On the evening of 19 November 2025 I was lucky enough to attend a Zoom call along with over 70 other people from across Northamptonshire, all enthusiastic about working for the climate and nature in their local areas. These people are CAN Champions, part of a scheme created by NCALC

As we celebrate CA-WN’s birthday these are highlights from our first four years. ROOTS: South Northamptonshire Action on Climate [SNAC] Before CA-WN there was SNAC, formed in 2019 when residents from across the area came together to talk about the climate emergency. Convinced of the urgency to do more

CA-WN recently received this email from Hilary Hunt of Trees for Welford (TfW), and it's such a great good news story we wanted to share it. I am pleased to say that we have completed our Feasibility Study project and finalised our Report on the challenge of setting

This article is by Sienna Mahoney, a Journalism student at the University of Northampton. Buddies of Beckets Park (BOB) was started in 2016, since when it’s organised Northampton’s first Mela (Indian festival), mindfulness events, and more. BOB was started by Nick Stephens and Joy Ormond, two people who

On Wednesday 9 October 2024 representatives from West Northamptonshire town and village councils met at Delapré Abbey for the area’s first ever Climate Summit. Over 50 delegates took this first step in a five-year programme intended to develop and support local projects aimed at dealing with, and lessening the

Fiona Howes, resident of Maidwell and member of Maidwell-being, tells us about the group and their activities. Maidwell-being is about finding ways to help each other within our community, share skills, improve our environment, save money and build friendships. Although started by a small group, we are hoping that as

CA-WN were recently invited to attend a meeting of Hackleton WEB group (Wildlife, Environment and Biodiversity). This summary of the event is written by Stephen Clarke, WNC Councillor for Grange Park and Hackleton ward, and reproduced with his kind permission from his Facebook page. On 5 March 2024, I attended

Every year the Climate Coalition1 organises two important annual climate events, the Great Big Green Week and Show the Love. As a member of the Climate Coalition the Women’s Institute (WI) has been taking part in Show the Love for years. CA-WN always contributes to the Great Big Green

Effective communication about climate change to ‘the general public’, i.e. those outside the green environmental tent, is a familiar and knotty problem. Climate Fresk tries to address this through the medium of a ‘collaborative game’. Within the CA-WN ranks we have a trained Climate Fresk facilitator, Maria Lee. Maria

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CA-WN has been collaborating with Northamptonshire ACRE (NACRE) for years. This is their story ... WHAT IS NACRE? Northamptonshire ACRE (Action with Communities in Rural England) is a countywide, independent charitable organisation working with rural communities in Northamptonshire to improve their quality of life, especially for those disadvantaged by their rurality.

CA-WN teamed up with Friends of the Earth at Kelmarsh Hall. Over the August Bank Holiday hundreds of Shambala festival goers came to talk about our action on climate and sign up to FoE's Planet over Profit campaign. FOOTNOTE Yes. Footnote. The Shambala festival has sustainability at its

The ONE Campaign, sponsored by many of the world’s greatest charitable foundations, hosted a Great Big Green Week event for Milton Keynes. And CA-WN was invited. A diary clash had pushed the event to Saturday 24 June, the week after the official GBGW, which very usefully highlights that if

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