Local Stories

Have you done something to reduce your carbon emissions? If so we’d love to hear from you, no matter how simple it is.

Please use the Contact Us page to tell us. You can e-mail, phone or write. It can be just a couple of sentences or a more detailed account and you can also send photos or drawings.

There is already a great deal happening in the Bradford on Avon Community AreaThe Community Area consists of Bradford on Avon and the villages of Westwood, Winsley, Limpley Stoke, Monkton Farleigh, Holt, Staverton, Wingfield, South Wraxall and we’d like to share this with everyone. We really can make a huge difference if we work together to help one another.

Stories 1 year on from the Climate Friendly Bradford on Avon 2050 Declaration Launch
Sunday, 28 November, 2010 - 18:50

Reducing our carbon footprint after signing the 2050 Declaration 

 

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To The Canary Islands By Train
Saturday, 30 January, 2010 - 15:56

A resident of BoA

Did you know that a journey by air can produce 10 times as much climate damaging CO2 as the same journey by train? To avoid flying the trick becomes how to get to places other ways and making the journey as much fun as the destination. A few  years ago our challenge was the Canary Islands.

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Solar Water Heating Panels
Friday, 29 January, 2010 - 15:53

A resident of BoA 

I have had solar water heating for three years and, with a mainly south facing house, I find that during the summer months I do not use my gas fired boiler at all. 

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Composting food waste with a Green Johanna
Wednesday, 27 January, 2010 - 10:47

A resident of  Newtown, BoA

It all started when my son saw a rat, and I began to worry about what I put in my compost bin. Well, I was careful not to put anything cooked in there, but we’re a family with two growing lads and we buy potatoes by the sack. We have a lot of vegetable peelings and other uncooked food waste and I really didn’t want to start putting it all in the rubbish bin. Never mind the planet - we wanted the compost. 

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Four returns to Taormina please
Thursday, 10 December, 2009 - 20:01

A resident of Bradford on Avon

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Holidays by train
Thursday, 10 December, 2009 - 19:57

A resident of Bradford on Avon

Forsaking the plane for the train is becoming an increasingly popular option among carbon-conscious holiday-makers. Travelling return from London to Paris by Eurostar instead of flying, for example, is estimated to generate less than a tenth of the carbon dioxide - 11 kilos as opposed to 122.

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How I Reduced my Electricity Energy Consumption
Thursday, 10 December, 2009 - 19:39

A resident living in a Victorian terraced house in Trowbridge Road, BoA

In the middle of 2008 I received an electricity bill and was staggered to discover that they wanted to put my direct debit up to nearly £100 per month.  There were only two of us in the house, and we thought we were quite energy efficient.  We had already numerous compact fluorescent bulbs and turned lights and appliances off when not in use.

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