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Can you save money in the current scenario of Climate Change? Community Forum Meeting

Can you save money in the current scenario of Climate Change? Community Forum Meeting Markfield, Ratby & Groby Community Forum. Donna Worship Hetal Patel ENABLE. Climate Change – Our attitude Climate Change – Our behaviour

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Can you save money in the current scenario of Climate Change? Community Forum Meeting

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  1. Can you save money in the current scenario of Climate Change? Community Forum Meeting Markfield, Ratby & Groby Community Forum • Donna Worship • Hetal Patel • ENABLE

  2. Climate Change – Our attitude • Climate Change – Our behaviour • Some questions on your perception • Our response - Act On CO2 • Climate Friendly Communities – Tilton on the Hill

  3. Questions on your perception Q.1 – How many of you believe in the Climate Change? Q.2 – How you think it effects you – directly or indirectly? Q.3 – Which is your highest recurring living cost? Q.4 – Do you know how much you can save by changing your habits/behaviours? Q.5 – Are you aware of Climate Change Pledge? Q.6 – Do you know Eco-school Programme?

  4. Communities we have worked with • Tilton on the Hill • Sustainable Billesdon • Ibstock Does Climate Change

  5. What we have been doing… • Library Loan Scheme • Family Challenge • Green Fair in Tilton on the Hill • Village Hall – A Demonstration Building • Sustainable Community Energy Programme • Slow Food Day in Bilelsdon • Community CO2 Foot print Programme • Eco-School Programme • The Big Switch Off Campaign • (B)eat Your Bills in Ibstock

  6. Tilton on the Hill 250 houses

  7. We won! Countywide competition £3500, advice and help from ENABLE To help us become a ‘Climate Friendly Community’...

  8. Tilton Green Fair Village Hall Sat. 11th Oct. 10am-noon Money saving advice... ☺Home insulation grants ☺Energy saving products & ideas ☺Renewable Energy Demonstrations & grants ☺Thermal imaging camera display ☺FREEcloth bags & energy efficient light bulbs ☺Revolutionary green cone recycling bin ☺Recycling drop off – used batteries, aluminium foil, clean solid plastics, plastic bags, CDs & DVDs Homemade cakes & refreshments Games & PRIZE DRAW! KIDZONEcraft making, mini renewable energy models & apple bobbing

  9. Focus on Insulation 40 x £50 grants Home energy surveys - Sycamore Energy Assessors 15 more houses insulated so far

  10. ECO-St Lightbulb Library Library loaned to 10% houses £500+ light bulbs purchased Two lists – co-ordinator + circulate with library Circulate with OWL power monitor

  11. Loan of OWL MonitorsPlug-in monitor5% houses so far... ENABLE Family Challenge 35% cut in Electricity use

  12. TILTON GREEN Recycling Drop-off at the Village Hall On the second Saturday morning in each month, bring your items for recycling to the Village Hall foyer. They will then be taken to Somerby waste tip. Used batteries Aluminium foil Plastic bags Solid plastic (e.g., food containers & plastic bottle tops – but not bottles) Tapes and discs Small appliances (kettles, toasters, etc.) Tetrapak cartons Recycling

  13. Tilton Village Hall Demonstration? CAFE training day Thermal imaging Energy survey What next...

  14. The Future TILTON GREEN cloth bags ENABLE work with businesses £7000 GOEM funding Action packs for other rural communities Homes & Gardens of the Future event Eco-school teaching pack Carbon footprinting (Marches Energy Agency) Energy Saving Trust?

  15. Cutting Energy COMPETITIONPRIZES £2500 towards renewable energy system for demonstration £500 holiday in UK (funded by TG) 30+ homes signed up so far...

  16. The Declaration, and Climate Change Action Plan – A bank of actions to develop your own action plan

  17. Let’s Make Leicestershire Greener . . . Thank you. Donna Worship Hetal Patel 0116 305 7242 0116 305 7068 dworship@leics.gov.ukhapatel@leics.gov.uk enable@leics.gov.uk www.leics.gov.uk/enable

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