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 EnergyCommunity Wind Turbine (s) - preliminary investigation Please also view the Urchfont Parish Council website for more information about the Climate Friendly Working Group
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