Royston First, Free Water Refill Stations Royston First’s “Love Where You Live” campaign is focused on reducing the amount of single-use plastic throughout the town and minimising Royston’s overall carbon footprint. They are asking customers and visitors to use reusable water bottles when visiting the town, and have launched a free water refill initiative. So […]
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Be Sustainable in March There is so much to look forward to in the spring! Those hedgehogs will be up and about and, having lost a third of their body weight over winter, please do leave dog food and water out for them. Food Waste Action Week is Monday, 6th to Sunday 12th March 2023.
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Be Sustainable in February In these still chilly winter months let’s think about food! The 21st February is Shrove Tuesday with families across the land dusting off their trusty pans and buying ingredients ready for the big fry! But let’s think about this for a minute. We cheerfully buy readymade mixes and sprinkle sugar and
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Triple Celebration for Repair Cafe When volunteer repairers gather for the next Royston Repair Café at 2pm on Saturday 18th February to keep broken items in use for longer, they have three reasons to celebrate. The February event is their 30th community repair session, and is also their 9th birthday. Nationally, in those nine years
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Be Sustainable in January Now that the festivities are done and it’s time to pack away the decorations, wrap your treasured heirlooms in tissue paper and store them ready to unpack next December. Spend an extra few minutes carefully winding fairy lights to make hanging them easier next time. If you make a New Year’s
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Be Sustainable in December Now that winter is definitely set in it’s time to get the garden ready for next year. Rake up leaves to help your grass grow strong and pile them up where they can be a cozy home for garden visitors. Keep up with your hedgehog-friendly chores over Christmas and put out
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Be Sustainable in November Winter is nearly here and hedgehogs will be starting to hibernate – some may have started already. Piles of garden debris are irresistible to hedgehogs looking for a snug nest. A log pile is one of the best garden features for encouraging all kinds of wildlife and very easy to make.
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Be Sustainable in October It’s Unblocktober! Avoid those fatbergs by being aware of what you flush down the sink and loo. Quit pouring fats, oils and grease, food and a range of other troublesome items down your drain for the whole 31 days. Who needs wet wipes when washable, reusable cloths will do the job
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Be Sustainable in September It’s Organic September! For those of you who have been able to grow fruit and vegetables over this summer (against all the odds) you’ll be enjoying the wonderful flavours of food produced for quality rather than quantity. I do hope your veggie patches survived the hot weather – mine’s toast! –
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Be Sustainable in August 4th August is Cycle to Work Day! If you haven’t already been taking advantage of the marvellous weather now is the time to dust off the old jalopy and give it a good once over to make sure that brakes, tyres and lights are in good order. If not, book it
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Be Sustainable in July… It’s Plastic Free July! The global movement is to help millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution, so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you be part of Plastic Free July by choosing to refuse single-use plastics? Spend the whole of July working
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Be Sustainable in June At last the weather is warmer and the evenings longer. The heating has been off since March, but we don’t need to wear quite so many layers now. At the end of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend we also celebrate World Environment Day on the 5th. With these two in mind
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