Wiltshire residents urged to take action on climate change
New campaign encourages people to help protect the planet
Wiltshire Council have launched a new campaign to try and encourage local communities to do some small things to help tackle climate change.
They want us to do our bit and reduce our carbon emissions.
The local authority will be sharing ideas of actions that residents and businesses can take to improve the impact they have on the climate, both big and small.
It will all be done via social media, using the hashtag #WiltsCanDoThis.
The campaign will be focusing on the seven main delivery themes that the council has identified as priorities:
• Transport
• Built environment
• Waste
• Green economy
• Energy generation, storage and distribution
• Natural environment, food and farming
• Carbon neutral council
Cllr Nick Botterill, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, said:
“This Great Big Green Week, we are urging residents and businesses across Wiltshire to support our campaign and make choices to help reduce their carbon emissions. In February 2019 we acknowledged the climate emergency and set our goal to make Wiltshire carbon neutral by 2030.
“We know many communities and businesses in Wiltshire are already taking some great steps to help tackle climate change, but there is more that we all need to do to create an even greater impact.
“We have launched the #WiltsCanDoThis campaign to inspire people with suggestions of things they can do towards supporting the climate, and there are plenty of small actions people can take in their everyday lives that can all contribute to helping our county to become carbon neutral.
“We would like everyone to make a commitment to supporting climate change in Wiltshire and we can all play our part - #WiltsCanDoThis!”.
The council is currently also holding a consultation on its draft Climate Strategy and the Green and Blue Infrastructure Strategy which will help to shape the natural environment of Wiltshire.
You can find out more by visiting their website.