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.
New Project: Living Wall
We are delighted to have been awarded a grant from Godalming Town Council to install a Living Wall on the outside of the Denningberg Centre. Creating green spaces and infrastructure in urban environments is an important contribution to adapting to climate change. On a large scale, living walls can contribute to air cleaning, reducing the urban heat island effect and enciunraging biodiversity. Our small-scale demonstration project is designed to encourage others in the urban environment to consider living walls.
Featured Project: Wildlife Walks of the Lammas Lands
We have just completed our programme of Wednesday afternoon Wildlife Walks planned for Spring and Summer 2025. More walks planned for 2026.
We are hugely supportive of Waverley Borough Councils pl;ans to declare the Lammas Lands a Local Nature Reserve.
We have been lobbying for this action since the start of 2025 and are looking forward to working with WBC on additional activities on the Lammas Lands.
Up and Coming Events & Activities:
Living Wall
19th May to 13th June 2026
in the Godalming Museum.
Our 2025 Exhibition was:
Every year we hold an exhibition of locally produced art based on a climate related theme in the Godalming Museum. If you would like to submit a piece for this year’s exhibition click here for details.
Last Public Workshop: More soon
Friday 13th June, 7:00pm
At the Waverley Bourough Council Offices in The Burys
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 10th October
6:00pm to 8:30pm
Theme: to be decided
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.
Next Performance:
The Rotary Duck Race, Godalming, Saturday 6th September
12pm & 2pm
Our Eco-theatre Group prepare through Autumn / Winter and perform through Spring / Summer. If you want to get involved contact us for details.
Home Energy Advice Talk
Wednesday 4th June, 3:00pm, Godalming Library.
Heat surveys will start again in the Autumn.
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 12th September
6:30pm
Come along and enjoy a shared supper and stimulating conversation with members of What Next?
Repair Cafes
Saturday 25th October
10:00am to 12:30pm, The Borough Hall, Godalming
… and then the 4th Saturday of every month.
Saturday 13th September
10:00am to 12:30pm, Baptist Church, Chiddingfold
… and then the 2nd Saturday of every month.
Wardrobe Warriors
Contact us for Details
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.
Rotary Spring Fair, Saturday 6th September 2025
Join for a hot drink and a chat. We will also be joined by our Eco-theatre Group who will be performing: Nolene and the Rescue Hens in their Rubbish Puppet Theatre.
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?
Wildlife Walks of The Lammas Lands
We have completed our programme of Wildlife Walks for 2025. More planned for 2026.
All Dates for 2025: 16th April, 28th May, 25th June, 23rd July and 27th August.
News and Information
Recent Reports concerning the Climate and Ecological Emergency
Our Rubbish Puppet Theatre production of Nolene and the Rescue Hens at Haslemere Museum’s Earth Day Celebration, 26th April.
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 were delighted to have been awarded a grant by Godalming Town Council from their Carbon Reduction and Biodiversity Fund for our Library of Things cabinet.
What Next AGM, 11th April 2025.
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
CONGRATULATIONS to all the Earthshot Prize Winners.
We will be following your progress with interest over the next decade.
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