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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

Tell us your idea and you could receive up to £1,000 to help get it started.

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.

Services

Information about the changes we're making to the services we provide to help fight climate change.

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.

What You Can Do

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

Residents

Advice about what you can do yourself to help support our climate emergency declaration.

Businesses

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

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

Calculate your carbon footprint

Find out how your own activities could be affecting the climate.

A carbon footprint is defined as the total amount of greenhouse gases produced directly or indirectly by a person, organisation, event or product and is usually expressed in equivalent tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2e). It is a useful tool to understand the impact of personal or organisational behaviour on global climate change and key to managing and reporting on carbon emissions.

It’s a good idea to know your what your carbon footprint is and the World Wildlife Federation (WWF) help you do this on their website. It asks you a series of questions about your lifestyle and other factors that can contribute to your carbon footprint and produces a figure at the end.

Once you’ve calculated your carbon footprint, you’ll have a better idea of how the changes you choose to make are reducing it. Continue reading to find out what local support there is to take action on the Climate and Ecological Emergency in Swale.