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Fun at the Hackbridge Carnival

The sun defied the forecasts for a happy Hackbridge Carnival last Saturday! We ran a litter-picking squad for the parade, showed local people the actions they can take to be more sustainable on a giant 1mx1m printout of our Green Map of Sutton (based on OpenStreetMap data), handed out lots of info about the fantastic insulation offer and – since it was a carnival – got adults and kids equally enthusiastic about our Splat the Carbon game.

You can see David having a go on the right – Hackbridge residents and businesses are starting to drive down traffic and unecessary case usage. There was lots of interest in the community farm idea too, so we’re helping a group of residents start up a community champions group. Well, it’s not too hard when they first meet at our BBQ and then every month at The Grange pub in the park!

Look out for us at the Move it at the Manor green transport festival in Sutton town centre this Sunday…

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Hackbridge Sustainable BBQ

Following the free sustainability visits in March 08, we held a ‘sustainable BBQ’ for Hackbridge residents on Monday 9th June using local BioRegional charcoal and vegetarian / local food. Around 40 people came along and luckily so did the sunshine! Local householders took the opportunity to meet their neighbours, swap ideas and share their findings from the visits (such as the fact that Hackbridge’s ecological footprint is slightly lower than the UK average and that Hackbridge residents know an average of 8 neighbours!).

We discussed idea of setting up a community farm and received a lot of support and many people volunteered to be community champions to help green Hackbridge even more. We are meeting again at 7pm on the 7th July in the Grange to discuss what everyone wants to do. We still need more people to be involved so if you’re interested please let us know or come along to the Grange! Contact Anna on: 020 8404 5924, e: anna@oneplanetsutton.org.

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