Greenbuild 2022 (pre-cancellation)

Miriam Drnakova Sustainable Fashion

Saturday 10 September from 10am to 10.30am

Free talk in Fakenham Community Centre. Workshops in Fakenham Market Place

Sustainable fashion designer and enthusiastic educator Miriam will discuss the fashion industry, her background, and why mending and making your clothing can contribute to a more sustainable lifestyle.

Following this, Miriam will deliver workshops on a drop-in basis throughout the day, demonstrating basic mending and making skills.

Hawk and Owl Trust

Saturday 10 September from 10.45am to 11.15am

Free talk in Fakenham Community Centre

The Hawk and Owl Trust team will speak about their efforts to become a more sustainable organisation and how climate change impacts their conservation efforts.

The Papillon Project: Sustainable growing in schools

Saturday 10 September from 11.30am to 12.15am

Free talk in Fakenham Community Centre

Discover more about The Papillon Project’s work with Fakenham Academy and many other schools across Norfolk, inspiring pupils on how to grow food sustainably, not only for themselves but their communities as well.

Changing Landscapes, chaired by Patrick Barkham

Saturday 10 September from 1pm to 2.30pm

Free talk in Fakenham Community Centre

Joined by Glenn Anderson from the Wendling Beck Exemplar Project, Ed Bramham Jones from The Norfolk Rivers Trust and Charlie Ennals, a freelance farming advisor formerly of Norfolk Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group. Natural History writer, journalist and Norfolk Wildlife Trust President Patrick Barkham will chair a wide-ranging discussion about how climate change impacts our landscapes and what they might be like in the future.

Harry Paticas, Retrofit Action for Tomorrow (RAFT)

Saturday 10 September from 3pm to 4pm

Free talk and workshop in Fakenham Community Centre

Retrofit expert Harry will discuss how we can reduce our ever-increasing energy bills and make our homes more comfortable to live in through deep-retrofit measures, whatever the weather.

Sketching the Natural World with Kate Munro

Saturday 10 September from 10am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4pm

Drop-in art activity at Fakenham Community Churchyard

Using magnifying glasses, repurposed materials and water-soluble pencils, budding artists can join local artist Kate Munro and explore and sketch natural objects in all their glorious detail!

North Norfolk District Council Countryside Ranger Team

Saturday 10 September from 10am to 4pm

Drop-in activities at Fakenham Community Centre

Buy and build a bird or bat box to take home and make leaf prints to learn about different tree species with our fantastic Ranger team.

Edible East, Growing food and healthy guts!

Saturday 10 September from 10am to 4pm

Drop-in activities at Fakenham Market Place

Edible East will be promoting food growing for health and nature with:

• food growing activities for all, both indoors and outdoors
• free seeds, while stocks last

There will be a 'Hopes for Health' art activity - suitable for all ages - come and make your own 'Wish for Wellness' using wax crayons and easy brass rubbing techniques. Discover links between food, health and tiny life forms or microbes with artist Jennie Pedley and scientists from the Quadram Institute.

Dodo and Dinosaur’s Extraordinary Extinct activities

Saturday 10 September from 11am to 2pm

Fakenham Library

Discover 26 weird and wonderful dinosaurs, birds and mammals brought to life. The day's activities will start with an 11am reading of 'An A to Z of Extraordinary Extinct Creatures', followed by mammoth and dinosaur-themed creative fun, activities, a prize draw and more. Take home some limited edition GoGoDiscover merch too!

Sustainable Building Lego Competition

Saturday 10 September from 10am to 3.30pm

Fakenham Library

Show off your Lego building skills and create a Greenbuild-ing! The best will win a prize! Get creative and redesign part of your school, home or town, making it a more environmentally friendly place to live, learn and play. The first prize is an incredible family day pass for Pensthorpe! 1st and 2nd place will also receive a free copy of An A to Z of Extraordinary Extinct Creatures

Find out more about the competition. We will judge entries on the Lego build and the creative ideas and descriptions that go into it.

Get inspired at Lego.com - Build a sustainable building.

Playing for Cake Reducing Waste percussion, singing and making workshops

Saturday 10 September from 10.30am to 1pm

Workshops in Fakenham Parish Church

Themed around "Reducing Waste", make your own percussion instruments from waste materials and learn about recycling before taking part in a singing and music-making session with the Playing for Cake Team.

Though taking part is free, we advise booking to save your place for the percussion workshop.

Book your free place

Norfolk and Waveney Mind Climate Café

Saturday 10 September from 2pm to 4pm

Location to be confirmed

Climate cafés offer a friendly, informal space to share our feelings about the climate emergency, which can often feel taboo or overwhelming. Talking with like-minded others can help us find, or revive, our agency and compassionate resourcefulness, rather than leaning into despair, shame and helplessness. The café is an action-free and judgement-free space. 

Find out more about the sUStain and Nature Connect projects, which offer a range of workshops and events around eco-anxiety and climate grief and how to become more resilient through deeper contact with nature.

We’ll also enjoy tea and cake.

Pensthorpe

Saturday 10 September from 10am to 4pm

Fakenham Marketplace

Meet members of the reserve team and explore some of the exciting objects from Pensthorpe Discovery Centre.

• Anglian Water
• Community Action Norfolk
• Dodo and Dinosaur
• Earthglade Ltd
• Edible East
• Fakenham Library
• Fakenham Rotary Club
• GoGo Discover Lumi the Steppe Mammoth
• Hawk and Owl Trust
• Kushees Street Food
• Miriam Drnokova – Sustainable fashion and clothing repairs workshop
• Norfolk and Waveney Mind
• Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service
• Norfolk Green Care Network
• Norfolk Lymphoma Action
• Norfolk Makrs
• Norfolk Master Composters
• Norfolk Warm Homes and Energy Officer from North Norfolk District Council
• Norfolk Wildlife Trust
• North Norfolk District Council Community Connectors
• North Norfolk District Council Countryside Ranger Team
• Nurture Project improving health and wellbeing through gardening.
• On ye bike Norfolk Cycle Hire 
• Papillon Project
• Pensthorpe Natural Park
• Playing for Cake
• RAFT - Retro Fit Action for Tomorrow
• UPP Full Fibre Broadband
• Venetia’s Yarn Shop
• Wells Community Hospital Garden