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Monthly Archives: November 2022

Great ways to give this Christmas

With Christmas now less than a month away, many of us will be starting to think about gifts and cards for family and friends and perhaps how we can make our festive celebrations a little more climate friendly this year. We've brought together a few hassle-free ways to do some climate good this Christmas. Give the gift of a donation If you're struggling to think of a gift for that person who has everything and want your money to do some real good for the planet this Christmas, give the gift of a donation [...]

By |2022-12-07T15:32:17+00:00November 29th, 2022|Homepage, News|
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Volunteer Climate Champions spread the message

Did you know about the growing network of climate champion volunteers across Cumbria?   In July we recruited a team of volunteer ‘climate champions’ for the second year in a row. Each champion completed accredited Carbon Literacy training delivered by us and further training to prepare them for setting up and delivering events in their community.   This year many of the events have had creative themes, such as green bunting and banner making and a plant-based brunch to engage families. In fact, one champion set up a dedicated Facebook group for parents to reduce their carbon emissions (which you [...]

By |2023-08-22T14:00:54+01:00November 28th, 2022|Climate Champions, Homepage, News|
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Young people draw a roadmap to greener transport

Schoolchildren from all over Cumbria have called for local action to ensure sustainable, safe transport and to tackle climate change, at a Youth Climate Summit held on 20 October in Carlisle. The event, supported by CAfS through the Zero Carbon Cumbria programme, explored the theme of Making Change in Your Community: Transport Solutions. The pupils questioned how they could steer climate action in the county. They heard from guest speaker Richard Ingham, Bicycle Mayor of Cumbria, about his mission to convince policy-makers to invest in more infrastructure for cycling in the county, and to grow a culture of cycling [...]

By |2022-12-06T11:38:55+00:00November 1st, 2022|Homepage, News, Youth|
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New Zero Carbon Cumbria website goes live

A new hub for climate action in Cumbria opens its doors to the online world this week. The new Zero Carbon Cumbria website brings together all the great things happening across Cumbria to cut carbon emissions and help Cumbrians play their part in global action to stop the climate crisis. CAfS created the website on behalf of the Zero Carbon Cumbria Partnership, so it's exciting for us to see it go live and to celebrate all the climate action already under way, by people from all walks of life, from businesses to residents. The launch comes at a particularly topical time, [...]

By |2022-11-01T15:51:43+00:00November 1st, 2022|Homepage, News|
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