ChalCAN - What you can do
Everyone CAN do something
We want to involve as many local people as possible
There are so many ways to contribute:
Find out more about climate change and the steps we all need to take.
- Come along to a ChalCAN community event
- Help organise an event
- Offer your time and if you have special interests or skills let us know (from cooking to DIY, through to marketing and project planning)
- Join a working group (Food & Waste, Biodiversity, Energy and Transport) – they will be glad to see everyone (contact info@chalcan.org.uk)
- Keep up-to-date with development and ideas by joining the mailing list and reading our e-newsletter, and/or following our FaceBook page
- Ask us questions if there’s something you don’t understand or think we should be covering
- Measure your carbon footprint https://footprint.wwf.org.uk/#/ and discuss the result with family, friends and neighbours
- Do your bit by adopting climate friendly practices (see below)
- Campaign: write letters or emails to lobby on these issues (link and ideas below)
- Most important: spread the word – tell your family, friends, colleagues and neighbours about ChalCAN. We want everyone in the Parish to know what’s going on
Take Action
Steps to reduce your carbon footprint at home
Click for PDF downloads
- ChalCAN Domestic Energy Case Studies
- Air Source Heat Pump Article
- What we did in 2020
- Terracycle Recycling Poster
- Energy saving in the home
- 10 steps to reduce your carbon footprint in travel
- 10 steps to reduce use of single-use plastic
- Local suppliers of refillable products
- All you need to know about planting a tree
If you attend or work at a local school
- Ask what steps they are taking to reduce the carbon footprint, reduce waste and encourage planting and wildlife
- Set up or join a school forum to debate these issues
- Encourage children and parents to walk to school
- Contact ChalCAN to see if we can work together on projects
If you work at or run a local business
- Consider what steps have been taken at your workplace to reduce the carbon footprint, reduce waste and encourage planting and wildlife
- Encourage colleagues to discuss these issues and suggest actions
- Contact ChalCAN to see if we can work together on projects
