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Aiming to be England's
first
carbon neutral village
University of Chester informs us that we have cut our emissions by 20% in our first year! Well done everyone.
Ashton Hayes
Going Carbon Neutral Project
Ashton Hayes Parish Council
Around 300 people attended our anniversary event and the school kids unveiled their 'carbon neutral rap' song to a thrilled audience! Orders for our short DVD film Our footprint, Our journey pour in!
Watch our low res version here or on YouTube
OUR AIM; The Cheshire village of Ashton Hayes (pop. 1000 approx.) is aiming to to become the first small community in England to achieve carbon neutral status. We want our children and future generations to know that we tried to do our bit to stem global warming and encourage other communities to follow suit.
SURVEY RESULTS JULY 2006-7
The total output for the village was calculated at 4765.76 tonnes of
CO2 per year.
Since then we have saved 20% on our energy bills. Download the 2007 survey here (242kb only)
RESULTS OF OUR PEOPLE SURVEY: Ged Edwards MSc research shows that 35% of people had become more actively involved in village life through the Project and 99.4% are engaged in environmentally friendly behaviour. Click for more >>>>
The students are back for the third survey: A team of students from the University of Chester started our third carbon footprint survey on 25th April 2008. They will be in the village carrying out door to door interviews for about 3 weeks. This year we are also enlisting the help of residents who will carry out surveys in evenings and weekends.
Left to right: Alicia Burgum, Cara Peers Gemma Morton, Lee Davies
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Two accolades for our project:
We have scooped the Community Initiative in the Energy Institute's 2007 global awards
On Thursday 15th November 2007 Ashton Hayes Parish Council won the 'Community Initiative' prize for its Going Carbon Neutral project from the Energy Institute (EI) at an awards dinner in the fabulous art deco dining room at the London Sheraton Park Lane Hotel. Will Carling OBE, former England Rugby Captain (second from right), presented a series of awards which are run in partnership with Deloitte. Garry Charnock (third from left) and Professor Roy Alexander (fourth from left) received the award on behalf of the Parish Council. The Community Award was sponsored by Hindustan Petroleum Company. For more details visit the EI website.
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Well done Steve Holland - our award winning film director
Steve couldn't make the Clarion Awards ceremony on 28th September so we thought we'd give him a big thanks by putting his photo on our website. Here's Steve (who also runs Fifth Pictures) holding the award at front of the tes offices near Chester. The video and production costs were very low thanks to sponsors and extremely cheap in comparison to some of the agency productions we were competing against. Thanks also to DEFRA for providing £2300 towards the film costs. You can see the film and event on Green.tv. or by clicking on the link above in the left column.
Ashton Hayes awarded £26,500 DEFRA grant - see our DEFRA Blog!
EA Technology to investigate renewables micro-grid for Ashton Hayes
HOW ARE WE DOING? See how one family has cut its electricity use by almost 50% over two years
Carry on Kate!: See the amazing amounts Kate has saved on her electricity and gas bills.
Our 'carbon sink' tree planting scheme
What you can do to help - some handy tips and facts
(NEW: Richard Holland on the benefits of power monitoring AND ratings for appliances )
Our baseline survey May 8th, 2006
Thanks to our business sponsors
CHESTER RESIDENTS!
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We are winners! Our project and DVD film has won the International Visual Communication Association (IVCA) Clarion award. We are a winner in the Climate Change Communications. This is what the judges said 'An inspiring example of how a small village can strive to be carbon neutral and, by helping tackle a global issue, can bring the local community closer together. This unassuming and honest communications campaign has inspired other communities across the country and internationally; Ashton Hayes has become a symbol for positive action on climate change'. |
Happy faces - Left to right (Roy, Tracey, Pam, Garry, Yvette, Kate and Vanessa have fun at the Southbank IVCA awards ceremony.
Our launch meeting on Thursday 26th January attracted an amazing turnout. On a very cold night, around 400 braved the weather to hear our talks and have bubbly and apple pie. more>>
Climate art: A digital artwork has been donated to the project by Anne Charnock and any visitors to this website can download the artwork free of charge and print it out!
We are delighted to send our best wishes to Eden Mills which is aiming to become the first carbon-neutral village in North America. See here for their excellent website.
Have a look at our 'twin community' activities in Australia by clicking here
Interested in courses on carbon management? Visit our friends at the new Crichton Carbon Centre in Dumfries
Cheers to Barry Cooney, Landlord!
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