NEWS FROM CAG OXFORDSHIRE

20 Years, 75 Events, and 46 Tonnes of Treasure! Many Thanks to Paul Bailey, of Sustainable Wheatley for this great guest blog. It all started in early 2006. A small, informal Community Action Group had a simple idea: instead of sending unwanted items to the landfill, why not let Wheatley residents swap them? We set up in the Merry Bells for our first "Bring and Take" event, and the reaction was... well, slightly bemused! People couldn't quite wrap their heads around the "ever

We are delighted to be supporting groups once again in putting on events and activities for  Food Waste Action Week (9-13th March) and Great Big Green Week (6-14th June ) . We are delighted to collaborate once more with Oxfordshire County Council and the Climate Action Oxfordshire website to support two important awareness weeks in 2026. These weeks have the potential to create a big impact on our climate action efforts by providing enjoyable and engaging ways to educate

Thank you to our guest blogger Ed Macdonald, a local organic grower and member of the CAG growing collaborate group for this insightful blog. We'll be back in 2026 with part 2 of this blog series from Marta who coordinates the growing collaborate and will be sharing more from this group. This Autumn, I attended the first in-person Gaia Seed Sovereignty Conference. Hosted at the Centre for Alternative Technology near Machynlleth in mid Wales. The event was a full-on and fascin