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Focus on The Greening Campaign
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Greening Campaign
The television and press
regular feature climate
change and its
international implications and
the need for coordinated
national initiatives. Britain
continues to publicise reports
and plans aimed at encouraging
‘green’ lifestyles both in the
home and at work. The Greening
campaign has come to Billericay
and is an initiative to enable a
local response for people to get
to grips with climate change and make a
positive contribution to these international
problems. It truly encapsulates the maxim
‘think global, act local’. The campaign began in
Petersfield when Terena Plowright decided to do
something to ‘make a difference’. Her campaign
was so successful that many other villages and
towns began to look at ways to reduce CO 2
emissions and water wastage. Billericay is the
first community in Essex to run the campaign -
we are truly trailblazers.
The campaign is based around all members of
the community feeling that they can have some
impact on climate change by committing to and
implementing small, inexpensive actions –
whilst at the same time having a positive impact
on their household budget. Examples of these
small impacts and the potential annual savings
for an average household are:
• turning off lights when leaving a room (save
£1.49 and 6kg of CO 2);
• turning off standbys (save £37.30 and stop
155kg of CO 2 going into the air);
• closing curtains at dusk to reduce heat loss
(save £15 and 62kg of CO 2);
• not leaving taps running when brushing teeth
(save 6.9 tonnes of water).
The campaign is also meant to be
fun and include as many
members of the community as
possible. One aim is to help local
people to work together to
address climate change and
make what appears a difficult
international problem into a
positive community and
individual experience.
Editions of the Town Crier (the
local community bulletin) have
and will include details of the
campaign. However, it is stressed
that this should be a truly community
campaign with Billericay Town Council merely
facilitating and co-ordinating plans, actions and
activities. Many community groups are
beginning to be approached to determine
interest and commitment – with, hopefully,
each community group taking ownership for
one of the ‘small, inexpensive actions’ at a public
meeting that has been arranged for:
The evening of Tuesday, 23rd March 2010
in Emmanuel Church, Laindon Road,
Billericay
After this an Environment Day has been
arranged for:
Saturday, 12th June 2010 at Sun Corner
where all community groups will be able to
present and demonstrate the particular small
action they have chosen – hopefully in fun and
innovative ways – showing the importance of
each action and its environmental benefit and
effect on household budgets. The Environment
Day will also include many other displays and
events so that the whole day will be an enjoyable
family day. Please put these dates in your diary.
8 Billericay Town Guide