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Young Voices for a Sustainable Future: A Home Energy Case Study
The following insightful article has been written by a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) student from a local school who set out to...


Why “Plastic-Free” Isn’t Always Eco-Friendly: What You Really Need to Know About Bioplastics
With public pressure to go plastic-free stronger than ever, many of us are reaching for “green” alternatives like biodegradable bags or...


Are UK Supermarkets Really Recycling Soft Plastics?
Soft plastic is one of the trickiest types of household waste to recycle, but many UK supermarkets now claim to have a solution. Tesco ,...


Our Family’s Ongoing Mission to Buy Food Without Plastic Packaging
About eight years ago, our family decided to try and cut plastic out of our food shop. Not completely, we weren’t aiming for perfection,...


Wotton's Newest Wood - Full Moon Wood
There is an old proverb that goes ‘The best time to plant a tree was 30 years ago. The next best time is today’. So it was that five...


A Year of Positive Action: Celebrating Community and Climate Wins in Wotton
Over the past year, the Wotton-under-Edge community and its surrounding villages have shown what’s possible when people come together...


The Green Pledge Project at Gloucestershire Archives
Scan of a report about the 1766 Wotton food riots. (ref. D2930-1) Did you know that in 1766, several poor harvests and soaring food...


The Potential for Regenerative Land Use in Stroud District - Nov 24
Hear from Rebecca Charley, Stroud District Council’s Strategic Lead for Nature Recovery and Biodiversity. With over 20 years of...


Wild Beavers in Gloucestershire?
Over the past 12 months, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust has been running a joint study with Forestry England to determine the feasibility of


British Bats - a virtual guided safari
Bats make up a quarter of all British mammals, with 18 bat species resident in the UK. Our bats: like the dark eat insects have complex...


Passivhaus - June 2024
Louise Ciotti, Director at Adapt Architects Ltd and Senior Lecturer in Architecture, Retrofit and Conservation at UWE talks about the...


Retrofit - May 2024
Guest speaker Louise Ciotti, Director at Adapt Architects Ltd and Senior Lecturer in Architecture, Retrofit and Conservation at UWE,...


Online resources for retrofit
Looking to improve the energy efficiency of your home without causing unwanted problems like moisture buildup, cold bridging or...


Glorious Cotswold Grasslands project
One of the remarkable and most cherished things about our town are our fabulous grasslands, which support many wildflowers, insects and...


Wotton Area CAN & St. Mary's EcoChurch
They always say getting started is the hardest part, so it was a stroke of good timing (and a bit of good old Wotton networking) that...


Planting Wild Flower Seeds
Where should I plant them? Wildflower seeds are best planted in well drained, nutrient poor soils in a sunny location. Heavier clay...


Regenerative Agriculture - Oct 23
A talk about regenerative agriculture and the ways that our food production can be more sustainable. Increasing biodiversity, topsoil...
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