Communities.

How climate friendly is our area? Friends of the Earth has published a review.

Wirral has strong communities working together to focus on the environment in their neighbourhood.

• Incredible Edible Hoylake – voluntary community group who take un-used or forgotten space to plant and grow healthy food. Free food for all.
• Planet Heswall (Transition Town) and Cool Heswall – a voluntary group of concerned residents and local Rotary Environment Group, looking to make Heswall more sustainable in the face of climate change. Connecting with Heswall schools, churches, businesses & residents on topics like Food, Waste, Energy, Transport, Trees & Wildlife.
• Sustainability Central – a programme supporting transition to a low carbon, climate-ready place focused around the East and West Float redevelopment and the communities and neighbourhoods in the surrounding areas.
• Sustainable Seacombe – a programme that supports over 10,000 local residents in Seacombe to better afford to keep warm in their homes
• Transition Town West Kirby – community response to the climate challenges ahead
• Zero Carbon Bebington – a Facebook group that will help push for the necessary local changes to ensure that we meet our climate change targets.
• St James Centre, Birkenhead North – working to reduce the carbon footprint of the centre and support the local community to live sustainable lifestyles. Community garden, book swaps, clothes swaps, reduced energy use, recycling sessions and more.

For details of issue focused groups that may be neighbourhood based look on the Big Green List of Wirral Organisations

Get informed:

• Carbon Literacy with Energy Projects Plus (there may be costs) – https://www.epplus.org.uk/
• Distance Learning Course at Warrington & Vale Royal College – Understanding Climate Change and Environmental Awareness, Certificate Level 2 (free) https://wvr.ac.uk/courses-and-apprenticeships/adults-he-professional/distance-learning/
• WEN in person and online workshops (free)
• United Nations Climate Change Online Learning (free) – https://www.uncclearn.org/courses/

For online courses, you can access wifi and study at WEN or the St James Centre*. It’s also a chance to be exposed to the practicalities of sustainable lifestyles.

(*St James Centre can also supply tablets to get online).