Braxted Park hosts Let's Talk Trash environmental festival

Approximately 450 Year 5 and 6 pupils from 11 Essex schools participated in the Let’s Talk Trash environmental festival held at Braxted Park on September 22. The free event aimed to engage young people in climate change advocacy through interactive workshops and hands-on activities.

Participants engaged in various sessions, including water pollution experiments led by Anglian Water, biodiversity challenges, and food production demonstrations hosted by the Country Trust. Other activities included a recycling relay race and a Junk Funk Orchestra using recyclable materials. A notable installation, Plastic Mountain, was supported by Green Recycling to demonstrate the scale of waste and the importance of recycling.

Duncan Clark, owner of Braxted Park and founder of the festival, stated that the goal was to allow children to discover for themselves that their actions matter rather than simply lecturing them on climate change.