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In 2019 Cheshire West and Chester Council declared a climate emergency to focus on climate change as an organisational priority. Climate Emergency UK, a grant funded organisation, was set up to maintain a data base of councils which have and haven’t declared an emergency and a scoring system. As well as the council database of thoseContinue reading “How does Cheshire West score on its Climate Emergency achievements?”

Eco Communities wants to help small community groups, local councils and organisations to make events more sustainable and support the regions Plastic Free Cheshire campaign. We have created a Sustainable Event Planning Guide which can be downloaded below. Let us guide you through event food, waste and water, packaging and of course reusables. Reusable HireContinue reading “Sustainble Event Planning Guide”

Helen Tandy, Director, Eco Communities Green Expo is now in its second year and Sustainable Cheshire (an Eco Communities project) have embedded the Exposition (stalls part) into our annual events programme. The Expo is a mix of stalls along the River Dee and separate Youth Conference. It is taking place over 3 days from ThursdayContinue reading “Green Expo 2023 is coming soon…. 4 weeks and counting….”

Angharad, Eco Communities As I live in the area, the Neston Earth Festival is close to my heart and I had a fantastic Sunday afternoon meeting lots of Neston residents who came out to talk with Helen T and I about Plastic Free Neston, a project we started only in January 2023.  While we wereContinue reading “What a weekend!”

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Chester Sling Library is here to help you make the most of carrying your little one, from their early weeks and months until you and they no longer need it. We can help you find a suitable sling or carrier to hire or you can also get help with your own slings. Want to learnContinue reading “Chester Sling Library”

In 2019 10.8 million people took away a coffee from a coffee shop in the UK. We can’t keep creating this single use cup waste. Switching to a returnable cup eliminates billions of cups from landfill. We think Cheshire needs and deserves a reuse system that works. A returnable is an item of food orContinue reading “Cheshire Cup – Our Reusable Returnable Coffee Cup Scheme”

Eco Communities are supporting RECORD in this first for Chester. They are calling on the people of Chester and beyond to take part in an epic nature challenge 28 April – 1 May 2023! The City Nature Challenge is a global event where people in over 400 City Regions worldwide work together to record asContinue reading “Chester Region City Nature Challenge”

Yesterday 6th March was the start of Food Waste Week, which runs until the 12th March. This is WRAPs 3rd year of the campaign. This year the focus is ‘Win. Don’t Bin.’ and it will demonstrate how valuable food is in our lives, how it unites people and how using up everything we buy savesContinue reading “How do I save money, time and the planet?”

Join us on Mother’s Day for our March litter pick.We are working with The Welsh Dee Trust to save litter getting into the River Dee and then into our oceans. Our March pick will also be part of the The Keep Britain Tidy campaign. We can’t guarantee sunshine 🌞 but we will have gifts forContinue reading “Show you care for ‘Mother Earth’ this Mother’s Day”