Chalford Climate Action Network
Working together for a sustainable community
ChalCAN: everyone CAN do something
Energy, Transport, Food, Plastics, Recycling, Waste, Pollution, Trees, Wildflowers, Wildlife
Image: Jonathan Buckley
Welcome to ChalCAN website
ChalCAN is a community group set up in 2019. We aim to engage with local people in Chalford to increase awareness of how we can make changes in our everyday lives to reduce our carbon use, protect and restore biodiversity, and live more sustainably. We provide practical advice and support to help our community to make changes to how we travel, shop, eat, power our homes and enhance our natural environment. While making changes locally is valuable, we also aim to raise awareness of the urgency of the climate and environmental crisis and the need for policy change in government and corporate institutions.
Our current action groups are
Energy (focussing on insulation and sustainable energy)
Transport (bikes, e-bikes, buses, walking)
Biodiversity (protecting and enhancing the local environment)
Composting (creating a community compost scheme)
Friends of Frith Wood (protecting and enhancing the woodland)
Food, Waste & Plastic
Recycling, Repairing, Shopping, Clothes, Eating less meat, Less single use plastic, Composting
Energy & Transport
Insulation, Energy Saving, Sustainable Energy, Walking, Cycling, Buses, Liftshare, Car clubs
Our Plan
As a community we need to:
- Better insulate our houses
- Use renewable energy where possible
- Use cars less, particularly single occupancy
- Repair and recycle more
- Reduce waste - use it up or wear it out
- Eat more plant-based foods
- Encourage wildlife and plant trees
- Reduce our carbon footprint