UPCOMING EVENTS for 2025
Farmers Market stall
Find us at the Methodist Church, 3rd Saturday of each month. Bring you ideas, get suggestions. Find out what the HI Sustainability group are up to.
Pub Meet Up
Monday 17th March - Meet in The Snug at The Boot pub 7.30pm
Meet Ups will become regular events - look out for news for the upcoming dates.
Conversations About...
‘Conversations about….’ evenings are friendly gatherings at which to meet new people and share ideas. All welcome. Refreshments provided. No booking required.
- Monday 2 February - Salvation Army Hall, 7.30 pm Dan Mace will be sharing his experience on planting wild flower meadows.
- Monday 2 June - Salvation Army Hall, 7.30 pm. We'll be sharing experiences about EV cars. This event is for anyone who has an electric car, is thinking about getting one, or is just curious.
- September - Retro-fitting your home.....heating, insulation and other things.
- December - Let us know what you'd like to have your conversations about.....
HI Hedgehog Champions
Stalls at HIGS Members Day (22 March), Long Meadow Activity morning (19 April) and more over the summer
SWISH 2025
Save the Date - Saturday 8th November - St Andrew's Centre, Histon.
EVENTS 2024:
Farmers Market stall
Starting in September 2024, we have held regular stalls at the Farmers Market in Histon (Methodist Church, 3rd Saturday of the month).
Conversations About...
‘Conversations about….’ evenings are friendly gatherings at which to meet new people and share ideas. All welcome. Refreshments provided. No booking required. in 2024 we had 'Gentler Travel' in October and 'A greener festive period' in December.
Histon Swish
2 November 2024 - yet another amazing event from the Swish team. See you again in 2025!
HI Hedgehog Champions
Held STALLS at village events through the year. Creating their map of hedgehog sightings and encouraging the whole village to make their gardens accessible for hedgehogs.
Film Screening- Six Inches of Soil
Thurs 4th July 2024
- The film, with panel discussion, was screened as part of the Histon and Impington Feast Week event.
- Six Inches of Soil is a British independent full feature documentary telling the inspiring story of young British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, our health and provide for local communities.
- This film shares the wisdom and solutions of a growing movement of people who are dedicated to changing the trajectory for food, farming and the planet.
Previous:
HI Open Eco Homes Tours
Histon and Impington Eco Fest + 30 Day challenge
Histon Swish - now a regular annual event.
January vegan Feast
December I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas, Beeswax Wrap , reusable crackers, recycled wrapping and more...
November Eco-Fun Fest
October Hi Sustainability SocialFind
October Histon and Impington's first Swish (clothes swap party).
July New Members Evening
June HIYEC Meeting
June Bird in Hand Breakfast
May Extinction Rebellion Talk
May Wellbeing Trail, Celebrating Our Green Spaces. 17 activities over 8 locations
April Sustainability Social April visit to Amey Recycling Centre
March Family Foraging and Wild Cooking Workshop, foraging and cooking with a local expert
January Vegan Feast. Delicious vegan food and a chance to chat to the chef to find out how it was made
January HI Sustainability Social An event with a theme of up-cycling, buying second-hand and recycling
October HI Community Allotment Halloween Social
October Talk With Peter Gilheany-Influencing the Decision Makers
October Sustainability Social, Celebrating our Green Spaces
July Sustainability Social in the Orchard
June Short Films, drinks, nibbles and chat
May Sustainability Social
Sustainability Brunch
Demain Film Screening
From HI to the High Seas, plastics talk