Tag Archive for 'La Societe Guernesiaise'

Guernsey’s Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards entry deadline is 28 May 2013

May 9th, 2013 by Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards

Guernsey schools and environmentally friendly islanders have until 28 May 2013 to get their entries in for this years’ Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards. The event, which is in its 23rd year, is staged to fund projects designed to protect the island’s green spaces and natural habitats. The winner of the main award could win a [...]

Insurance Corporation’s Guernsey Conservation Awards competition entry deadline 28 May 2013

February 12th, 2013 by Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards

Environmentally friendly gardeners have the chance of winning £2,000 with the launch of the 2013 Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards. The event, in its 24th year, is open to any private Bailiwick of Guernsey individual, club, company, organisation and any Guernsey educational institution. The entry deadline for Guernsey residents is Tuesday 28 May 2013 with judging [...]

Round Table Christmas Fayre gives Guernsey charities opportunity to raise funds

November 18th, 2012 by Richard Lord

After the Fayre, Save the Children Christmas cards are available from Sue Fish, Chair of Save the Children Guernsey banch.

Guernsey lecture on exoplanets and their atmospheres on 23 November

November 8th, 2012 by La Société Guernesiaise

The Astronomy Section of La Société Guernesiaise invites you to a lecture by Paul Anthony Wilson of the University of Exeter on ‘Exoplanets and their atmospheres’ beginning at 7.30 pm on Friday, 23 November 2012 at Frossard Lecture theatre, Candie Gardens.  The lecture is free. The discovery of planets around other stars over the last [...]

Guernsey Round Table Christmas Fayre at Beau Sejour on Sunday 18 November 2012

November 6th, 2012 by Events

The Guernsey Round Table Christmas Fayre will be held at Beau Sejour Leisure Centre from 10 am to 4 pm on Sunday 18 November 2012. Entry to the Christmas Fayre is free. There will be lots of activities and fun and games. Many Guernsey charities will be selling lots of goodies to raise funds. These [...]

KPMG’s ‘Make a Difference Day’ in Guernsey in its seventh year

August 14th, 2012 by KPMG

Staff from KPMG in the Channel Islands’ Guernsey office will take time away from their desks to ‘make a difference’ in the local community in August and September 2012. As part of the firm’s annual ‘Make a Difference Day’ initiative – now in its seventh year – employees will work on a variety of community [...]

La Société Guernesiaise concerned by dangerous precedent set by approval of Guernsey airport hangar

June 21st, 2012 by La Société Guernesiaise

La Société Guernesiaise was surprised and extremely disappointed to learn that the application for a large private aircraft hangar adjacent to Guernsey Airport (application FULL/2010/3669) has recently been granted permission. Ahead of the public meeting on 29 May 2012, La Société Guernesiaise was informed by the States of Guernsey Environment department that the concerns highlighted [...]

Enhancing and nurturing the natural environment at the heart of St Pierre du Bois

May 16th, 2011 by St Pierre du Bois Floral Group

Le Ch’min du Trésor, is a circular walk starting at Les Buttes (the parish green). It was opened to the public in May 2009. The aim is to maintain the unique natural environment and wildlife meadow. In 2009 we organised the planting of over a hundred trees and in 2010 living willow bird hides were [...]

A few days left to enter Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards in Bailiwick of Guernsey

April 20th, 2011 by Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards

Environmentalists and eco-friendly gardeners have just a few more days to enter this year’s Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards. The event, which has a £2000 prize, is open to any private individual, club, company or organisation and to any educational institution, has been running for 21 years. Islanders have until Tuesday 26 April to get their [...]

Professor Walton to give a presentation on Antarctica, Global Change and World Sea Level

September 21st, 2010 by Events

Professor David W.H. Walton, Emiterus Fellow of the British Antarctic Survey, will give a presentation on 23 September 2010 in the Harry Bound Room at Les Cotils, St Peter Port.  The event, organised by La Société Guernesiaise, and sponsored by HSBC, will begin with the drinks from 7.15 pm.  The presentation will begin at 8 [...]