Saturday 18th

Morris Dancing with Somerset Morris, a women’s Cotswold Morris dancing side from the Bristol and Bath area Queen’s Square 10.30-12.00

Community Fair in The Barn Great Western Rd, Clevedon BS22 6HB with stalls by local groups: Freecycle, clothes swap, 10.30-12.30

The Barn - talks by community groups in Wellington ‘Community Forest Gardens’ and Cossington about their food projects. Wellington Transition group has just won the national RHS award for sustainable gardening.

Free entry

Sunday 19th

St John’s Hall 6 Hillside Rd Clevedon BS21 7XJ

Dave Goulson renowned conservationist and specialist in bee ecology and other insects; author of numerous papers and several iconic books including Sting in the Tale and The Garden Jungle, professor of biology, as well as founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust talks about ‘Saving Our Insects’ 14.00-15.30

Martin Williams, from Belmont Estate and Watercress Farm in Wraxall, talk ‘Rewild, Regenerate, Reconnect’ the story of Belmont’s rewilding and regenerative farming projects. 16.00-17.30

Tickets available for both talks from www.ticketsource.co.uk/sustainable-clevedon

Little Green Frogs with guest presenter, Grace Hewson. In partnership with Clevedon Library’s Storytime session, Green Shift Festival will present stories, songs, rhymes for any children under school age on the theme of nature and any living things, with their parents/carers. 11.15-11..45, details via Library desk

Free entry

Wednesday 22nd

Clevedon School, 37 Old Church St, Clevedon BS21 6NN

Evening talk by local photographer and wildlife enthusiast Higgy on 'Our Changing North Somerset Levels Landscape - for people and wildlife'. 18.00-20.00

Tickets £5 each ( 18s free) available from

www.ticketsource/sustainable-clevedon

Thursday 23rd

The Riff Corner

Singer, songwriter Natalie Fée launches her album

Under the Oak. 20.00-22.00

Free entry (donations welcome)

Friday 24th

Curzon Cinema & Arts

Hanging by a thread: art installation exploring our connections with nature, its fragility and resilience created by local artists. Exhibition open 24th - Sunday 26th. For opening times check Curzon desk.

Free entry

Saturday 25th

Hanging by a thread continues

Clevedon Library 37 Old Church Road, Clevedon BS21 6NN

The Green Read, a shared reading event across the generations ages 8 to 108 more or less. We will read selected poems and other short readings aloud to each other and with our natural world, drawing on nature themes, and see what the words evoke, our connections with each other and our natural world. Facilitators Annie Robinson and Grace Hewson are Shared Reading facilitators with the Reader.org.uk The Waverley Room, 11.00-12.30 details via Library desk

Free entry

The Clevedon Distillery 22 Hill Rd, Clevedon BS21 7NZ

Foraging Walk 10.00-12.00 from Pier Gin Distillery to Ladye Bay up to Dial Hill and back to the Distillery.

Free event

Pier Gin 12.30-13.30 talk/taste Gin Making Talk and Tasting of Classic and Coastal Gin.

Tickets £16 from The Clevedon Distillery

Sunday 26th

Curzon Cinema & Arts 46 Old Church Rd, Clevedon BS21 6NN

Hanging by a thread continues

An evening of poetry and film inspired by the work of Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris whose book The Lost Words is the basis of this film. The closing event of the festival will be hosted by former Bristol City Poet, Kat Lyons, who will host and perform their poetry alongside local students. Lost For Words is an odyssey across the UK. It celebrates our relationship with nature through diverse voices while actively reshaping our anthropocentric view with poetic and scientific approach.

Tickets from www.curzon.org.uk