We have two events this week, both with a historical theme.

On Tuesday at 7pm and 8pm we launch our Earth Trail. Places are available. Book here. Expect a walk around the park with six places where you can stop and use a QR code to access words and music that take you on a science-based meditative journey featuring the history of the Earth. It is a quite new experience. No one, to our knowledge, has done anything quite like this before. The publisher, Chris Sunderland, is very keen to hear feedback about how this feels to people. It should be accessible to everyone of secondary age and older. The trail is also wheelchair accessible. You will need a phone with a headset. If you miss the launch, the trail will remain for everyone to enjoy throughout the Earthfest season. Here is a map showing the trail.

Then on Sunday June 9th at 11am local resident Mark is leading a walk to discover the industrial past of the area. Glimpses of our industrial past should be fascinating for everyone interested in local history. Places are available book here. Meet outside the library.

Looking further ahead, it looks like half the world is going to hear Charles Dowding on the 10th! Don’t worry the hall at Resound is big, but we do have spaces on the Early morning bird walk with Ed Drewitt on the 12th. This is one not to miss and followed by a full English at the Langley. Book here.

Also to flag up another new type of event on June 18th, we will be launching our own Emersons and Lyde Community Energy company, a non profit organisation of local people (five of the directors regularly volunteer with Friends of Emersons Green Park), which is dedicated to promoting renewable energy in the local area. The event is called Energy Academy Roadshow and is in partnership with Bristol Energy Network. In association with that this new company is currently advertising a part-time job that would particularly suit someone who lives locally. Details here.