Thailand visitors share ideas

The Going Carbon Neutral project was delighted to welcome (left to right) Chadchawan Muongpruan, Pavarat Kunkuamdee, Pornpol Noithammaraj, (Garry), Assoc.Prof. Ratnarin Nitisoravut to Ashton Hayes on Tuesday 7 July 2015. The group from Thailand's Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DESTA, a public organization) were keen to discuss ways of engaging communities in sustainable tourism that could benefit everone in Thailand's communities. Thanks to Garry, Roy, Kate, David Lamb, Matt Hover (headmaster - see below in blue shirt) and everyone else who chatted to them about life in Ashton Hayes.

School ECO event 25 June

Sounds like a great evening

Students begin survey this week

Left to right: Holly Watson, Emily Chapman, Lucy Holland, Cassy Swain, Karen Elliott, Rebecca Spensley, Emma Haughton, Beth Henderson. 

Eight female students from The University of Chester will be spending a few weeks in the village and hope you will assist them with the End of Decade carbon footprint survey. We want to understand the long term implications of our Going Carbon Neutral Project.

They will begin door-to-door surveying from the 16^th of May, for approximately 3 weeks. Please have ready recent energy utility bills from the last 12 months, as this will be vital information for the survey. You can also download the survey letter and form here

Participation is entirely voluntary and you may withdraw from the survey at any point. The information that you provide will be kept strictly confidential and data on individual properties will not be published.

Full details here

End of decade survey begins 13 May

The Going Carbon Neutral Project is 10 years old this year and to mark the occasion the University of Chester has engaged 8 student volunteers to undertake another carbon footprint survey of the village. The students will arrive on 13 May and issue notices to all residents. As with previous surveys, you will be able to indicate whether you do/don't wish to take part.

This year we the students will be asking a few extra questions about sustainable living in Ashton Hayes. We appreciate your input. During the coming year we also hope to carry out video interviews with people who have lived here for the past decade and who feel able to comment on the impact of the various initiatives such as the Carbon Neutral Project, Community Shop and Community Energy Company.

More soon on this from the students.

Earth Hour celebrated in Ashton Hayes

Thanks to all the families who came to celebrate the Ashton Hayes Earth Hour on 28 March. Our new LED street lights also went off to mark the event - thanks to CWAC for coordinating the switch off.