18 attended, apologies from 4.

Events Coming Up

• 12 and 26 October – community apple pressing days with Blue Barrel Cider. At the old stables on the High Street 12–4pm. All welcome to this popular, family-friendly event – help wash and crush the apples, enjoy free refreshments, buy local cider. You can also help pick the apples at the Jordans’ orchard on Arcadia Gardens 10–12 noon on each of the two Saturdays.
  
• Oakington Eco-Home tours. Paul and Chris will be running special tours for SOW members of their home which is a case study in this year’s Eco Homes. Members should contact SOW for more information. Limited places, booking essential. A great opportunity to see first-hand how a 1960s terraced house can be retrofitted to a high standard. See the Open Eco Homes website for all public tours and talks.
  
• Wednesday 23 October (note NOT last Wednesday in the month), 7pm (note earlier time!) at the Church Hall. The long-planned Vegetarian Community Meal. Bring and share. It would be helpful to know numbers, so will send round an RSVP form.
  
• Wednesday 27 November – SOW meeting: How to Have a Sustainable Christmas.
  
• And in Histon: 7 October: Conversations about Gentle Travel, 2^nd December: Conversations about a Greener Christmas, 2^nd November: Swish (clothes swap) event. More details to come.

Notices

These included Nature Recovery project update, a discussion about some land under threat of development in Oakington which many members would like to see acquired for nature, a report from the Cambridge Carbon Footprint AGM and from Histon and Parents for Future. Please contact SOW for more information on any of these. The green library was open for loans!

Talk by Water Sensitive Cambridge

Notes are available here.