12 Charity & Community
THAKEHAM HELPS SAVE THE PLANET
– AND A POTENTIAL £60,000! Imagine, if you can, 38 massive hot air balloons floating in the sky above the small village of Thakeham in West Sussex. That image represents the huge amount of CO2 saved by the community in the first phase of their Greening Thakeham campaign.
This first phase of Greening Thakeham encouraged households to help reduce CO2 emissions – and other waste – by undertaking a number of easily achievable tasks, such as turning down the thermostat one degree, turning off standby’s or using low-energy bulbs. The households who achieved five such challenges then displayed the Greening Thakeham logo in their windows, so that the annual CO2, water and money savings made by the community could be calculated. An amazing 38.7 tonnes of CO2 were saved, along with 80,955 litres of water, not to mention total financial savings of over £7,500. Had every single household achieved the challenges (and being the summer holidays it is not surprising that not
everyone did), the s a vi n g s would have been enormous : over 300,000 tonnes of CO2; 640,000 litres of water; and around £60,000. All in a small, rural village. The Greening Thakeham committee are now planning Phase Two of the campaign, which will be a more ambitious initiative for long term energy saving in the village. Residents of Thakeham are being encouraged to suggest ideas and to get involved in what promises to be a really exciting project. Well done Thakeham and here’s to Phase Two! For further information about Greening Thakeham or to suggest further projects please contact: Lucy McDowell at greeningthakeham@yahoo.co.uk
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New Travel Agency opens 4th January! Pulborough Travel will be opening on 4th January at 85A Lower Street Pulborough. On Monday 10th January at 4pm there will be an official opening by star of stage and screen Susie Blake (Coronation Street, Wicked (Victoria Palace), Pygmalion (Chichester Festival) currently starring in London's West End at the Garrick Theatre in 'When We Are Married'. Pulborough Travel’s Christine Mortimer said she was ‘very excited about the new shop’ and was ‘really looking forward to helping local people with their travel plans’.
