To reduce the overall carbon footprint of the Borough, everybody in the Borough needs to work together by becoming more energy efficient, reducing energy consumption and reducing the number of journeys we make by car. Not only will this reduce our impact on the environment and help preserve precious energy resources, it will also help save money on fuel bills. Everybody can play their part and even the smallest actions can help towards making a big cumulative impact.

In recent months a number of community led initiatives have begun:

The Greening Campaign is an innovative idea to help motivate people to reduce their energy consumption and lower their personal and community carbon footprint by committing themselves to a number of challenges. It’s based on the principle that individuals may feel powerless to change things on their own but that communities working together can make a real difference. The FBC is supporting the development of up to five Greening Campaigns in the Borough and this has been enthusiastically taken up. The Stubbington Greening Campaign is the most advanced and held its public launch with a display at Stubbington Library last November. A second campaign in North Fareham is due to have its public launch in March. Further Campaigns are planned for Central Fareham, Portchester and Broadlaw Walk. To find out more visit: Website

Transition Fareham has recently been set up by members of the local community. It’s part of a national network of Transition towns and its aim is to make Fareham a more sustainable place to live and in particular to draw attention to the need to reduce energy consumption in the light of the depletion of the world’s energy resources. Like the Greening Campaign, its ethos is that acting as individuals may be too difficult, but acting as a community is the way
forward to making real change. It also emphasises that small things can make a difference and act as a catalyst to greater change. As an example of this, one of its initial projects was to arrange the planting of apple trees at a number of junior schools in the Borough to help educate children on the benefits of growing and eating your own food. To find out more visit: Website

Greener Fareham is a new website which aims to coordinate information about the activities and events taking place around the Greening agenda in Fareham. If
you want to find out what’s going on or if you want to contribute information visit: Website

All of these initiatives are led by concerned members of the community and are designed to help remove some of the complicated scientific issues and mystique surrounding the future sustainability of the environment. Above all they aim to make addressing these issues interesting and fun.

For more information or if you’d like to support the Greening Campaign in your area please contact Mark Holt (Fareham), email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Oriana Taylor (Stubbington), email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or you can email: info@greening-campaign to put you in touch with your local group.

Last Updated on Thursday, 09 February 2012 11:40