Climate Emergency

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The Climate Emergency facing our world is a very real issue, but there is plenty we can do to take action to help protect our planet.

Cheshire West and Chester Council declared a Climate Emergency in the borough in 2019 and put forward its Climate Emergency Response plan, which aims to help the borough become carbon neutral by 2045.

This is a space to share ideas, stories and tips about what you are doing locally to reduce your carbon emissions and impact on the environment. Now's the time to react and play your part to make our borough carbon neutral.


The Climate Emergency facing our world is a very real issue, but there is plenty we can do to take action to help protect our planet.

Cheshire West and Chester Council declared a Climate Emergency in the borough in 2019 and put forward its Climate Emergency Response plan, which aims to help the borough become carbon neutral by 2045.

This is a space to share ideas, stories and tips about what you are doing locally to reduce your carbon emissions and impact on the environment. Now's the time to react and play your part to make our borough carbon neutral.


What are you doing to tackle the Climate Emergency?

Residents, community groups, schools and businesses across the borough are busy playing their part to protect our local environment and reduce their impact on the planet by reducing their carbon emissions.

Lots of people taking action together can make a big impact and we want to hear all about the things you are doing. It could be a short tip, a blog or vlog on a certain topic, a pledge to say what you hope to achieve or about an event you’ve organised.

By sharing your story, you could inspire others across the borough to take action today and help us achieve our ambition of being a carbon neutral borough.

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    Cheshire and Merseyside Commits to Green Future

    by Grace Marshall, 12 days ago
    All 18 NHS Trusts in Cheshire and Merseyside have signed up to ambitious plans to make them net carbon zero by 2040 - including the 3 Trusts working in the borough (Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Foundation Trust and Mid Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust)

    Each Trust has published a Green Plan, key priorities from which are contained within the Cheshire and Merseyside Green Plan which will see opportunities to reduce carbon emissions and improve healthy environments across its estate.

    Developing new buildings which are energy efficient and sympathetic to their local environment, creating nature gardens... Continue reading

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    Chester Community Energy Ltd announce winners of their schools' sustainability competition

    by Chester Community Energy, 16 days ago

    Chester Community Energy Ltd are delighted to announce that the “The Light Savers” team from Upton-by-Chester High School have won our Sustainability Competition for state-funded secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester this year.

    The Light Savers, a group of year 9 students, guided by their Head of Geography, provided a fantastic entry for an LED lighting project for one of their classrooms. They also made a very engaging video on the benefits of LED lighting to accompany their entry.

    Chester Community Energy Ltd aims to reduce carbon emissions in our area by developing renewable energy schemes and... Continue reading

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    Family Bike Ride to Chester Zoo

    by Ian S, about 1 month ago

    Celebrate National Bike Week with the Chester Cycling Campaign by joining our family cycle ride to Chester Zoo on Sunday, June 12th!

    Members of the Campaign will be offering a guided, circular cycle ride via Chester Zoo’s Nature Park area as part of Cycling UK’s National Bike Week. The ride departs from outside the Northgate Arena at 10:30 sharp on Sunday 12th June.

    The route is 8 miles in length and is virtually flat. We will be riding at a pace that suits all on quiet(ish) roads through Upton and back along the (traffic-free) canal towpath. Families are welcome... Continue reading

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    Watch out for out Litter PIck Hubs coming to the region in June

    by Eco Communities , about 1 month ago


    We have been litter picking in the region as part of Plastic Free Chester for the last few years. We are now supporting Plastic Free Cheshire and so want to branch out. Of course lock down stopped group picks, but it was fantastic to see lots of Womble Groups starting or growing during this period. At the moment you need top purchase your own equipment or loan it from the Street Scene team. The team are travelling to deliver odd litter pickers to residents seems to go against the aims of reducing our Carbon Footprint, so we applied for funding... Continue reading

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    Hedgehog Watch

    about 1 month ago

    20 May 2022

    Chester Zoo is encouraging local residents to Act for Wildlife, by taking part in this year’s Hedgehog Watch. The project highlights the plight of hedgehogs, whose numbers have steeply declined in recent years.

    The local community is being asked to survey their back garden (or private green space) using motion-activated cameras. The images captured will enable the zoo to build up a picture of how hedgehogs use green spaces, and the habitat features that are required to help hedgehogs thrive.

    Visit Chester Zoo’s website for more information about Hedgehog Watch and find out how you can get... Continue reading

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    Help us to Create the Cheshire Cup - phase one Chester

    by Eco Communities , about 1 month ago



    We can't keep creating this single use cup waste. We need a reuse system that works and we think Cheshire deserves this.

    What we propose is deposit return style scheme, where a deposit is paid for the reusable coffee cup, a small deposit say £1 is paid for the cup itself. The take away coffee and cup can be taken off the premises, but the cup can then be taken back to the same café the next day or handed into another participating café for a new clean cup or refund. Read the full story and how we propose to... Continue reading

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    World Bee Day 2022

    by Miss Roberts, about 2 months ago

    We had a fantastic World Bee Day in year 3 at Victoria Road Primary School. Everyone was fascinated with the life of bees from their wiggle dances to their pollen laden legs. We made wildflower bee bombs to take home and surveyed our school grounds to see if we can make our school a more bee friendly place. Such a good day.

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    Ditch the car – help the climate and your health. I did.

    by Patrick Eakin, about 2 months ago

    And I’m a GP. Having not cycled since primary school, it was remarkable how little time it took me to get back on a bicycle and then before I knew it, I had sold my car and the bicycle was my primary mode of transport.

    I always had excuses for not doing it before: How would I visit patients? What about the traffic? Rain?

    But, with a second-hand bike picked up by my wife, I cycled into town a few times. First, just to catch the train, then to do some shopping. It was so simple; work was the next... Continue reading

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    The importance of bees

    about 2 months ago

    World Bee Day, Friday 20 May 2022, is a great opportunity to consider what we can all do to make our outdoor spaces better for bees.

    Gardeners have noticed that there is less of a buzz in the air because bee numbers have been falling dramatically in recent years. Experts are worried that this trend might continue and, if it does, it could have serious implications.

    Bees visit flowers to collect nectar and pollen, which they use as food for themselves and the larvae in their hives or nests. By moving from flower to flower, bees are important pollinators of... Continue reading

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    Why 2,000 homes in Ellesmere Port could help solve our climate crisis

    about 2 months ago

    An area of up to 2,000 properties in Ellesmere Port has made the shortlist (of two) to be the UK’s first ‘hydrogen village’.

    Ellesmere Port could be home to the UK’s first ‘hydrogen village’ in a project that’s critical to helping solve the global climate crisis.

    Up to 2,000 properties in the Whitby area of the town would stop using natural gas for heating and cooking, and instead use hydrogen.

    The proposal, put forward by gas distribution network Cadent and British Gas, and supported by Cheshire West and Chester Council, has been confirmed by Ofgem in a shortlist of two... Continue reading