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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · Jun 29

A pair of thought-provoking climate events at #IFMKFest, #MiltonKeynes on Fri 25 July:

🌍 1:30pm: Our World In Crisis. ifmiltonkeynes.org/event/our-world-in-crisis

🌍 2:30pm: Climate World Cafe: Conversations for Change. ifmiltonkeynes.org/event/climate-world-cafe-event-conversations-for-change

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · Jun 29

⛵️ Join #MiltonKeynes Climate Café to question climate vulnerability - are we all in the same boat?
2-4:30pm on Sat 12 July at Christ the Cornerstone Church in MK city centre.
climatecafemk.co.uk/2025/04/21/o...

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Make Votes Matter - MK and Bedford branch @mvm-bedford-mk.bsky.social · Jun 25

Astounding, heartening news! @emily4mk.bsky.social @chriscurtis94.bsky.social @calumanderson.bsky.social Please note this report! People are seeing and rejecting the 2-horse binary choice nightmare and asking for better. Please everyone support your local groups #proportionalrepresentation

APPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · Jun 25

💥 Public support for electoral reform has reached a new all-time high

📈 60% of people now want to change to a fair, proportional voting system... including a majority of supporters of every party

🎞️ Our Vice Chair @elliechowns.bsky.social calls for the Government to listen & act

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · Jun 29

Join us at the #ActNowChangeForever mass lobby on climate and nature, on 9th July in Westminster.
Sign up now at www.theclimatecoalition.org/act-now-change-forever

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · Jun 1

Across #MiltonKeynes, people are making swaps every day and working together to help create a safer, greener future. This #GreatBigGreenWeek, let’s swap together for good 💚
www.greatbiggreenweek.com/events_calendar?postcode=MK93EJ&distance=5

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · Jun 1

Join Bucks & MK NEP for a day filled with discussions, workshops, and networking opportunities focused on nature recovery in #Buckinghamshire and #MiltonKeynes.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buckinghamshire-and-milton-keynes-nature-summit-2025-tickets-1277685173749
www.bucksmkerc.org.uk/news-and-events/

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · May 4

💐 MK Mayor’s Flower Ride 2025 💐
Join a mass fun ride through Central #MiltonKeynes to Campbell Park and back, celebrating MK Mayors past and present.
Starts 5:30pm on Thursday 15 May; tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mayors-flower-ride-2025-tickets-1324822101569

Mayors Flower Ride 2025

Join a mass fun ride through Central Milton Keynes to Campbell Park and back, celebrating MK Mayors past and present.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · May 4

The MK Natural History Society's summer programme has begun, comprising outdoor events every Tuesday evening at a site of wildlife interest in the #MiltonKeynes area.
Details at: mknhs.org.uk/programme-2/

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · May 4

The #RSPB North Bucks Group ran the most popular @rspbengland.bsky.social Group Page - until Facebook shut it down! They've now launched a new Facebook Page called “Birds and wildlife: North Bucks and beyond” - take a look, and it covers wider conservation news.
group.rspb.org.uk/northbucks/n...

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · Feb 1

In a likeable pairing, the new venue for the @miltonkeynesgreens.bsky.social ' monthly social meetup is the Green Room café at the @craufurdarmsmk.bsky.social in Wolverton, MK12 5LT.

☕️ The first invite is for 5-7pm on Tues 18 Feb: mk.greenparty.org.uk/event/green-cafe-on-tuesday-18th-february-2025/

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · Feb 1

#MiltonKeynes College are thrilled to share their Climate Action Plan (CAP) for 2024–2030 🌍
Download from: mkcollege.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · Feb 1

💦 Water security Hack Day on Wed 5 Feb.
Join #MiltonKeynes Doughnut Economics Group at two sessions on Wed 5 Feb, either 09.30 to 1.00 at MK:U Innovation Hub, or 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM at Aiimi.
Drop-in anytime during the sessions - free refreshments!
doughnuteconomics.org/organisation...

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · Jan 2

Join #MiltonKeynes Climate Action Network in a workshop with local councils!
Book on eventbrite ⬇️ and we'll see you at Christ the Cornerstone MK9 2ES at 2:15pm on Sun 2 Feb 2025.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-action-partnership-with-the-local-councils-tickets-1118937124059

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · Dec 2

You are warmly invited to a ClimateCafé MK social on Sunday 15th December 🎅
It's between 6:30-9pm at MK Quaker Centre, 1 Oakley Gardens, Downhead Park #MiltonKeynes MK15 9BH and booking is required - please email [email protected]

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · Feb 23

Book your FREE TICKETS for the wonderful Buckinghamshire Green Living Event. An event for the whole family - drop into the Bucks Railway Centre in Aylesbury at any point between 2-5pm on Thurs 29th!
We would love to see you there - www.ticketsource.co.uk/id-like-to-b...

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · Feb 22

👗👚 Join us for this sustainable fashion show by Climate Café MK & Radcliffe School in Milton Keynes on Sat 13 April 2024
Free tickets are likely to go fast from > www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/take-a-wal...

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · Feb 22

👩‍🏫 This new, free climate education course from The Open University here in #MiltonKeynes is attracting some very good reviews; take a look > www.open.edu/openlearn/education-development/supporting-climate-action-through-digital-education

Dr Leigh-Anne Perryman @laperryman.bsky.social · Jan 23

#teachers- whatever your subject/sector you can address the #climatecrisis in your teaching, supporting students in #climateaction.

Join this new, free course from The Open University: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education-development/supporting-climate-action-through-digital-education/.

Supporting climate action through digital education

Education has a vital role in tackling the catastrophic impact of the climate emergency. However, there's abundant evidence that educators, worldwide, lack the knowledge and skills to effectively ...

www.open.edu

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · Feb 22

🐴 Climate change and over-development in #MiltonKeynes is causing more frequent and severe flooding, leading to the departure of our much-loved Konik Ponies. What's next?
#GreenSky #ClimateSky
www.theparkstrust.com/our-work/wil...

Konik Ponies | The Parks Trust, Milton Keynes

We would like to advise that due to environmental changes at the Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve we have rehomed the Konik Ponies.

www.theparkstrust.com

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MK Climate & Nature Action @mkclimatenature.bsky.social · Feb 22

💚 Great news: Milton Keynes College is offering a new A Level Green Pathway from Sept 2024. On it, students will discover opportunities to positively contribute to the future of our planet 🌍
mkcollege.ac.uk/courses/a-le...

Green Pathway

A Level: Green Pathway (Environmental Science A Level & Biology A Level) Apply INTRODUCTION The future of our planet is a hot topic (literally!).

mkcollege.ac.uk

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