While the world wastes about 1.4 billion tons of food every year, the United States discards more food than any other country in the world: nearly 40 million tons — 80 billion pounds — every year. Let’s not feel smug as we are not great in the UK. How much food is wasted in the UK? BestContinue reading “The Spooky and Scary Facts about Food Waste”
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Thank you for a Great Big Green Week 2022
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”
NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board
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”
University of Chester DOT
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”
Heart & Soul Community Singers
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”
Chester Zoo Wildlife Connections and Champions
WHAT IS WILDLIFE CONNECTIONS?Wildlife Connections is a project led by Chester Zoo. Its aim is to create safe spaces for our local wildlife. You can get involved by; If you want to join the Wildlife Champions course then there are still spaces available for November 2022. https://www.chesterzoo.org/what-you-can-do/campaigns/wildlife-connections/
Bijou by Tamzyn
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”
Lief Reclaimed
Lief Reclaimed is a small Welsh business focussed on reclaiming natural, luxury and unique textiles and giving them a new lease of life! Anna makes luxurious cashmere handwarmers, scarves, and other garments and accessories. It was was born from a great passion for reclaiming unwanted quality fabrics and material and to create beautiful, unique longContinue reading “Lief Reclaimed”
Pips Artisan Vegan Cheese
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”
Sustainable Cheshire 