Sustainability

Congleton Sustainability Group – CSG.

Congleton Sustainability Group (CSG) aims to raise awareness of the issues associated with the challenge of climate change and the consequent need to develop a low carbon, sustainable future through ethical, social, cultural, economic, environmental and community action to promote, encourage and support the development of education and research concerning areas affected by resource depletion.

As volunteers we work to do this by:

• Commenting on planning applications large and small
• Publishing and working to implement a Carbon Reduction Plan for Congleton and the surrounding area
• Raise awareness of local food opportunities like Congleton Apple Juice & Congleton Food4Free
• Work for all of our Schools to be Green Flag Schools
• Work to protect local wildlife habitats and biodiversity
• Campaign tirelessly for better public transport, cycle routes, innovative housing design to promote healthy and sustainable living, local employment
• Campaign for a community energy scheme and work with other transition towns and similar community-led initiatives to nudge the town to make the transition to a low carbon, sustainable, ethical future.

Congleton Sustainability Group objectives include:

• Growing more food visibly,  locally
• Providing people with help to improve their property to become more energy efficient
• Using the River Dane to generate electricity
• Challenging future building developments in the Town to be energy efficient
• Celebrating the excellent work in progress in all Congleton Schools by the Eco-Schools initiative educating all our children 
• Making walking and cycling pleasant around the Town. Congleton’s Cycling Campaign is working to improve cycling in and around Congleton for workers, shoppers and schoolchildren alike