Can You Fix It? Repair Cafes Around South Oxfordshire
Repairing stuff rather than buying new is a great way to reduce your personal carbon footprint, reduce landfill and save money. But if...
The Big Plastic Count comes to Watlington
Denny Rigby, Watlington Climate Action Group The ‘Big Plastic Count’ is an initiative between Everyday Plastic and Green Peace that aims...
WCAG Green Drinks: sowing the seeds for climate action
WCAG and friends met for a lively discussion at the Chequers in January, covering a whole range of climate-related topics, writes Nicola...
Watlington Green Plan
GARDEN TREE GIVEAWAY I was delighted to take part in this year’s Garden Tree Giveaway, a wonderful initiative run by the Oxford-based...
Celebrating Energy Saving in Our Schools
The Acer Trust is a group of seven schools in Oxfordshire, including Watlington Primary School and Icknield Community College. In autumn...
Scything the Marlbrook Wildflower Patch
Old skills are being put to good use to encourage diversity and promote soil health, writes Andrea Brewer Following a successful period...
PROTECTING AND ENHANCING BIODIVERSITY IN LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS
For those who would like to comment on biodiversity relating to the Redrow planning application for sites B and C to contribute to the...
Join our offsetting project and help Watlington become Net Zero
Offsetting carbon emissions can be controversial, so WCAG has carefully selected a partner for Watlington’s first offsetting scheme,...
“And what protein package would you like with that?”
Tom Robinson of Watlington Climate Action Group examines how understanding the protein in our food can improve the health of our diets I...
Can Regenerative Agriculture Save the Planet?
A Talk by Jonty Brunyee, Farm Ed, for the Wild Oxfordshire Annual Lecture Write-up by Nicola Schafer The lecture was introduced by Wild...
Meatless Mondays
I first heard about the idea of Meatless Mondays a few years ago when Arnold Schwarzenegger was interviewed about his diet. During the...
Watlington's Hedgerow Project Take 2
Saturday the 7th January had dawned wet and wild but the worst of the weather avoided the fifteen volunteers gathered in West Meadow. Our...
The Watlington Plasticblitz collects litter – and vital pollution data
The Watlington Plasticblitz collects litter – and vital pollution data Joint WCAG/WEG plastic litter picking helps our rivers and the...
The beef with grazing
Tom Robinson examines the impact that meat production makes on the environment and finds the common objections to change may not stand up...
What is the difference between vegan, vegetarian, and plant-based diets?
What does being a vegan mean? Being vegan is not only about not eating meat; it is important to recognise that being vegan is a lifestyle...
Declining grassland Biodiversity in the UK and our local Green Spaces
We are in a time of massive decline in UK biodiversity. 41% of UK species have declined since the 1970s and individually, many species’...
Can car sharing help us all save money and reduce our carbon footprint?
Emily Kerr a Councillor for the Green Party in Oxford certainly thinks so. Emily gave a talk to the Watlington Climate Action Group on...
No Mow May and June
Several sites in Watlington took part in the “No Mow May” initiative, with owners and managers encouraging a more relaxed approach to...
The Proof is in the Plants, by Simon Hill
Book Review: Tom Robinson This 2021 book by nutritionist and physiotherapist Simon Hill summarises the most contemporary scientific...
Watlington Climate Action Plan: What is our carbon Footprint?
In my last two articles, I explored the science which links Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere, how that affects global temperatures and...