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Macc-tastic, Less Plastic!

If you are planning to be in Macclesfield for the Barnaby Festival do check out this event on Sunday 24th June 2018

Macc-tastic Less Plastic! – Drop in to their events for tips, talks, demos and activities for all ages to tackle plastic pollution, climate change and food waste. Make a ‘Plastic Pledge’, add your name to the Climate Coalition Petition calling on the government to take climate change more seriously.

It’s part of the Barnaby Festival, and it’s also the day of the Treacle Market, so there will be a great atmosphere in the town.

10am – 3.30pm St Michael’s Churchyard, in the Market Square.

For more information see here

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Latest News!

Have a look at what Transition Wilmslow Groups are up to ……..

Food Group:

Forging ahead with veggie planting in the new raised beds in the Community Garden More .…….

Energy Group:

Developments in community battery storage project More ……..

Environment & Planning Group:

Working on their contribution to the Wilmslow Neighbourhood Plan. More ………

And announcing ……..

3rd TRANSITION WILMSLOW ANNUAL LECTURE

Wilmslow Guild Friday 16 November 2018.

Climate Change and Food – A Cosmologist’s Perspective: Professor Sarah Bridle University of Manchester

More details from 26th May 2018 in the Guild’s on-line Prospectus (specialist lectures)

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‘Growing’ our Community Garden

A very timely grant has given us the opportunity to expand our Community Garden at ‘The Temp’ on Gravel Lane.

Thanks to the Airport Community Trust Fund we have been able to purchase materials for more raised beds. This is one step nearer to completing the original design plan.  A working party on 6 May set to the task and three more beds were constructed, in addition to giving the whole area a good tidy up in preparation for planting out vegetable seeds and seedlings.

Transition Wilmslow Food Group welcomes new members to come on board to help.  Contact them at transitionwilmslow@gmail.com

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Foraging Walk

Transition Wilmslow has put together another fabulous foraging walk in Wilmslow with expert forager James Wood from Totally Wild UK

Saturday June 2nd, 2018, 10am-2pm

Meet at 10am prompt at The Parish Hall Car Park, Cliff Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 4AA.

Bring a foraging basket or bag to take your goodies home.

Includes tasters on the walk and a wild food lunch for participants at the end of the course – which is seasonally dependent but can range from nettle soup to wild inspired salad.

Tickets via Eventbrite

Early bird ticket offer of £20 per adult until 30 April 2018 increasing to £22 from 1 May 2018. All inclusive price – no extras. Children free.

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A Good Result!

It was a good day for ‘Plastic Free Wilmslow’ at the Artisan Market Saturday 21 April 2018.  Many people visited the stall, saw the alternatives on offer and wrote pledges to cut their consumption of single-use plastic items.  It was encouraging to hear from market goers who are already cutting their use of plastic. Some stall holders came on board too with palm leaf plates, cardboard cartons and wooden cutlery.  All proving that it can be done.  We just have to set our minds to doing it!!

Don’t think disposable – think re-useable!Plastic Free Artisan Market Stall 2018-04-21

 

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Plastic Free Wilmslow launches

Plastic Free Wilmslow

It’s official!

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Plastic Free Wilmslow held their inaugural meeting on Tuesday 27 February 2018.  There was a great turn-out despite the awful weather.

A steering group has been formed to move the initiative forward with the goal of being accredited as a ‘Plastic Free Town’.

You can now be in touch with Plastic Free Wilmslow at  plasticfreewilmslow@gmail.com

Follow them on Twitter @PlasticFreeWilm

Look out for them at Wilmslow’s Artisan Market Saturday 21st April 2018.  Visit their stall and pick up lots of ideas.  Pledge your commitment to ditch single-use plastics

More about plastic free accreditaion here

Don’t think disposable – think re-useable!        

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Make Wilmslow ‘Plastic-Free’!

Good News!

Many groups in Wilmslow are agreeing that we have to do SOMETHING to reduce the amount of single-use plastics.

We all know it is bad for the environment, bad for our wildlife – in fact

A TOTALLY BAD IDEA ALTOGETHER

 to throw away plastic items used just once.

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Worthing Pier wrapped in plastic: courtesy of plasticisrubbish.com

WHAT CAN WE DO?

Transition Wilmslow is leading the campaign locally and have many voluntary groups on board as well as Wilmslow Town Council.

Come to the meeting on Tuesday 27 February 2018, 7:15pm, at Wilmslow United Reformed Church and you will meet up with other like-minded residents wanting to achieve full accreditation as a ‘plastic-free’ town.  We would like to form a ‘Plastic-free Wilmslow Steering Group’ and also make plans for our stall at the Artisan Market on 21st April 2018 to publicise the adverse impact of plastics in our environment.

We are sure people will have lots of ideas!

Many campaign groups are now enjoying greater publicity since the BBC series ‘Blue Planet’ highlighted the amount of plastic waste in our oceans.  You can find out more at:

Surfers Against Sewage If this doesn’t convince you – nothing will!

Less Plastic  – plenty information here with an on-line shop to buy water bottles, sandwich bags etc.

Transition Wilmslow have raised the plastics issue in the past

Can you live plastic free?

Save our Oceans anyone?

Don’t think disposable – think re-useable!