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Join us for a Ramble on the Common at 10am on Saturday 10th June. For more details and to book go to Green Week Nature Walk
Basingstoke Green Week is Saturday 10th June – Sunday 19th June. There is loads of stuff happening around the Borough from Green Week Market, to electric car display, free woodchip, clothes swap and fun for the kids. For full details visit Basingstoke Green Week
Do you know a local business that would like to develop its green skills? Innovation South Virtual Campus have a set of new free training courses on topics such as carbon literacy, building retrofitting, sustainable resource management, rainwater and grey water harvesting or tree planting and climate change. See their website https://em3.isvc.co.uk/ for details.
We now have two plug in electricity monitors available for residents to measure the electricity usage of individual devices. It’s a great way to track down those energy hungry appliances, work out how much you are saving by turning things off stand-by and the only way to find out how much intermittently used appliances (such as fridges and freezers) are really costing you. To borrow one, just drop us a line via the Contact Us page.
Please recycle anything you can in the Ali Recycling scheme at the Pavilion on a Friday, or at the Village Market. Everything you leave raises money for the Playground and the Village Hall. We can no longer collect pet food packaging, crisp packets or coffee pods (except Lavazza ECO pods). Soft plastics (plastic bags, pet food pouches, crisp packets etc) can now mostly be recycled at Sainsburys in Tadley. The collection point is by the windows behind the tills. You can however continue to recycle your coffee pods yourself through the Podback Scheme. For full details of what can be recycled through Ali Recycling including details of four NEW schemes and for a copy of the A-Z of local recycling facilities, see Reduce and Reuse
Basingstoke and Deane have just launched their Climate Change Toolkit full of useful advice on things that you can do to reduce your carbon footprint.
If you would like to get involved with Sustainable Silchester, or would just like to come along to a meeting, please Contact Us, follow us on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter .
About Us
Sustainable Silchester is all about encouraging and supporting Silchester residents to take practical actions to live more sustainably and improve bio-diversity. We are joining people and communities across the world in taking positive action and being part of the solution. Together we can make a difference.
Meetings
Meetings are open to all local residents, or people who work in or around Silchester. The next meeting will be in early June 2023. The aims are to lead positive action and to enjoy meeting each other. If you would like to be emailed with details of our next meeting, please use the Contact Us form to let us know. All are welcome.
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Sustainable Silchester is a working group of Silchester Parish Council