Sustainable Blewbury is a charity
We are deeply concerned about climate change and closely related environmental issues, especially biodiversity, as well as protecting our lovely and unique village and its surroundings.
We must end our dependence on fossil fuels because of the increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. We need to explore ways in which we as a village can adapt to a low carbon and more sustainable way of living, while maintaining a good quality of life.
SB places the highest priority on raising awareness of climate change and communicating urgently how it affects all our lives.
The themes explored are detailed below.
Travel and transport
The travel and transport theme promotes public transport and encourages cycling and walking, with more cycleways and footpaths, in order to reduce car dependency.
Food and farming
The food and farming theme supports and promotes local food production and marketing, in order to reduce food miles, as well as encouraging fair trade.
Natural environment and heritage
This theme is to promote protection of Blewbury's history, architecture and special characteristics – such as springs, streams, trees, green spaces and village fabric.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
This theme aims to reduce the amount of waste, and to encourage reuse of items and recycling to recover raw materials. It promotes water saving, local recycling and household composting.
Energy
The Blewbury Energy Initiative aimed to reduce energy consumption in buildings, encourage the use of renewable energy and use much less coal, oil and gas. It is now part of Sustainable Blewbury
Data protection
The only data we hold is our Sustainable Blewbury supporters list. This is simply a list of names and email addresses of people who have said they wish to receive our newsletter and occasional items about our events and other information of interest. In the jargon of the General Data Protection Regulations this is classified as ‘legitimate interest’. People who wish to be deleted from the list have only to contact us at info@sustainable-blewbury.org.uk.