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 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.
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South Holt Farm rewilding visit
Sunday 8 June 9.30 – 1pm
South Holt is a 750-acre farm in the South Downs, near Finchdean, which has been run purely as a wildlife sanctuary for the last five years.
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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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Himalayan Balsam pulling
24 May
ERA continues to battle against super spreader species Himalayan Balsam. This highly invasive pest crowds out native riverside plants whose roots protect river banks against erosion. ERA teams pull Balsam plants up by the roots before they set seed. Please come along if you can. It is a satisfyingly simple way to help our local environment. Children welcome.
We met at Trotton wildflower meadow, at the junction of Terwick Lane/Dumpford Lane with Trotton Road.
Buy less, Use less, Waste less
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Buy less, Use less, Waste less *
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.