Residents take part in Eco Trail
Whyke and Arundel Park residents joined an Eco Trail last Saturday to find out more about what they can do to help fight the climate crisis.
Staff at Refilled revealed its customers had saved 70,000 pieces of plastic by using its paper bags and reusable containers, while Wagtail Coffee and Yoga told residents 1.5 billion coffee cups are thrown away every year.
Users of the Co-wheels Car Club scheme in York Road explained the economic advantages of using the club, and there were questions on recycling and composting, community speedwatch and cycling – and a chance to visit the community orchard in Whyke, managed by jenny and John Cole under the umbrella of Transition Chichester.
Neighbours shared their knowledge on electric cars and solar panels and Carley Sitwell convinced a a couple to go ahead with installing panels as part of the new Solar
Together scheme.
Organiser Sarah Sharp said: “Putting together this Eco Trail has been great fun. It is lovely to connect with people at this difficult time of Covid.
“The format of the trail was such that there were never large groups of people in one place at any one time so we could easily keep to the rule of six.
“We had volunteers measuring air pollution near the pub, Muchos Nachos on Whyke Road and other volunteers keen on planting wildflowers.
“It was a fantastic opportunity to meet people and learn about things we can all do to reduce our impact on the planet.”
Whyke Residents Association members also planted wildflowers and cleared grass at Florence Park over the weekend, and will be continuing their work at Whyke Ampitheatre this weekend Whyke Oval next weekend – email Sarah at s a r a h. c c c 1 3 @ g mail. c o m or call 07789 843556/01243 790077 to find out more.