Welcome to What Next?
We look forward to meeting you at one of our events soon. Use the tabs above, or click right, to explore our Projects, Workshops, Regular Activities and Other Events. We also have links to tools and data concerning the Present and Future of the Climate and Ecological Emergency, other Resources and details of how to Get Involved with What Next? Click here for a calendar of events.
Featured Project: Wildlife Recording Kits available to borrow from our Library of Things
Bring your inner citizen scientist. In collaboration with Surrey Wildlife Trust, What Next are making these Wildlife Recording Kits available through our Library of Things. Find out what bats are flying over your garden; trap (and release) some moths and discover the species; explore your local plant-lie and pond life; set-up a trail camera or record animal footprints; discover your local mini-beasts or test your soil. Each kits comes with full instructions and we’ll be setting up a citizen science page to record your findings very soon.
Up and Coming Events & Activities:
Earth Sprites Emerging
14th May to 9th June
in the Godalming Museum.
Thank you for visiting
Every year we hold an exhibition of locally produced art based on a climate related theme in the Godalming Museum.
We have recently completed workshops for Godalming College and Broadwater School. If you are interested in a workshop please get in touch.
Explore possible scenarios for limiting global warming to between 1.5 and 2.0 DegC. This is an on-line event organised in collaboration with Climate Articulate.
Friday 25th October
5:30pm to 8:30pm
Theme: Swap-it and share-it!
Conversation and a shared supper at the Denningberg Rooms, Bridge Street, Godalming, GU7 1HP.
This is a bi-monthly event, every 2nd and 4th Friday.
We have completed our season of performances for 2024. Watch this space for 2025 performances starting in the Spring.
Our Eco-theatre Group prepare through Autumn / Winter and perform through Spring / Summer. If you want to get involved contact us for details.
FREE Home Energy Surveys.
This project will be paused from the end of March until October because we need to conduct surveys in the colder weather and at night.
An initiative in collaboration with Godalming Library (Surrey County Council), Waverley Borough Council and Godalming Town Council.
Access the Godalming Library of Things
What would you borrow? Here are some ideas:
Shared Planetarian Supper
Climate Club, Friday 25th October
6:30pm
Come along and enjoy a shared supper and stimulating conversation with members of What Next?
Repair Cafes
Saturday 26th Octoner
10:00am to 12:30pm, The Borough Hall, Godalming
… and then the 4th Saturday of every month.
Saturday 14th September
10:00am to 12:30pm, Baptist Church, Chiddingfold
… and then the 2nd Saturday of every month.
Wardrobe Warriors
3:00pm to 5:00pm, Wednesday 13th November
Every 2nd Wednesday, bring your buttonless tops, your toeless socks, and your holey frocks to get the tender loving care they deserve! Keep your favourite, comfy clothes going for longer with the help of our sewing machines and experts to help.
Saturday 7th September, Rotary Duck Race
Join for a hot drink and a chat. We will also be joined by a Eco-buskers.
Every Wednesday, Godalming Library
2:00pm to 5:00pm.
Volunteers from What Next will be on-hand to provide advice, guidance and helpful tips in what you can do to support our local environment.
What Next for Wildlife in Waverley?
A Wildlife tour of The Lammas Lands
Through Spring and Summer 2024, we organised a series of walks to look at the amazing wildlife that live in one of the rarest habitats in the UK. We will be planning more walks for 2025.
News and Information
Recent Reports concerning the Climate and Ecological Emergency
Some of our Energy Champions conducting surveys as part the Home Energy Advice Taskforce.
Our Energy Survey Project is underway. Our first customers were Hannah and her family who live in Farncombe. Find out more about this project here.
Congratulations to friend and mentor Ben McCallan, of Zero Carbon Guildford, for winning Surrey’s Sustainability Hero 2023 at this year’s CREST Business Awards.
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant by Godalming Town Council from their Carbon Reduction and Biodiversity Fund for our Library of Things which will be launched in June.
What Next AGM, April 2024.
What Next General Meeting, April 2024, details to follow.
Review our analysis of the UK Government’s Net Zero Strategy.
The Guardian’s report on ‘How climate breakdown is supercharging toll of extreme weather’ is sobering. Even more so with the possibility of stronger El Nino events.
In the WEF’s Global Risks Report, the top five risks over the next 5-10 year period are ALL related to the Climate and Ecological Emergency:
- Climate Action Failure
- Extreme Weather
- Biodiversity Loss
- Natural Resources Crises
- Human Environmental Damage
Updated, 22nd February 2023
CONGRATULATIONS to all the Earthshot Prize Winners.
We will be following your progress with interest over the next decade.
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