Planet
Petersfield 2023

PETERSFIELD FESTIVAL HALL PLAYS HOST TO FAMILY CLIMATE ENGAGEMENT & NETWORKING EVENT

As part of The Climate Coalition SHOW THE LOVE campaign

Liz Bissett, Petersfield WI
Pictured Liz Bissett, Petersfield WI Photo credit Petersfield's Shine Radio
Planet Petersfield logo.

"Building a sustainable future, one event at a time"

Presentations from industry experts - Climate Change 'The Facts' Film Showing 1.45pm - Climate Friendly Stalls - Before the Flood Film Showing 5.30pm - Face Painting - Storytelling - Refreshments

David Attenborough
Leonardo Dicaprio

FREE film showings of Climate Change - The Facts and Before The Flood.

Calling all Green-Businesses

Is your business making a difference to PLANET PETERSFIELD?  Why not SHOUT ABOUT IT by sharing your business card on our TRADE POST?

Poster board.
Orla Roff winning poster design featuring a world with a smiley face.

'HAPPY PLANET'
Orla Roff - age 6 - Petersfield Infant School
(WINNER 6 + UNDER CATEGORY)

Our Creative Challenge

Orla Roff (age 6) Petersfield Infant School

receiving her cash prize from Petersfield Town Clerk Neil Hitch.

Town Clerk with competition winner.
Daniel Gradidge winning poster design.

'HAPPY PLANET'
Daniel Gradidge - age 7 - Sheet Primary School
(WINNER 7 PLUS CATEGORY)

Daniel Gradidge (age 7) Sheet Primary School

Standing with his winning design.

Daniel Gradidge with winning poster design.

Stall holders featured at the Planet Petersfield

Face-painting

Sparkleface face-painting will be offering FREE animal, flora and fauna designs.

Storytelling

Local storyteller Faye Thompson brings her Orangutan’s Lemonade & Daisy to talk about the Rainforests.

The word ‘Orangutan’ means ‘Person of the Forest’.

Faye Fables graphic with orangutans.

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Coombes Forestry

Environmental team from Coombes.

Meet Coombes friendly environmental team (left to right – Elizabeth Boxall, Joanna Eastman, Craig Mills, Gareth Ainscough ACIEEM and Dr Sam Kelly MCIEEM)

 

Tree Talk by Robin Hart

Robin Hart Tree Warden

Robin Hart - The Petersfield Society

Local resident, Tree Warden and nature enthusiast Robin Hart,
gives a talk about Trees at 12:45pm

Robin Hart in the festival hall.
Petersfield Tree Trail Book cover.

We wholeheartedly welcome this publication, distilling as it does the years of experience with our trees into a readable and fascinating document. We commend it to all.

Biodiversity Talk by Dr Sam Kelly MCIEEM

Sam Kelly

Dr Sam Kelly MCIEEM, Coombes

Pricinpal Ecologist at Coombes UK

Lady giving talk in the festival hall.

Sam has been working in ecology for over 20 years and has worked on projects spanning the UK and India. She studied her PhD at Liverpool University, which looked at the impacts of invasive pond weed on newt breeding and has gone on to specialise further in bat, dormouse and reptile ecology, especially the European adder. She is a passionate advocate for ecological sustainability and engagement and connectedness with the natural world, is a trustee of ARG UK and an active member of several local conservation groups. 

I work as Principal Ecologist for Coombes UK, where I specialise in protected species and botanical surveys across the south of England. I am a passionate naturalist, with particular interest in the conservation of adders and other native reptiles, although my roots lay in aquatic botany and amphibian breeding conservation. I have been a trustee of Amphibian and Reptile Groups of the UK (ARG UK) since 2019 and am Secretary of Sussex Amphibian and Reptile Group (SxARG), with whom I engage in research into adder conservation, public engagement and connectedness to nature.

Plump Duck Cafe, Petersfield Heath.
Ian Baker behind bar serving cake.

Our friendly cafe The Plump Duck, based at the beautiful Petersfield Heath, provided the catering at our event.

They use fully biodegradable and compostable packaging!

Terra Firma Landscape Architects

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Terrafirma heading.