Raising Hare: A Memoir by Chloe Dalton
Discussion on Zoom, 7.30pm Wednesday 11 June
A book that, according to the Guardian, restores a sense of the sacred, meets animals on their own terms, and rewilds the human imagination. Read it and join our discussion - new members are warmly invited to this group. Email EcoRotherAction@outlook.com for your Zoom link.
Do check out our book reviews. You’ll find some great reading suggestions.
ERA's big fund raising challenge
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Worried about E. coli in the Rother?
So are we. ERA is aiming to buy a piece of kit called a Fluidion Alert One. This will allow any of our river surveys that reveal poor results to be followed up by a check of E. coli levels. High bacterial load is bad for the river environment but also very much of interest to wild swimmers, paddle boarders and dog owners whose dogs swim in the river. As ever, significant results will be reported to the Environment Agency, allowing them to target their efforts where the need is greatest.
To help us fund this equipment we met for a sponsored walk on Sunday 6 April and it’s not too late to chip in. If you can, please make a contribution by following this gofundme link.
Environmental and community networking
ERA is happy to work closely with other like-minded local groups, including PeCAN, Mi-CAN, HartingCAN, Growing Together(formerly the East Hampshire Self Sufficiency group), Women of This Town (WOTT), Energise South Downs, Alton Climate Action Network, Community Energy South, Hangers Environmental Network, green and climate groups at local u3as – the list keeps growing.
For information about recurring and one-off events that might interest you, please click here.
Why not kick off the new year with a fresh pop-up lunch - or three - at the bright and sunny(!) Henry Warren Hall, Nyewood?
Global issue, local response
ERA relies on membership fees - £5 a year per person – and donations to fund our activities. These include buying seeds and trees, setting up a testing system on the River Rother, running costs such as village hall hire, website costs, insurance etc. We are looking for a local business or individual to sponsor this website. If that interests you, please get in touch! Your name could appear here on the home page. Alternatively, if you would like to join others who have already made a donation towards ERA projects, please contact us for bank details. Your help makes a real difference.