Wellington Town Council Newsletter Nov 2002

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WEST team
news
Mick and Joe of the WEST Team
have been doing some path
clearance on the path leading from
Dothill Play area to Harley Close as
well as doing path clearance work
on Harley Close – here are the
‘before’ and ‘after’ pictures.
Climate emergency
Along with Telford
and Wrekin,
Shropshire and
many other
Parish and
Town Councils, Wellington
declared a climate change
emergency at its meeting
in August and the newly
formed Climate Emergency
Committee are now
deciding on priorities for
Wellington. We will be l Cllr John Alvey, Paola Armstrong, Cllr Anthony Lowe
working in partnership (Chair) Cllr Paul Davis (Deputy) Cllr John Latter. Cllr Giles
with Sustainable Telford & Luter is also a member but missing from this photograph.
Wrekin.
Wellington Town Council have removed all single use plastic cups, have
recycled obsolete stationery and have almost eliminated printing of agendas,
minutes and other reports in line with all meetings now taking place virtually.
It may be that meetings will take place in the Council chamber in 2021 but
Covid has triggered this dramatic reduction in our consumption of paper and
has significantly “greened” our working practices.
Telford & Wrekin have confirmed that all street lighting within the wards of
Wellington have now been converted to LED and our town Christmas lights are
all LED.
Wellington Town Council will be acting as an “influencer” within our town to
encourage residents and businesses to improve their recycling practices and
to move towards carbon neutrality by 2030.
Ideas from residents will be welcome at all stages. Please be assured that
Wellington Town Council will do all we can in coming months and years to
address the climate change emergency in our town.
Beyond the Rainbow
To illustrate the impact of Climate Change on our
society, retired artist Ann Easthope has worked with
Tristan King of Voodoo Design in Wellington to produce
this illustrated bedtime story to reassure young children
about the effects of global warming on animal life.
Please contact Ann if you would like to purchase a
copy of the book for a small charge: anneasthope@
blueyonder.co.uk