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Welcome to the Climate Friendly Community Programme.

Our aim is to establish the Parish of Urchfont, including Wedhampton and Lydeway, as a climate friendly community by promoting sustainable life styles and the responsible use of finite resources amongst local residents, both individually and communally.

Our achiements are

Awareness raising

• Launch of CFC Programme (040206) locally and county- wide
• Parish magazines - regular coverage
• 'Green' noticeboard at village shop
• Al Gore Film 'An Inconvenient Truth' shown

Waste Minimisation

• Pilot household waste reduction project
• Local leaflet to complement Wiltshire Wildlife Trust (WWT) recycling directory
• Shredder/chipper available to village
• Supervised skips for plastic & cardboard
• Mail preference service - junk mail
• Jute shopping bags available at village shop

Energy Efficiency

• Home energy surveys - all households
• Little Pledge - one road
• Pilot household energy efficiency project
• Street lighting review
• Proposed energy day 2009

Local Food

• Food festival 220407
• Kennet local food map (with WWT)

  Renewable Energy

• Community Wind Turbine (s) - preliminary investigation

Please also view the Urchfont Parish Council website for more information about the Climate Friendly Working Group