This month read about the Great Big Green Week events, water saving tips and an EV event for residents and businesses
Tackling the Climate Emergency
May 2024
Great big green week
*Great Big Green Week: 8 – 16 June 2024*
The Great Big Green Week is the UK’s biggest celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature. There are lots of activities taking place in libraries
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]across the borough throughout the week.
On Friday, 14 June, the Green Expo Youth Conference and Career Fair [
] is taking place at the University of Chester. In Chester, there will be over 100 activities, and locations across the city taking part in the Chester Green Weekend on Saturday, 15 and Sunday, 16 June. This combined celebration of all things green incorporates the Sustainable Cheshire Fair, the third year of Green Expo [
] and second year of the Active Travel Festival (ATFest) [
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Find out more about Chester Green Weekend [
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Green Expo photo competition
****Get your entries in for this year's Green Expo photo competition*
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As part of this year’s Green Expo event, there is the opportunity to share your photos highlighting green achievements for the region. The competition is open for all ages and abilities, and the winning photo will be on display in Chester Cathedral. Each photo should have some relation to the North West or North Wales. Send your entries in by 31 May.
Find out more and how to enter [
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Luggage rummage event [
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**Take part in Chester’s first luggage rummage**
If you have pre-loved items you are looking to pass on or homemade products you are looking to sell, the luggage rummage at Chester Green Weekend in Grosvenor Park could be the ideal solution. This eco-friendly option is similar to a car boot sale, providing you with an opportunity to bring up to two suitcases filled with items for only £10. When you arrive, you can set up on a picnic blanket and sell your goods to those attending the event.
Find out more and book a space [
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New woodland planted on land near Barrow, Cheshire
***Council creates new broad leaf woodland***
Cheshire West and Chester Council has planted an oak and broadleaf woodland on a 10-hectare, Council-owned site near Barrow, this winter. The project has been a joint effort between Total Environment and the Climate Change teams, with both helping to plant trees and wildflowers on the site. Howard Pimborough, Woodland Creation Projects Delivery Officer for the Council, explains why the site had been chosen and more about the design of the new woodland, on the Council’s Climate Emergency Inspire hub.
Read Howard’s blog about the new woodland [
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Water Saving Week
****Be water wise this Water Saving Week****
Although the earth is often called the blue planet, out of all the water on the planet there is less than 1% accessible fresh water for us to use. It is important that we use water wisely and cut down on wasting this precious resource. This week is Water Saving Week (13 – 17 May), a national campaign that is focusing on encouraging all of us to incorporate small water-saving habits into our daily routines, so that, collectively, we can make a big impact on water conservation.
Read our tips and advice to help you save water and the planet [
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Local nature recovery strategy
****Cheshire Nature Strategy workshops* ***
There is an opportunity for residents in Cheshire to help create and develop the priorities for Cheshire’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Workshops have been taking place across the county, providing participants with the opportunity to work alongside experts from different sectors to discuss and agree which priorities are put forward for the plan. There are still spaces available at the session taking place on Wednesday, 22 May, at Walton Hall Gardens in Warrington.
Sign up to the Cheshire Nature Strategy workshop [
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David Thornton and Cllr Karen Shore at the Civic Hall in Ellesmere Port [
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****Council helps businesses and residents switch to electric vehicles***
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An event providing essential advice to residents and businesses to transition to electric vehicles (EV) is being organised in the borough, this month. The free ‘understanding how to transition to electric vehicles in business and at home’ event will be held at Ellesmere Port Civic Hall on Tuesday, 21 May, with the first two hours solely for businesses, from 8am to 10am, and then open to the public from 10am until 2pm.
Find out more about the EV event [
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Children planting a tree
**Free tree planting support for schools in the borough
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The Mersey Forest has worked with a range of schools across Cheshire and Merseyside to introduce trees on their sites, this planting season. The team is now accepting expressions of interest from schools in the borough that are interested in introducing trees on their land, helping to connect pupils with nature. The Mersey Forest can support schools with woodland creation grants that cover up to 100% of the planting costs and also provide support for the maintenance of the trees.
Find out about tree planting opportunities with The Mersey Forest
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National Walking Month 2024
**National Walking Month **
Walking is one of the easiest ways to improve our health, stay connected to our communities and do our bit to cut down emissions from vehicles. UK-based charity, Living Streets, encourages us all to take time during May, when it is National Walking Month, to discover the magic of walking and celebrate the many health and happiness benefits of walking and wheeling. There are lots of tips on their website to encourage you to fit 20 minutes of walking into your day. You can also find out about National Walk to School Week which takes place next week.
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]*Visit Living Street’s website for walking tips and inspiration* [
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National Bike Week
*Get set for Bike Week*
Bike week is the UK’s biggest awareness-raising event for cycling in the UK. This year it takes place between 10 – 16 June and Cycling UK, the charity that organises the event, is encouraging us all to become bike heroes. Whether you’re an avid cyclist or haven’t been on a bike since childhood, there are lots of ways to get involved.
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]Find out more about Bike Week and activities taking place locally
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Calendar
**Next Climate Emergency Taskforce meeting**
The next Climate Emergency Taskforce meeting will take place on Tuesday, 21 May, 6-8pm. The focus of this meeting will be on energy and industry. The taskforce will be hearing from local businesses about their future energy needs and discussing how the borough can move to net zero.
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]*If you would like to attend or speak at the session, please complete the online form [
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