Wotton Area Climate Action Network
We are a community-led Climate Action Group serving Wotton-under-Edge and the surrounding areas. We aim to help residents and businesses to reduce their carbon emissions with a goal of helping our area become carbon neutral by 2030.
Try our Low Carbon Diet for 2021
Take your pick of our tips for reducing your carbon emissions in 2021 and help our community move towards carbon neutrality by 2030.
No Mow May
During May we are encouraging residents with a garden to leave the mower in the shed during the month of May so that any wildflowers within the grass have chance to bloom and provide a vital nectar source for pollinating insects.
We're also encouraging Wotton Town Council and the surrounding parishes to leave some public areas un-mown during May and work with us this autumn to oversow wildflower seeds that will help create wildflower patches in 2022 and beyond.
Email wottonareacan@gmail.com to talk to us about No Mow May or wildflower areas.
An introduction to Slow Ways walking routes - Wotton to Dursley walk (9 miles)
Join Rick Beresford from Wotton Area CAN to hear more about the Slow Ways national project. We'll be taking the Slow Ways walking route from Wotton to Dursley via Waterley Bottom and return via North Nibley.
Date: 10.30am, 12th June 2021
Place: Meet at Wotton Auction Rooms carpark
Find out more or book a space on this walk at http://www.wottonwalkingfestival.com
Tree care
We are now undertaking tree care of trees planted at Knapp Road community woodland and Matara. For further details please email wottonareacan@gmail.com
Join the steering team and help our community reduce carbon emissions
Would you like to make a difference to carbon emissions in our local area? We rely on volunteers to help run our events, plan what's next and publicise our work. We'd love to welcome you if you could spare any time, even if it's just a couple of hours a month. We do not discriminate against anyone for any reason and welcome involvement from all. We pledge to support people living with disability to take part in any of our events or activities.
Sign up to our newsletter
Each month we publish a newsletter giving details of upcoming events, public meetings and useful tips to help you reduce your impact on the environment. We won't share your details with anyone else and you can unsubcribe at any time.
Find us on Stroud District Lucky Severn Community Lottery
Like to play Lucky Severn Community Lottery? Buy your tickets from our page and 50% of the lottery ticket price comes to us, plus 10% goes to other local good causes. If you enter before 26th June '21 you could also win 12 monthly fruit and veg boxes delivered to your door from Boxxfresh.
https://www.luckysevernlottery.co.uk/support/wotton-area-climate-action-network
Small changes make a difference
We identified 6 key areas where we can all reduce carbon emissions. Find out how you can reduce your impact on the environment by making small changes…
How do you make a community carbon neutral?
Watch this inspiring talk by Gary Charnock, who 15 years ago launched Ashton Hayes' ambition to become England's first Carbon Neutral Community.
Gary spoke at the Rural Net Zero conference, chaired by Wotton Area CAN group member, Dominic Driver.
http://www.goingcarbonneutral.co.uk/