Shropshire Climate Action: Trains & Planes Trains & planes The climate impact of flying Air travel can offer unparalleled speed and global connectivity, but comes with a hefty carbon cost. According to Flight Free UK aviation is responsible for 7% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. Even a short flight can emit hundreds of kilograms of CO2 per passenger. You can assess a flight's carbon emissions using My Climate's online CO2 flight calculator which will help you to work out how to offset the emissions. The aviation industry is making the problem worse by promoting frequent flyer incentives, airport expansion and increasing private jets. National campaigns are encouraging individuals to explore eco-friendly alternatives to flying. Possible’s campaign calls for UK flights to be cut by a third to help reduce carbon emissions and reach our climate targets. Graph credit: Flightfree.co.uk Take to the rails instead... Trains offer a great alternative to flying and driving. They are more energy-efficient: producing far fewer carbon emissions with each mile travelled. International travel by train Travelling abroad by train has never been easier! Th e Man in Seat 61 offers lots of information about using trains abroad. It provides travellers with: up-to-date information on train routes journey planners practical tips for a smooth journey. Train travel in the UK The UK rail industry is actively working towards more sustainable practices. Transport for Wales is investing in energy-efficient technologies and infrastructure upgrades to red uce carbon emissions. Using train apps to measure carbon savings Apps such as th e Trainline app and Train Pal app offer user-friendly platforms which makes it easier to plan journeys across the UK by train and bus to reduce your carbon footprint. When booking tickets, users receive information on the carbon impact and carbon savings of their journeys (see image on the right). Supporting greener business travel Trainline Business sells tickets from 270 carriers across 45 countries, covering 80% of all routes in Europe and provides businesses with cost efficiencies and controls over their travel spend. Read more here Actions you can take... Use a carbon footprint calculator to find out how much the types of transport you use contribute towards your carbon footprint. Sign up to Flight Free UK’s flight free challenge and check out their website for tips on alternative ways to travel abroad. Ask your employer to sign up to Climate Perks, a new employee benefit scheme where employers help staff to choose slower, cleaner, travel by giving them paid ‘journey days’ on top of their annual leave entitlement. Support Possible’s frequent flyer levy campaign : the more someone flies in any given year, the more tax they pay on their flights. Keep up to date with local initiatives that prioritise sustainability. See Shropshire Council’s website .

< Back Net Zero Progress - How are we doing in Shropshire? - not well - a NWRR update Nancy Stewart 1 Mar 2025 How the North West Relief Road for Shrewsbury jeopardises Shropshire's climate commitments Shropshire Council risks tearing up its climate commitments as it continues to push for the construction of the proposed North West Relief Road (NWRR). Following a recent recalculation of the carbon emissions associated with the road, the planning officer has admitted this project will undermine the council's 2030 net zero targets. Building the NWRR contradicts the meaning of ‘emergency’ in the climate crisis. In recommending the NWRR be approved by the planning committee, the planning officer sought to downplay its impact by stating that although the additional emissions would burst through Shropshire’s carbon budget, compared to global emissions it would be a relatively small amount. The Council could shift to 2050 as a target for net zero, he said. The proposed NWRR scheme remains controversial ahead of May’s elections, with different candidates in favour or opposing it. Why not ask your prospective councillors what their views are? Market Drayton Climate Action has recently responded to a few of the arguments made in favour of the NWRR in response to the group raising these issues: Pro: ‘For Market Drayton residents using the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, the NWRR will provide a much quicker option than that offered at present. This would be particularly important during a medical emergency.’ Response: We would like to make an equally emotional appeal: that by hugely weakening our response to the climate emergency, we are going to be facing more medical emergencies in Market Drayton. Pro: To offset the carbon emissions of the NWRR ‘we are committing to the equivalent increase in carbon offsetting’. Response: Carbon offsets have a very dubious record and should never be used as an excuse for increasing dangerous emissions levels. Better Shrewsbury Transport comments: ‘We estimate that to absorb these emissions within ten years the council would need to plant around 1.4 million extra trees – and keep them alive.’ Pro: The NWRR will ‘deliver major reductions in traffic, congestion and air pollution in Shrewsbury and many surrounding villages, boost public transport, cycling and walking, and attract new jobs and investment into the county.’ Response: This is highly contestable: The UK Climate Change Committee says ‘“investment in roads should be contingent on analysis justifying how they contribute to the UK’s pathway to Net Zero” – not to investment in the economy. Shropshire Council’s own modelling shows the road would have a limited effect on congestion in the town centre – while some roads might see peak flow reductions of 1 in 4 cars, many town centre roads will see no improvement. Meanwhile, traffic will increase on other roads servicing the new route. There is well established evidence that, rather than reduce congestion, new roads actually create more traffic and fail to deliver the economic benefits claimed (e.g. CPRE, 2017). Shropshire Council has not fully investigated the potential to reduce congestion by supporting walking, cycling and public transport. The Big Town Plan Masterplan for Shrewsbury has outlined exactly how these alternative measures could work but Shropshire Council has not included this in its traffic modelling. The original planning application for this road received a record-breaking 5400 objections, with only 220 people supporting it. Shrewsbury Town Council opposes the project. The revised carbon figures point firmly to the right course of action – immediate abandonment of plans for the NWRR.You can read Shropshire Climate Action's original review of the proposed road here . Our position that Shropshire can't meet its climate commitments if the road is built remains unchanged Previous Next

< Back New sustainable fashion initiative in Oswestry Lizzie Dibble 1 Dec 2024 Borrow clothes from Oswestry Library Based in Oswestry, With Love From ... is on a mission to reduce the environmental and ethical impact of fashion. We are encouraging people to slow down in their shopping habits, repair, re-wear, share and care for the clothing that already exists. Currently, With Love From... is a community project but we are in the process of registering as a CIC. There is enough clothing on the planet to dress the next six generations. We started by creating a shared wardrobe in the town, encouraging people to donate items in exchange for points which can be spent within the shared wardrobe. On average, British women hoard £285 worth of unused clothing - this equates to over £34 million worth of unused purchases in Shropshire alone. Our shared wardrobe already holds more than 600 items. Since November we have started a very exciting collaborative project with Oswestry Library where library card holders will be able to borrow an outfit from our shared wardrobe, in the same way you might borrow a book! You can find out more on our website, or pop in to the library and you can pledge your support on our SpaceHive page . Previous Next

Shropshire Climate Action: Community actions What can you do as a community? Climate Fresk at Ludlow Quaker Meeting House Book a Climate Fresk workshop: learn about the climate crisis and what you can do to help Climate Fresk is a 3 hour facilitated workshop where you can get to grips with climate change in small groups in a safe, non-judgemental space, learn how to take action and enjoy some thought-provoking discussions. The workshops explore key drivers, mechanisms, and impacts of climate change, and map out where we are today and where we could be headed if we join forces. Previous participants have said: ‘I knew a fair bit about climate change but I learned so much new stuff. It was incredibly powerful sharing ideas in the group and understanding how everything is connected. We discussed next steps we could take and I left feeling focused and upbeat’. If you are a community group or group of friends living in Shropshire or Telford & Wrekin and want to book a half day Climate Fresk workshops which includes all the materials, find out more via the BizEd Projects website or email climate@bizedprojects.com Sign up to a Biodiversity Collage workshop "The global rate of species extinction is already at least tens to hundreds of times higher than the average rate over the past 10 million years and is accelerating. " IPBES, 2019 Join a biodiversity collage workshop to explore the pressing issue of biodiversity loss. Despite its critical importance, biodiversity receives far less attention than climate change, yet both are intertwined and pose significant threats to humanity. Based on the IPBES report, our interactive workshop offers a fun, collaborative, and visual exploration of biodiversity challenges. Here's what we'll cover: Starters: Work in groups to recreate ecosystems and uncover the impacts of human disturbance. Organise the collage: Connect the dots between 39 cards to understand biodiversity's significance, how it supports human life and how it is being degraded. Transform your collage into art: Decorate and title your creation Debrief and action planning: Reflect on insights gained and collectively develop action plans to halt biodiversity loss. Find out more via the BizEd Projects website or email climate@bizedprojects.com Set up a Carbon Watchers group The Carbon Watchers Project (CW) is loosely based on the philosophy of Weight Watchers: encouragement, no blame or shame, sharing ideas to reduce our personal carbon footprint. It encourages members of both formal and informal groups (friends, neighbours, clubs) to work towards reducing their carbon footprints, using any of the tools suggested on this website. Click here for a toolkit on how to set up a Carbon Watchers group. The Great Collaboration is an online Toolkit which contains 60 different carbon reducing actions you can take rated by cost and carbon impact. This includes a section on how you can join with other people to use your voice to call for change. Start a climate conversation We are Possible recommends talking about the climate crisis to our friends, family, colleagues and neighbours, which can help empower others to understand the crisis we face and take action. Inspiring local actions are already happening, and we can strengthen these and generate further impetus by sharing our experience and knowledge. To get you started here are some questions to start the conversation …. What’s the best thing your group/organisation/ school has done in the last year to help cut greenhouse gas emissions or loss of natural habitat? What’s the most important thing you want to do next? What will help you do that? … and here are some ideas to consider for your community or group. Contact us to find out more. Read the Action Learning Report on decarbonising Shropshire communities South Shropshire Climate Action received a grant from Shropshire Council in December 2023 to explore how communities in Shropshire can achieve Net Zero by 2030. Four community groups participated in the project including: a school - St George's CE Academy, Clun a small rural parish council - Llanfair Waterdine a local faith group - Ludlow Quaker Meeting House a project run by a local charity - Community Climate Connectors Project (Marches Energy Agency). The final report reveals which which strategies are most effective in encouraging participation in activities designed to reduce carbon emissions at a community level and what barriers and challenges lay in the way of the groups making progress. Read the report

Shropshire Climate Action: Refuse & Reduce Refuse & reduce Changing the system to reduce our impact To reduce carbon emissions we need to reduce the amount we buy and throw away. This 20 minute video ‘The Story of Stuff' by Annie Leonard explains how most of the things we buy use the industrial production model "take, make and throw away’’ – which means items have a linear – one directional life span. The materials are extracted from the earth - made into the item – distributed and sold to consumers – used - then thrown away. A circular economy and Doughnut Economics offer more sustainable models of production. Circular economies design products to be more durable, reusable, repairable, and recyclable, and are therefore kept in use for as long as possible. This helps to eliminate waste and pollution; prioritises using renewable materials and renewable energy sources; and can help to regenerate Nature. The Helen MacArthur Foundation website provides more information and examples about how circular economies work. Kate Raworth's video on ‘Doughnut Economics,' extends the Circular Economy and “offers a vision of what it means for humanity to thrive in the 21st century” in ways that promote social and ecological justice. The video is below. More on Doughnut Economics The DEAL (Doughnut Economics Action Lab) website demonstrates how to turn theory into action, and Civic Square is a case study from Birmingham. The image below of Doughnut Economics is taken from the DEAL website .

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Our newsletter We publish a monthly newsletter about the news and events across our network. Read or download our newsletters (as pdfs) or sign up to get them direct to your Inbox. Read our newsletters Sign up for our newsletters Latest News 21 Mar 2024 Announcing the Climate Conference for Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin: Saturday May 18th Book your tickets now for this event being held at Shrewsbury Town Football Ground Read More 5 Mar 2024 Bishop's Castle Heat and Wind Project gets some wind in it's sails Funding awarded to help progress community energy project Read More 1 Mar 2024 Mossy.Life - Shropshire’s online local green guide For all Shropshire's green events, groups, activities and more Read More 27 Feb 2024 Visit to Keele University’s smart energy network demonstrator site A joint visits by SSCA, ZCS and Shropshire Council staff and elected members Read More 27 Feb 2024 Bishop’s Castle receives £238k for local nature projects Apply for a job opportunity by Monday 11th March Read More 1 Feb 2024 The role of the Upper Onny Farmers' group One of the farmers groups in South Shropshire Read More 9 Jan 2024 South Shropshire farmers working together for environmental benefit Report from the Clee View Farmers Group Read More 9 Dec 2023 In December we clanged for COP28 in Shrewsbury Part of the Climate Justice Coalition Day of Action Read More 1 Dec 2023 The Shrewsbury Northwest Relief Road: why we should be concerned Roads or Nature? Read More 21 Nov 2023 Watch Channel 4’s “The Great Climate Fight” documentary Featuring Bishop's Castle Heat and Wind Project Read More 11 Nov 2023 Shropshire and Telford Community Energy (STCE) take ownership of Twemlows solar farm Bringing the benefits of solar power to Shropshire communities Read More 6 Oct 2023 Shropshire's Green Libraries Week SSCA's information stand at Ludlow Library Read More 4 Oct 2023 Celebrating the launch of our walk through Ludlow’s green spaces leaflet Connecting residents and visitors to Ludlow's urban green spaces Read More 3 Oct 2023 SSCA Four years on: Our next steps Looking ahead for 2023 and beyond Read More 23 Sept 2023 SSCA’s response to the government’s decision to roll back on the UK climate commitments Our letter to Philip Dunne MP Read More 16 Sept 2023 The Marches Real Food and Farming Conference: 15th - 16th September Our reflections on this fantastic ground breaking local food conference Read More 9 Sept 2023 SSCA at Bridgnorth Green Festival Sharing climate action information, swapping and sharing resources and providing energy efficiency advice Read More 3 Aug 2023 New guide on Shropshire's Green Spaces to promote wellbeing Featuring SSCA's Walk Through Bridgnorth's Green Spaces Read More 9 Jul 2023 SSCA at Ludlow Green Festival Promoting climate action, carbon reduction and Nature recovery Read More 24 Jun 2023 SSCA at the South Shropshire Youth Forum Annual Conference, Craven Arms Working with young people to make a difference Read More