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Located in rural Cheshire, Ashton Hayes is a well knit community of about 1000 people that is aiming to become England's first carbon neutral community. We started our journey in January 2006 and since then we have already cut our carbon dioxide emissions significantly - by working together, sharing ideas and through behavioural change. We now have our community owned renewable energy company.
This website encapsulates our journey towards carbon neutrality and offers free advice and guidance. Please feel free to use anything from our website (we'd like a credit if you can).
Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 10:01AM 
We had a great turnout for our 'End of Decade Celebration' at the Primary School in Ashton Hayes on Thursday 28th January - 10 years to the night since we started. We have managed to cut our carbon emissions by 40% and the film explains this and other measurements we have made about village life.
See the movie here
Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 10:36AM To support the 10-year anniversary of the Going Carbon Neutral Project (tonight 28 Jan), the veg men have kindly donated a veg box for the free raffle tonight. Everyone attending the meeting at 7pm in the school will be entered.
The community shop is also celebrating its 6 year anniversary and is donating a lovely hamper to the raffle.
So come and have a drink, get your free memory stick with the new film loaded and enter the raffle.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 8:19AM We've had a lovely letter of congratulations on our 10 year anniversary from Mayor Roar Jonstang and The Climate Advisory Committee in Nøtterøy, Norway. Here is a short extract..
..."We were therefore delighted that Garry Charnock, Roy Alexander and Kate Harrison agreed to pay us a visit in October 2009. In the course of three hectic days the advisory council, the municipal administration, neighboring municipalities, residents' associations, businesses and schools had the opportunity to hear about the enormous engagement in Ashton Hayes regarding climate matters.
The visit inspired, amongst other, the establishment of a climate activist group in the small village of Torød (around 1000 inhabitants) which has since held a wide range of climate-related activities.
In November 2010 it was time for a reciprocal visit. The Climate Advisory Council, represented by Janet Gullvåg, and journalists from the local newspaper spent three eventful days in Ashton Hayes where they were well received by Roy Alexander and Kate Harrison. Numerous planned visits were paid to Sustainable Blacon, Ashton Hayes Primary School, the Parish Church and the village shop, just to name a few"...
Read the full letter here
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 1:39PM 
28 January 2016: End of Decade celebrations with the launch and world premiere of our new film 'Our footprint, our journey' that examines the past decade of the Going Carbon Neutral Project through the eyes of residents. Primary School 7pm. The Mayor and Mayoress of Chester will open the event.
