Aims
- To promote awareness of the need to reduce our Carbon Footprint and to influence people to monitor and change their daily habits and lifestyle to help reduce global warming.
- To promote awareness of local biodiversity and work towards a richer natural environment.
- To promote a cleaner built environment.
- To promote the benefits of reducing waste and reusing ‘stuff’ by recycling and repairing. Also by reducing substances that harm the environment, e.g. plastics and chemicals.
Objectives
- To encourage people to think more deeply how to reduce theircarbon usage in major ways, e.g. through travel and heating their homes.
- To encourage people to reduce their carbon footprint in minor ways and be mindful of all sources of energy usage.
- To encourage people to reduce their reliance on single use plastics and use refillable containers.
- To encourage the reuse and repair of household/personal items rather than buying new products.
- To promote the use of local agencies to recycle all waste, in particular plastics, and other unwanted items, e.g. toys, tools, household goods.
- To protect and enhance and in some cases restore the natural and built environment. For example, by litter collection. To include observing the river bank for litter so that it doesn’t get into rivers and seas. By planting-up suitable areas with regard to biodiversity and removing non-native invasive plants for example Himalayan balsam.
- To encourage people to join in campaigns to put pressure on businesses and government to reduce global warming in a myriad of ways and to counteract biodiversity loss.
- To liaise with similar agencies to fulfil our aims.