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Ideas discussed by the public at the Climate Emergency meeting on 7th October 2019:
Promote Hedgehog highways
Collaborate more with wildlife organisations to seek best practice
Identify wildlife areas and create more ponds, variety of
habitats
Promote wildlife planting for small gardens and new housing, promote and preserve gardening habitat/wildlife (for example not cutting back ivy in autumn, to feed butterfly)
Promote Farcycles tree planting-dedication ( Plant a tree as a gift)
Promote tree charter campaign
Involve local schools in a wildlife /local wild planting
initiative
Building bug Hotels (the yellow ants of Willes Close)
Set up a local wildlife charity
Set up a Faringdon Nature Society (we are part of the Great
Western Forest)
New Builds keep old hedges rows + ancient trees
Tree planting program, in local car parks. Living walls instead of paints
Introducing nature walks / trails around Faringdon
A map of Faringdon free food
Town Park – trying again to rewild it – with wild flowers, or a hedge maze, or trees
Folly Country park – plant a community orchard there / tree nursery
Getting in wildlife speakers / education / interest events for all ages, to inspire about nature
‘What we need in 2020 are lots of trees and we need plenty!
“Earth Hour “one evening a month for dark skies and saving energy
LED Christmas Lights
Local crafts -projects to make reusable bags to be sold in charity shops
Recycling bins outside the junior & infant schools
A green tax
Encourage car sharing with existing schemes
More information on existing initiatives! Better ways of getting information disseminated
Make sustainability an intrinsic part of the Neighbourhood Plan
A quantitative analysis of current standards leading towards
real accessible goals
Promote Men’s sheds association -complimentary to a mending café
Promote less/better meat consumption