The winter newsletter has arrived:  https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/assets/Environment/Green-Issues/Newsletters/2020/096-Greenprint-newsletter-winter-2020-21.pdf

As ever thank you to all who contributed content – if like the communities and individuals featured you are taking positive action that contributes to our vision and would like to submit content for a future newsletter to help share knowledge and inspiration please let me know. The next newsletter will be due out in late April – if you have a relevant event taking place before then that you would like me to promote let me know and I will where possible share via @GreenprintForum Twitter and  / or GreenprintForum | Facebook

Bye Bye Plastic

27 January (this Wednesday!) 12:00-13:00

This is a free talk online from the Natural History Museum  featuring a Museum scientist researching the impact of plastic pollution on seabirds, an activist and changemaker who successfully campaigned for a single-use plastic ban on her home island of Bali, and a photographer raising awareness and action through a unique portrayal of plastic debris: Bye Bye Plastic | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk) It is part of the programme Our Broken Planet: How We Got Here and Ways to Fix It where panellists discuss the key challenges we face in building a greener future.

Current consultations and surveys

In case you don’t get a chance to read and digest the newsletter in time I wanted to point out that there are a number of consultations and surveys on issues with environmental links some of which close very soon:

• East Suffolk Council survey on residents, businesses and other interested parties to seek views on the future of open spaces and outdoor and indoor sports facilities: Have your say on open spaces in East Suffolk » East Suffolk Council  closes 29 January 2021
• Natural England is seeking representations on proposals to improve public access to a 41km stretch of coast between Felixstowe Ferry and Bawdsey extending around the Deben Estuary:  England Coast Path proposals published for Suffolk - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) closes 3 February 2021
• Suffolk County Council consultation on a new Streets Guide providing guidance to assist with the design of new residential developments that include sustainable transport layouts that promote walking and cycling:  Suffolk Design: Streets Guide | Suffolk County Council closes 10 February 2021
• DfT consultation on how rural communities can benefit from transport innovation:  Future of Transport: rural strategy – call for evidence - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)  closes 16 February 2021
• Defra consultation on proposals for compulsory microchipping of cats and compulsory scanning of dogs and cats for microchips: Cat and Dog Microchipping and Scanning in England - Defra - Citizen Space    Closes 17 February 2021
• Defra consultation on its draft revised UK National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides:    Sustainable Use of Pesticides: Draft National Action Plan - Defra - Citizen Space closes 26 February 2021
• Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB survey of users of the footpaths next to the Stour and Orwell Estuaries to better understand how and why people choose to spend their leisure time here, and what impact, if any, that has on the wintering birds in the area:        Enjoying the Stour and Orwell Estuaries (smartsurvey.co.uk) closes mid March 2021
• MCHLG consulting on proposed changes to Building Regulations and a Future Buildings Standard:  The Future Buildings Standard - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)  closes 13 April 2021