NEWS
- Blog: Summer walksIt’s a great time of year for enjoying the outdoors, walking the dog, spending time with the kids, etc.When my other half and I are out with the dogs, we love looking at what’s in bloom or fruiting. Right now on the unmown bits of our regular walk, there are a lot of thistles flowering.…
- Community Energy LogoCEP now has its own website with a brand new logo designed by a student at Preston College! communityenergypreston.co.uk
- Warm Homes EventLiving-future accredited Architect Ann Vanner gave a presentation about home energy efficiency at the recent CAP ‘Warm Homes’ event. She stressed the need for adequate ventilation for indoor health.The model house at the Climate Emergency Centre is being ‘retrofitted’ to show many actions that can be taken to reduce money and carbon emissions leaking from…
- Community Energy Preston Promotional eventA good number of people interested to find out more and get involved attended a social event at CEC. Robin Jones gave a comprehensive slide show of the progressand ambition of the project. Several current volunteers gave enthusiastic testimonies about the importance of community energy before everyone enjoyed lots of food and drinks.
- Lush raises money for CAPCAP is very grateful to Lush Fishergate for the invite to take part in their ‘Charity Pot’ event. CAP promotional materials were handed to customers, They were asked to sign the ‘United for Warm Homes’ petition and the campaign quilt was on display. Revenue for all the shop’s weekend’s sales of the ‘Charity Pot’ product…
- Celebrating Earth DayVolunteers at the Dobcroft Urban Nature Reserve in Ingol were treated to an expert ‘birding’ session for ‘Earth Day’. Lancs Wildlife Trust’s Joel Micklethwaite pinpointed blackcaps, great tits and goldfinch by their calls. Robins also sang loudly but they stayed in plain sight! The volunteer ‘land management team’ conserve nature and wildlife on the five-acre…
- Energy NewsSheets of signatures on the ‘United for warm homes’ Friends of the Earth petition collected at CAP events have been sent to Mark Hendrick as he returned as Preston MP to Westminster.In the debate after the Kings speech, Sir Mark spoke in favour of community energy projects and the benefits to come from Great British…
About
Climate Action Preston
The objectives of Climate Action Preston are to:
• Hold our local leaders, civic institutions and public agencies to account by monitoring and challenging their climate plans.
• Put local solutions into action.
• Raise public awareness throughout local neighbourhoods, working with local groups and the general public to make our neighbourhoods greener and safer for all.
• Work with all communities and across generations to continuously educate ourselves about the challenges and solutions to the climate and nature emergency.
• Focus as much on biodiversity and nature as on the reduction of individual and institutional carbon footprints.
Welcome
All are welcome! Please email secretary@climateactionpreston.org to be added to the mailing list .
As a ‘Friends of the Earth Local Action Group’ CAP has signed onto the FoE Charter.
This can be read here https://cdn.friendsoftheearth.uk/sites/default/files/downloads/Local-group-charter-final.pdf
To be a Member of CAP we ask you to agree with the CAP objectives and the Charter.
If you wish to be a Member, please say so in your email – Thanks!
CAP is a member of the Lancashire Climate Action Network (LancsCAN) https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lancscan/
Activities
 | Preston Pedals increasing everyday cycling |
 | Community Energy Preston |
 | Warmer Homes Preston |