Open your eyes plea to the town
Maidenhead: Climate change events tied in with COP26
A blindfolded mannequin decorated in the Advertiser's environmental articles featured at a climate change stall in High Street this weekend.
The idea behind the figure was to 'open your eyes to climate change', with the stall run as part of the Royal Borough-wide COPtober initiative.
This has seen environmental groups join forces to highlight the climate emergency and what people can do to improve their carbon footprint.
More than 700 residents from various green groups took part in COPtober, which ran until Saturday.
The Maidenhead town centre stall, which also ran on the weekend of
November 6-7, aimed to help signpost people about how to reduce their impact on the planet, and featured a giant playing card quiz around the themes of earth, wind, air and fire.
There was also a dolls’ house showing how to fix draughts, while a game for children used pretend food to get youngsters thinking about the planet.
In keeping with the COPtober theme, there was also a repair cafe at Maidenhead Library on Saturday.
Previous green events over the past few weeks have seen hedges restored at Battlemead Common and the rewilding of Cookham Common.
Dave Scarbrough, who ran the stall on behalf of the independent group RBWM Climate Community, said: "We had a lot of fun on the high street with our blindfolded mannequin asking people to ‘open your eyes to climate change’, attracting lots of attention.
"We chatted with many people about climate change. Some took our climate change quiz and some tried to win a prize by guessing how many millions of people don’t have access to fresh water.
"Children played a food game putting different types of meat and fish in order of sustainability. Many agreed to take our challenge to reduce their carbon footprint by 10 per cent."
Dave added that only one person he spoke to on the day 'had not heard' of the recent COP26 climate summit.