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Climate in the Community

Read about the ways you can get involved and help fight climate change, from supporting biodiversity to joining a local group.

Get involved in a local group

Find a local community group in your area and help in fight against climate change.

Got an idea? Get funding

Here you can find the most recent grants to help enhance your community

Upcoming Events

Information about upcoming events that support our climate emergency declaration.

Support for schools

Swale Green Schools welcome parents, guardians and governors and provides training and support to help reduce your carbon footprint.

Green Grid

Green Grid helps support local communities through environmental projects aimed at green spaces.

What We're Doing

Read about the things we're doing to help fight climate change, including the objectives of our climate and ecological emergency declaration.

Our Declaration

Information about our climate emergency declaration on 26 June, 2019.

Our progress

Information about the progress we're making towards a climate emergency declaration.

Planning

Information about planning policies that help support the aims of our climate emergency declaration.

Air quality

Information about the improvements we're helping to make to air quality across Swale.

Swale Cycle Recycle

Promoting sustainability by recycling old bikes to encourage active travel, a healthier lifestyle and a cleaner, greener environment.

What You Can Do

Advice on the things you can do yourself to help in the fight against climate change.

Businesses

The climate crisis is escalating, but your business can all make a difference.

Transport

Tips on how to minimise your impact on the environment whilst travelling

Ecology and Biodiversity

Encouraging biodiversity in your gardens

Waste and Recycling

Find out what you can do to help reduce your affect on climate change by helping to manage your household waste.

Energy, Fuel and Water

Find out what you can do to limit your home's emissions, and how Swale can support you.

Food

There are lots of everyday ways that you can help to reduce the impact of climate change, including shopping locally.

Ways to get in touch with our Climate and Ecological Emergency Project Officer.

Ecology and Biodiversity

Only 2.5% of our ancient forest cover survives, and just 7% of this is classes as in good condition. Once vast meadows have shrunk by 7.5 million acres, while 90% of wetlands and seagrass meadows have been lost in the last century alone. Intensive agriculture, urbanisation, pollution and persecution means that many of our most iconic species are in rapid decline, with 1 in 5 British mammals threatened with extinction. Today, we are among the most nature depleted countries in the world.

Wildlife in the UK is in danger.

Swale Borough Councils' Biodiversity Action Plan and Climate and Ecological Emergency Action Plan aims to tackle this crisis locally, but everyone still has a part to play in protecting our wildlife. Small actions we can take in our gardens and communities from participating in No Mow May, planting your garden with native plant species, or creating a small wildlife pond the size of a plate can all have a huge impact.

By exploring the links on the right hand tab of this page, you'll find some tips to help you help nature.