by Rachel Dando L'Olive, Towcester Town Councillor, Towcester Community Fridge volunteer and foster carer Food I've always been conscious of food waste. I hate throwing food away!  If you don't believe me, ask my children. I much later became more aware of its environmental impact. Becoming involved from the beginning

by Luke Costin, second year student at the University of Northampton studying Multimedia Journalism and Creative Film, TV and Digital Media. It is an established fact that one of the biggest threats facing not just the planet, but humanity, is climate change. It is also undoubted that collective action is

by Damon Fox, Business Development Manager at Northampton Town F.C. Community Trust. As the sustainability lead at Northampton Town F.C Community Trust I have begun to take Climate Action even more seriously. Over the last two years I have been the advocate for engaging our fans, school children

by Paul Slater, Consultant Anaesthetist, Northampton General Hospital I have become increasingly conscious of the poor state of the environment over the last few years; as part of my contribution to the solution I have been gradually making more changes to my lifestyle.  Of course, individuals cannot tackle this crisis

by Emmie Williamson, Clinical Psychologist; Green Party parliamentary candidate for South Northants; Co-Coordinator of West Northants Green Party; Coordinator of Flore Climate Group. I’ve really enjoyed reading the other contributions in this space, and how the actions range from large and broad to tiny and specific. So I thought

By Ella Mansfield, who has volunteered and worked in the charity sector for 10 years.  Ella is a new member to CA-WN but has been on a personal sustainability journey for 3 years. I started making sustainable changes about 3 years ago during the pandemic, like everyone else I all

By Alice Whitehead, the founder and chair of Tree Charter community group Save Our Street Trees and communications officer for organic gardening charity Garden Organic I love the idea that three things can change the world. It's easy to feel climate change is too big to tackle as an individual

by Clare Topping, Energy and Sustainability Manager, Northampton General Hospital As well as being Energy and Sustainability Manager at NGH, a role she has held for 10 years, Clare is also the co-ordinator for Beds and Northants for the Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey.  She has lived in Daventry for over

by Martin Wilson, Sustainability Manager, West Northamptonshire Council I wasn’t sure whether to include becoming a vegan as one of my choices because it can look like quite a daunting change to make, especially if your diet includes a lot of meat-based meals. The best advice I could give

by Ken Ritchie, former Daventry District Councillor About 40 years ago I was persuaded to join SERA, the environmental campaign within the Labour Party. I paid my money, but was a fairly passive supporter until about 10 years ago when the world started to wake up to the speed of

by Orianne Neyroud GCSE student and CA-WN steering group member We have all made changes in a bid to be more environmentally friendly. Here I will share three of those little things I have done to lessen my impact. Recently my family and I became flexitarian. Flexitarianism is a vegetarian