A SPECIAL presentation will be raising awareness on climate change and biodiversity loss.
John Hall will be discussing the topic at the Ogilvie Hall, in Wignall Street, Lawford this Thursday (April 21).
Starting from 7.30pm, he will be covering a wide range of choices each one of us can make to save the planet.
The illustrated presentation is one of a series run by Lawford Horticultural Society and followed by a Q&A session.
John, who is a chairman of climate change group PACE Manningtree, said: "Extremes of weather, long hot dry spells, wild fires, flash floods, coastal flooding will all become progressively more severe in Essex unless we can cut carbon emissions and keep overall temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees.
"About 75 per cent of local species have declined in the last 28 years – a massive decline and this includes such things as swallows, turtle doves, yellow hammers, frogs, stag beetles, hedgehogs and many other common wildlife.
"This is not about a few people living perfectly – none of us is perfect – it is about millions of people doing their best imperfectly, people choosing a few things that they can do to reduce their own carbon footprint. "
John is also a former chief executive of the Essex Wildlife Trust with an MBE for his environmental work.
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