Montgomery Environment Group - MEG

05/06/2026

I'm gradually adding items to the inventory of the Library of Things. Just added a pump vacuum flask for making it easier to offer hot drinks at events (I'll add a second one shortly when I've bought it)

04/06/2026

Open meeting of Powys Action on the Climate Emergency
Zoom, this evening (Thursday 4th ) at 7pm, zoom link below.
All welcome that are interested in being involved in local action on Climate and Nature

Mike Eccles will be talking about “How to activate your community, and give power back to the People. It’s easy”, By introducing Deliberative Democracy at the local level, Hay-on-Wye in Wales, through its Hay Community Resilience Initiative (HayResilience.org), has engaged 10% of its community and has just under 100 volunteers offering skills and resources.

We will also be talking about the roll out in Powys of screenings of the Peoples Emergency Briefing – the inspiring film summary of the emergency briefing held in Westminster last November, presented by Chris Packham. We will be discussing experience of those community that have already shown the film, guidance for any communities still to do so, and how we can maximise the impact and reach that this film enables.

All welcome.

Zoom link:
Time: Jun 4, 2026 19:00
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85196294280?pwd=BcD84Ty2Ldf4LavZ7U0lpbErbTkHCb.1

Meeting ID: 851 9629 4280
Passcode: 659141

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01/06/2026

starts this weekend with events all over the country.

In Montgomery, we'll kick off the week with a picnic at Clinton's Community Orchard on Saturday (weather permitting), a Repair Cafe on Sunday and an Eco Book Club on Monday 🧺🥪🌳🍎🛠️👨‍🔧📗🐛

We look forward to hearing what other people/groups are doing for nature and climate 💚

31/05/2026

Montgomery Environment Group has now launched our Library of Things.

It runs via the website https://sharing.canol.cymru/, anyone can join but initially it is aimed at residents of Montgomery and the surrounding communities (Llandyssil, Caerhowel, Hendomen, Forden)

It is a peer to peer library of things, which means that anyone can offer an item for loan. There is a short list of items already listed, I will be adding more items from my workshop over the next few weeks.

I have set up a FB group specifically for the library: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1234442712172168/?ref=share

If what you want is not there yet, ask on this fb group and someone, perhaps me, may have what you are looking for and be willing to list it on the site.

Do register for the website and look at the About page to find out how it works.

https://sharing.canol.cymru/

We are affiliated to the Benthyg, the Wales network of Libraries of Things.

Let me know if you have problems with the website, we have tested it quite a bit, but I'm sure there are more bugs still in it :)

29/05/2026

MEG's next Repair Cafe will be on Sunday 7th June from 3.00 - 6.00pm at the Activity Centre 🛠️👨‍🔧💡☕🍰

22/05/2026

As part of The Climate Coalition GREAT BIG GREEN WEEK, MEG will be hosting an Eco-Book Club at the Den in The Dragon Hotel, Montgomery on Monday 8th June from 7.30pm. Everyone welcome.

This will be an opportunity to discuss 'Landsmart' by Tom Heap (of BBC Country file).

Please pre-read this book, which can be purchased at Eaves & Lords Bookshop on Arthur Street. We highly recommend it.

Tom Heap will be appearing at the Monty Lit Fest on Sunday 14th June.

17/05/2026

The Climate Coalition 'Great Big Green Week' is the UK's biggest celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature'. This year it takes place from Saturday 6th June to Sunday 14th June.

MEG are planning various events during Great Big Green Week including a Repair Cafe, a picnic at Clinton's Community Orchard and an Eco-book club meeting (connected with the LitFest). Details to follow.

We want to encourage others to do a little extra for the climate / environment, whether it be at home or within their business / organisation.

Please share anything you do with us via our page or message/email and get in touch if you would like us to include anything you do for your business / organisation in our advertising via our page and email group :)

17/05/2026

MEG will be getting involved in *Great Big Green Week* again this year and would like to encourage others to do a little extra for the climate / environment during that week, whether it be at home or within their business or organisation 💚

05/05/2026

I'm currently reading the book "Landsmart" by Tom Heap. Tom is due to attend Monty LitFest to talk about the book on June 14th, and MEGs contribution to LitFest is that we are organising a "Book Club" event to discuss the book just prior to the Lit Fest on June 8th

Our "Book Club" will be in the Dragon, on Monday 8th June, at 7.30, all welcome.

It is a good read and I am learning a lot. For instance there is quite a bit on peat and I knew managing our peat bogs was important, but not how important. When some of the Fens were being drained around 1850s engineers drove a long wooden stake through the peat into the clay below, and have been using that ever since to measure how much the peat has been shrinking and eroding. Ground level is now 4m lower than it was in 1850, and most of that peat, mainly carbon, is now turned into CO2 in the atmosphere.

Land use is critical as both a cause of, and solution to Climate Change.

Tom goes through all the uses and potential uses we have for land, and how these need to be balanced to deliver food, water, energy, carbon sequestration, construction materials, tourism and more. The book is full of promising examples of good practice as well as some of our past mistakes. There are some phenomenal farming stories featured.

Please do buy and read your copy and come along to the book club event on 8th June (7.30 in the Dragon) as well as book to hear Tom talk on Sunday 14th June at 2pm.

You can buy your copy of Landsmart at Eaves & Lord bookshop

I thoroughly recommend it.

How to meet our growing need for food, renewable energy, carbon storage and housing. - from BBC Countryfile's Tom Heap.

24/04/2026

MEG is screening the National Emergency Briefing film on Monday for residents of Montgomery and surroundings.

This is a short film put together to provide an overview of a longer conference that was delivered to MPs and other leaders to outline the current state of knowledge about the climate emergency.

A few of us in MEG were able to preview the film earlier this week. It is a very powerful film, explaining how the emergency will affect different issues, such as health, the economy, national security, food security, extreme weather.

Please do come along. The message is that there is still time, but our leaders and politicians need to step up to the mark, and we collectively need to put pressure on them to do so.

National Emergency Briefing | The UK’s leading climate and nature experts brief MP's on the risks, impacts and solutions to the climate emergency