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On Thursday February 23rd Common Seas delivered the Blood Type Plastic petition to No. 10 Downing Street. The petition, asking for the government to ringfence a £15 million National Plastic Health Impact Research Fund has now been signed by more than 100,000 people including some of you. > It asks the Chancellor to fund researchContinue reading “How many of us have microplastics in our blood?”

Eco Communities are the local representative for Surfers Against Sewage who certify schools as Plastic Free. We have worked as part of the Plastic Free Communities campaign since 2016, achieving Plastic Free Chester in 2018 and currently supporting, Neston, Tattenhall, Frodsham and Ellesmere Port to achieve Plastic Free Community status with an overall aim of Plastic Free Cheshire.  WeContinue reading “Why should our School become a Plastic Free School and what is a Trash Mob?”

Sadly 94% of us are still not actively engaging with reusables. We leave the house, keys 🔑 – tick, phone 📱 – tick, cards 💳- tick… Reusable cup… ❌ The direct ownership model has had limited success, we don’t plan that take away coffee when we leave the house or office. We have lots ofContinue reading “What’s so great about Cup Club?”

Our director Helen Tandy has done something around Show the Love since the campaign was launched, with her work, Friends of the Earth, Eco Communities, and the WI. The Show the Love Campaign asks you to swap your red heart for green around valentines day each year. The campaign is via The Climate Coalition theContinue reading “Why are people wearing green hearts during February?”

We are very proud of what we achieved in 2022, with limited time and funding. We could not have done it without the support of all of you though. Whether is was coming to one of our events, litter picks or talks. Funding one of our projects, becoming a plastic free pioneer, sharing our TellusContinue reading “Eco Communities 2022 Wrap up of Achievements”

We are already well into the New Year, have you any plans to reduce your reliance on single use plastic and be more #sustainable in 2023? Single use plastic is a huge problem on our environment, with the reports on its impact on wildlife, our food chain and now in human blood. Now is theContinue reading “Plastic Plastic Everywhere What plastic free news have we been reading?”

This is great news for CHASE. The image below is of the Hydro Electric Building on the River Dee Chester, dating back to 1913, it stopped producing power in 1951, it was then the only hydroelectric plant in England generating power with tidal and headwaters. I have lived in Chester now for nearly 30 yearsContinue reading “Hydro Power on the River Dee takes a step closer”

The Eco Communities team have just about recovered from Great Big Green Week 2022 and are now planning our next event but we decided it was perhaps time to reflect. Our Festival in Grosvenor Park was fantastic, thanks to Sykes Cottages, Cheshire West and Chester Council and Chester Zoo for helping us with funds. TheseContinue reading “Thank you for a Great Big Green Week 2022”

The NHS is the first health service in the world to commit to reaching net zero; we can only do this by working with all our staff and patients. Discover how the NHS is becoming greener, and actions you can take to help. All 18 NHS Trusts in Cheshire and Merseyside have signed up toContinue reading “NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board”