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The University of Chester has been successful in receiving Cheshire & Warrington LEP Local Growth Funding to provide ICT equipment to help develop digital skills for Education and Business.Fixed and mobile client access devices, to help demonstrate to education and business the benefits of using digital skills within a wide range of subject areas. TheContinue reading “University of Chester DOT”

The Earth Singers We are an informal group who meet monthly to sing songs to the earth, led by Natural Voice Practitioner Ella Speirs. Each session stands alone and anyone is welcome to join, as a one off or regularly. There are no auditions and all songs are taught by ear. We sing for ourselvesContinue reading “Heart & Soul Community Singers”

Bijou by Tamzyn creates totally unique nature-inspired copper jewellery.Every piece of my jewellery is designed & created by hand using a no-heat method of jewellery making, called wire wrapping, which originates from Egypt.Sourcing partly-recycled copper wire and ethically sourced gems, each & every piece is of a high quality. All materials used are eco-friendly andContinue reading “Bijou by Tamzyn”

Cath began Pips around 5 years ago with a desire to introduce delicious, no compromise alternatives to dairy to a lacking market place. We make small batch artisan produce, cashew based cheeses, and butter we challenge you to be able to tell us not dairy .. but it’s not .. it’s so much better! HandContinue reading “Pips Artisan Vegan Cheese”

The Tipsy Badger (which is also the name of our narrowboat) comprises of Corinne and Fosta. We are both Vegan, and care deeply about the welfare of animals and the planet, which is reflected in our work. We make fun and quirky bags and accessories, some hand painted! All materials used in making our bagsContinue reading “The Tipsy Badger”

Urban Tricycles brought a huge range of the tricycles they make to our Festival in Grosvenor Park in 2021 and the Green Expo earlier this year. An award winning British Manufacturer of Tricycles, Carts and Branded Bicycles based in Chester and London. We have been designing and building award – winning Trikes, Bikes and cartsContinue reading “Urban Tricycles”

It was fantastic to have the Co-Op is supporting this years Great Big Green Week. Co-op supports Great Big Green Week – 24 September 2022 to 2 October 2022 The Co-op is committed to sustainability and has a 10 Point Climate Plan and aim to be net zero by 2040. As a business, we areContinue reading “The Co-op”

Helen Tandy, Director, Eco Communities What’s been going on in the world of litter since last week’s blog. The results of our litter survey are in. Then Tuesday is the day Helen C and I meet at The Yellow Pig Cafe for lunch. On the way I was behind a couple talking about litter. TheContinue reading “Litter Litter Everywhere”

Helen Tandy, Director, Eco Communities As love parks week comes to a close it felt like a fitting time to get our next litter pick hub out and into Countess of Chester Country Park . We have a long history of linking events into the park and have regularly done group litter picks with theContinue reading “#LoveParksWeek – is our love of litter picking over?”

Eco Communities has registered to support the Food for the Planet campaign. The project is helping local authorities, businesses and organisations take simple actions to tackle the climate and nature emergency through food. We are looking to encourage businesses to act. https://www.foodfortheplanet.org.uk/ Food and the Climate and Nature Emergency The food system contributes about 30%Continue reading “Food for the Planet”