GREEN
DRINKS

Exmouth Green Drinks

This listing was last updated by the Exmouth organiser on: 2024-12-02

What?  Exmouth Green Drinks have been officially part of the Green Drinks International network since 2014 (although there were Green Drinks happening in Exmouth a few years before this incarnation.

Open to anyone who wants to socialise with other environmentally aware people. Come down for the whole night or just one drink - it's all very friendly and informal :-)  We are not affiliated with the Green Party... although some regulars may well be!

When?  The first Tuesday of the month - from 7:30pm onwards. A very informal social event starts at about 20:00 but is usually preceded from 7:30-ish by a "29 Minutes" session (arranged by Transition Exmouth) in which someone leads a short talk / presentation / discussion / Q&A.

Where?  Sundowners Cafe (15 Strand, Exmouth, EX8 1AD)

For updates, follow Exmouth Green Drinks on Twitter: www.twitter.com/EX8GreenDrinks 

Next Green Drinks and "29 Minutes" session:

• Tuesday 3rd December 2024: an update from Transition Exmouth - connecting with members old and new!
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• Tuesday 5th November 2024: we have Craig from Mushroom - Exmouth and District Food Network giving an update on their various projects https://www.facebook.com/groups/472764778863550   
  Sundowners, The Strand from 7:30  
• Tuesday 1st October 2024: no talk planned, just informal drinks and putting the world to rights ;-)
• Tuesday 3rd September 2024: no talk planned, just informal drinks and nattering, etc.
• Tuesday 6th August: no talk planned, just informal drinks and nattering, etc
• Tuesday 2nd July 2024: an update from Exe Tidelines on Salmon Run 2024 and more.
  
• Tuesday 4th June 2024: possibly CAG Devon or Exe Tidelines / Salmon Run - or both - or neither!  Either way, come on down.
  
• Tuesday 7th May 2024: Mike Landy, now retired after working on renewable energy policy since the 1980s, will be giving a personal perspective on renewables’ recent progress in the energy mix, and what it could mean for Exmouth going forward.
  
• Tuesday 2nd April 2024: Adi will be introducing the "Exmouth Energy Cooperative".
  "Complete end 2 end energy corporation from renewal generation, storage and supply into homes. Working on the intersection of sustainability, environment and wealth creation. A cooperative project, for the community by the community."  Come and see how YOU can get involved :-)
• Tuesday 5th March 2024 - happy March mingle...
• Tuesday 6th February 2024 - back at Sundowners :-)
• Tuesday 2nd January 2024 - meeting at THE MERCHANT, just across the Strand, because Sundowners is closed until tomorrow:  https://www.greatukpubs.co.uk/merchant-exmouth 
• Tuesday 5th December 2023: Rob will talk about how to go vegan (rather than the "why")
• 7th November 2023: Adrian on the Sheffield tree debacle
• Tuesday 5th September, 3rd October,  : just a general meet-up with a few announcements. If you know of somebody local willing and able to give a short talk about something vaguely environmental, do get in touch please :-) 
• Tuesday 1st August: ethical investing by Adrian. 
• Tuesday 4th July: just a general meet-up with a few announcements 
• Tuesday 6th June: Jan on 20's Plenty Campaign https://www.20splenty.org/ 
• Tuesday 2nd May: no speaker confirmed, but we're sure something will emerge, just come down and mingle either way :-)
• Tuesday 4th April: the "Exmouth Cup" - talk / discussion about the idea and logistics of having re-usable coffee cups for participating local cafes and take-aways, etc. See http://www.shrewsburycup.co.uk/ for the general idea.
• TUESDAY 7th March 2023: Kate Stanley on Tiny Forests (rescheduled) eg: https://tinyforest.earthwatch.org.uk/
• Thursday 2nd Feb 2023, Zoey Cooper will give a short introduction as to her role as ETC's new Climate and Ecological Emergency Resilience officer.
• Sorry, NOT 5th January 2023 due to logistics and Sundowners is not open this week.
• 1st December Martin Paine on Ecoliteracy https://www.wellontheway.net/ 
• 3rd November: Marine Conservation Society on Seagrass: https://saveourseabed.co.uk/ / LIFE Recreation ReMEDIES
• 6th October: Julie Glover, Home Energy Advisor from Exeter Community Energy http://www.ecoe.org.uk/
• 1st Sep 2022: update by Jim Hill on https://www.ordaloca.com/  - and a few minutes by Paul from Exmouth LETS 
• 4th August: Vicki, Lisa from Open Door and Craig from the Food Bank, talking about Food Waste, Food Poverty, Sustainability & Education 
• 7th July (rescheduled from April): Chris Jenkins from the local anaerobic digestion plant: https://ixoraenergy.co.uk/about-ad/ 
• 2nd June: Heath Nickels on the new Local Plan - with particular reference to ecological matters.
• 5th May: Joel Teague, CEO of Co-Charger https://co-charger.com/ 
• CANCELLED 7th April: Chris Jenkins from the local anaerobic digestion plant: https://ixoraenergy.co.uk/about-ad/ 
• 3rd March 2022: an update by Jim Hill on https://www.ordaloca.com/  (to be rescheduled for Sep?)

To be (hopefully) confirmed later this /next year: Rev Martin Nicholls from Point-in-View will talk about the Eco Churches scheme, Exmouth Repair Cafe, Rob from East Devon National Trust, SED Wildlife, Co-Cars, to name but a few....

Exmouth Green Drinks are organised / facilitated by Transition Exmouth and/or Simon: www.transitionexmouth.org

Contact: transitionexmouth [at] gmail.com / exmouthgreendrinks [at] gmail.com

Exmouth Green Drinks on Twitter: www.twitter.com/EX8GreenDrinks

Transition Exmouth Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/transition.exmouth/

TE's new (as of 2019) Twitter account: https://twitter.com/TransitionEX8

And also on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transition.exmouth/

Eco-Friendly Exmouth: https://www.facebook.com/groups/257044098343358/

Previous "29 Minutes" sessions have included (in roughly reverse chronological order, some missing, etc), thank you to you all:

• 3rd Feb 2022: an update on the CEE Bill and the https://www.zerohourdevon.uk/ campaign.
• 6th Jan 2022. A very short presentation from Holly C - our youngest so far! Please do a lateral flow test beforehand...
• 2nd December 2021: Catherine Causley, EDDC Climate Change Officer, with some good news to share :-)
• 4th November: Jane H: Tree Buddy scheme update + https://www.facebook.com/ExmouthTreeProject 

• 7th October: a brief round-up of a few projects happening / planned

• 2nd September: e-Bikes... discuss!!!

• 5th August: Exmouth Library of Things - now open! More info: https://www.exmouthlibraryofthings.org/  

• 1st July: A "Cleaner Greener Exmouth". Liz Oram ,will be talking about a ‘cleaner-greener’ initiative that will kickstart on Saturday 11th September with a clean up of Exmouth. Liz is on both Exmouth Town Team and also on the Transition Exmouth Umbrella
• 3rd June: the EXMOUTH Food Co-op with Craig Jolly .
• 6th May: "Impact Investing" with Adrian Toole
• 1st April (no, not an April fool):https://devondoughnut.org/project/introducing-the-devon-doughnut/
• 4th March: Sarah Kersey: "Coping with climate related grief, loss, eco anxiety and building personal resilience and hope in action". How we can build our own resilience, support each other, care for the welfare for new volunteers within the environmental movement and support the wider community via Good Grief Network and Climate Cafe facilitation. https://www.goodgriefnetwork.org/ about/#whatisggn / https://climatecafes.org/  
• 4th Feb, Ryan from https://www.permaculture.org.uk/ tbc
• 7th January 2021: A "Library of Things" for Exmouth..?
• 2020
• December 3rd: Molly from Plover Rovers - Talking the Coast Project 2021: https://www.plover-rovers.com/
• 5th November 2020: Jules Florey, Biodiversity Delivery Manager, South West Water about their tree planting commitments: https://www.southwestwater.co.uk/environment/working-in-the-environment/upstream-thinking/ 
• 1st October: e-bike experiences so far, with Brian, Adrian and others
• September 2020 - we're trying something different for this month - check your inbox
• August 6th: Anna Hughes of Flight Free UK will be talking to us via Zoom about their campaign: https://flightfree.co.uk/   "There is nowhere I can think of that I want to go that I can’t get to by bike, train or boat. If I was going to go further, I would just take a long time to do it."
• July 2nd: Litter on the beach, etc. Carol Jay will open with a brief report on "Mermaid Action", Catherine Causely will explain "No Butts on the Beach", then there will be an open discussion . Please bring your ideas...

• May 7th: Tidelines project trial on Zoom https://tidelines.uk/
  June 4th: Pete Youngman from East Devon AONB on Greater Horseshoe Bats, tbc
• 2nd April 2020: Cancelled... :-(
• 5th March 2020: Brian will share his recent experiences with his new electric car (Nissan Leaf)
• 6th Feb 2020: Jane Ford, Community Liaison Manager, MVV Environment Devonport Ltd
• 2nd January 2020: The Big Fix 2020 (and some stats from the 2019 event) with CC again.
• 2019
• 5th December 2019: "10 sustainable things we have done as a family..." by Catherine Causley
• 7th November 2019:  - SPECIAL EVENT (NOT AT THE PARK) see poster and more details here: http://www.transitionexmouth.uk
• 3rd October 2019: 5G rollouts: emerging risks to biodiversity, wellbeing + human rights. Come along with an open mind (and phones switched off please) and support Lynne, one of our regulars at Green Drinks, as she gently introduces this fascinating topic! A contributor to Green journals, Lynne is in contact with some of the peer-reviewed scientists and members of the Green movement who are calling for caution with “Big 5G” - the commercial race for high-density phone masts and hyper-connected objects - a race that may be at odds, in some ways, with natural living. More info here: http://www.5gappeal.eu/
• September 5th 2019: Sarah from Nourish of Topsham (amazing zero-waste shop - just up the estuary!)
• Aug 1st 2019: a short notice talk by Chris from Pulp2Pencil
• July 4th 2019: Brief talk / discussion about Exmouth's https://feelgoodminifests.co.uk/
• June 6th 2019: Clean Street Exmouth will update us on their project.
• May 2nd 2019: Janet Cotter to talk about her Devon-based tree planting charity, Moor Trees: https://www.moortrees.org/
  "Moor Trees – Seeds to Saplings to Woodland: This event will describe how the volunteer-based charity Moor Trees is creating native, broadleaf woodland across Dartmoor and south Devon - from the raising of locally collected seed in community tree nurseries, to the of planting six thousand saplings a year. Creating new woodland benefits not only biodiversity and climate, but also allows volunteers to engage with a positive environmental project and connect with nature."
• April 2019: Kate from the The Deaf Academy will talk to us about their New Academy in Exmouth
• March 2019: Wild Exmouth project update with newly appointed ranger, Debs Rylands
• Feb 2019: Exmouth representatives from Extinction Rebellion's Exeter group will talk about their general aims and discuss the imminent 'Climate Emergency' vote at DCC.
• 3rd January 2019: Chris Woodward, geologist and Jurassic Coast Trust Ambassador. The title of his talk will be: Once Upon A Time In The East (Devon that is!). The Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site (Where What Why Who) with a focus on the key position of East Devon in relation to geological time & events.
• 2018
• 6th December 2018: Lorraine from Mother Earth Ltd will be talking about healthy living / food.
• 1st November 2018: Noel Harrower & Rob Masding will be talking about Noel's new novel Yestermorrow - and about self-publishing.

• 4th October 2018: Helen Tribble, Projects Director from Open Door Exmouth.

• 6th September 2018: Carol and/or Ron Metcalfe  'Compassion in Buddhism'

• 2nd August 2018: Rob H will talk to us about veganism - and Dawn will give us a quick announcement about Exmouth's new Action for Happiness course:  https://twitter.com/AFHExmouth

• 5th July 2018, Paul Strange will talk to us for 29 Minutes about the relaunch of Exmouth LETS

• 7th June 2018 – Dawn Andrews will introduce us to: Mindfulness – increasing compassion towards people and planet: http://www.mindfullyu.co.uk/.

• 3rd May 2018: Alan Griffey from Torbay Friends of the Earth will talk about Friends of the Earth in general (re-scheduled from March).

• Thursday 5th April 2018: Budleigh's musical superstar (not his words) and Transition's own Ian Wycherley is giving the 29-minutes talk before Exmouth Green Drinks on Thursday 5th April: "Psychology and Individual Change" - a session on what happens when you talk to someone about becoming greener.  Ian wants to support us by helping with what he calls 'Inner Transition', that is recognising the need to change our (and our neighbours') emotional and intuitive selves rather than just changing our everyday lifestyles. The battle against climate change brings with it deeper personal challenges than we like to admit. Ian is intending to develop his approach into a workshop series and make his own contribution to sustainable community change.

• CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW - to be rescheduled! 1st March: Alan Griffey from Torbay Friends of the Earth (FOE).
• February 1st 2018: Dr Olly Dowlen, who is promoting the random selection of citizens for public office (Sortition). The origins of this system go back to ancient Greece and it is still practiced for jury selection in common law systems. Just imagine our MP being directly answerable to us voters rather than to his party! Should be a fascinating half-hour to which TE is thinking of inviting local politicians. More info here and here:
• An extra Green Drinks night to hear about EDDC's 'Wild Exmouth' project on Thursday 11th January. Starting at 7.30pm as usual, Tim Dafforn will tell us about his Heritage Lottery bid for funds for a 'Wild Exmouth' project involving Exmouth people.
• January 2018: Roma Patten on the ITI campaign. "Roma Patten, one of the Town's most doughty campaigners, determined to secure us an Integrated Transport Interchange such as all civilised towns should have!".
• 7th December 2017: Jan Gannaway from Exmouth Swift Group / Devon Wildlife Trust local group will lead a discussion on how we might conserve the wildlife / biodiversity living alongside us in Exmouth
• 2nd November 2017: hear from journalist Paul Strange about the media: 'Hold the iPhone: How the press has changed in the last 40 years'
• 5th October 2017 - Carol from Transition Exmouth will be discussing the recent Transition Network event that she attended: http://trnuk.org/south-west-workshop/  
• September 2017: Andrew Coleman from The Met Office on "Climate Change Myths & Facts" and Seasonal Forecasting.
• March 2017: Chris D - practical demo' on making biodiesel!
• Paul: 'to fly or not to fly'
• August 2017: Chris D on industrial hemp
• July 2017: Anne-Marie Culhane on FLOW, Fruit Routes, Campus Almanac, Abundance, etc
• Adrian Toole:
• Lynne W on the Resurgence 50 event (two talks)
• May 2017: Gill Wyatt on Exeter Community Energy https://www.ecoe.org.uk/
• April 2017: Simon Tytherleigh on Electric Cars / Energy Future / Clean Disruption (can't remember the exact title!) https://simontytherleigh.co.uk/
• October 2016: Gary Cook, an energy consultant to South Devon College, amongst others, to talk on the subject of energy-saving in house design Passiv Hus etc
• Sep 2016, Rob Masding on "How to get your voice heard in the Exmouth Neighbourhood Plan"
• Many more to be added...