Climate and Nature

On Friday 15 March, the very first Wellesbourne Bicycle Bus wheeled in. A Bicycle Bus is when a number of people (in this case families) ride together in a group for a safe, fun environment travelling a predetermined route avoiding the busiest roads and junctions...

What is Carbon Literacy? “An awareness of the carbon costs and impacts of everyday activities, and the ability and motivation to reduce emissions, on an individual, community and organisational basis”. Find out more about the Carbon Literacy Project Save Our...

SLCC's Environmental & Sustainability Advisor, Andrew Maliphant, presented to Warwickshire's Town and Parish Councils' Reference Group, on planning and delivering local climate action.  Download the presentation From an SLCC members survey in 2023, over a quarter...

Author: Phillip Vincent, public affairs and communications manager at ACRE writes for NALC With scientific warnings of the climate crisis mounting and governments and international institutions scrabbling in search of grand solutions, it’s easy to feel powerless to...

Regen is working with National Grid Electricity Distribution on an innovation project focused on the decarbonisation of rural areas in the South West, South Wales and the Midlands. REACH: Rural Energy and Community Heat. The project has been funded by network users...

CSE has recently had funding to update the Impact tool (the community carbon calculator). This calculates parish level carbon footprint data. The tool’s website is imminently about to have data updates to the calculations and new/refreshed resources, including a...

Andrew Maliphant, SLCC’s Environmental & Sustainability Advisor, spoke to County Officers about Climate Action, Biodiversity and the Great Collaboration. He gave practical examples of what Councils can do to support climate and nature action in their community,...

Warwick and Stratford-on-Avon District Councils have been working together on a joint Climate Change Action Plan for the South Warwickshire area since November 2019. Both Districts have a large rural area which brings specific challenges and opportunities for a just...

Bishops Tachbrook “BT Recycles” is a Council and community initiative which aims to “recycle the unrecyclable”. The Parish Council provides a storage facility in Bishops Tachbrook as a monthly drop-off point for local residents to bring in their “hard to recycle”...