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GLOBE is for people who care passionately about our local environment.

We are:

working to improve and protect green spaces for the benefit of wildlife and local residents.
taking practical action on the ground as well as influencing policy and planning decisions.

Our activities include:

Practical events such as tree and hedge planting, rubbish clearance, graffiti removal and walks.
Encouraging Councillors and Council Officers to take action to improve the local environment.
Monitoring and commenting on planning applications and consultations on issues such as landscaping, flood risk, wildlife conservation, light pollution and visual impact.
Working with other local community, residents and conservation groups to further common aims.
Refubishing and planting the 22 wooden planter boxes in Central Caversham

Caversham GLOBE works in all parts of Reading Borough north of the Thames as well as adjoining areas along the riverside and into South Oxfordshire. We are an independent community-based group funded by donations. We are one of several GLOBE groups set up in Reading in the mid-1990s following the Rio Earth Summit.

GLOBE Meetings & Mailing List

We meet each month to talk about local issues and make decisions (see Diary page for dates). Anyone is welcome to the meetings which are held in the upstairs hall at: Church House, 59 Church Street, Caversham RG4 8AX (by Prospect Street mini roundabout) Click here to open Map in New window. To be added to our mailing list please email, phone or write with your contact details and areas of interest. (see Contacts page). We have no annual subscription, all we ask is for your interest, support, ideas, expertise and energy.

Recent News:

Caversham GLOBE

2 weeks ago

Timeline PhotosWork to protect the row of landmark poplar trees along the eastern boundary of Christchurch Meadows will begin next week.

Many of the trees in this area are believed to be almost 40 years old and are coming to the end of their natural life (this species tend to live between 30 to 50 years). This type of tree is also prone to snapping, and given the size and location of these trees, they will need to be reduced to a safer height from their current height of 18-22m.

Since the majority of the trees are still healthy they will only be reduced to around 15m in height. The entire row has been successfully reduced to a similar height previously, so this is an appropriate height for them to begin regrowth again.

Although some of the older trees are beginning to fail, our succession planting for this line of trees, initiated over seven years ago, has taken into account the limited life span of these trees and planned ahead for the future. We added 34 new poplar trees in 2014 and the majority of these are growing well. We hope the new healthier trees will eventually become the dominant ones along the row.

We carried out similar work previously to a number of other poplars to the north of this area, which have now regrown.

Over the last decade, we have planted over 200 new trees every year, with the final total for the 2020-21 season reaching 351 – which exceeds the 330 trees planted during the Queen’s Jubilee year of 2012.

The tree planting has attempted to increase the diversity of the tree varieties across Reading – including trees ranging from oaks to rowans, and limes to pines. This is an important part of our new Tree Strategy – and a crucial step in its response to tackling the climate emergency. ... See MoreSee Less

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