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…
Well done to Cheam resident David Keeble, who scooped first prize in the “Sustainable Sutton” competition with his idea for making Sutton greener. His winning idea is to “set a ‘Green space Challenge’ to encourage a one per cent increase in quality green space each year in Sutton.” It will go into Sutton’s 
