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The GFFOE “Places for Trees” Campaign 2020-2021
All political parties have highlighted the need to plant more trees, but where are all these trees going to go? We especially hope to see more urban trees as their shade will help to cool our towns as the climate gets warmer, plus they provide a habitat for wildlife and more greenery which has a positive impact on our mental health. In 2020 GFFOE launched “Places for Trees”, a community survey to identify where additional trees could be planted on land owned by Fareham and Gosport Borough Councils and Hampshire County Council (HCC). Volunteers were trained in the use of an App developed by Forest Research. They downloaded the APP to their smart phones so they could log any suitable places. The data was then uploaded to a database which councils could access when deciding where to plant more trees. This data showed as green squares on a map of the area. Most street trees are planted by HCC and they gave feedback by changing the colour of the squares once they had used the data. It was very encouraging to watch our green squares changing to blue when tree planting was endorsed. Over the following year over 20 volunteers identified over 500 places where trees could be planted. HCC have now set up a direct system so that the public can request trees to be planted, so please use this link and get a tree outside your home! http://bitly.ws/soTa If you do have young trees planted near you then please give them some water, two bucketfuls once a week in dry periods can make a difference. You can use waste water, for example water you have used for washing up. |
Volunteers learning how to use the Tree APP
An example of the App database from the data collected for Fareham:
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May 2022 - Campaign to stop using peat in our gardens
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Being a member of the Green Party for seven years, this pledge obviously
chimes with my own values. Accelerate Action is something that needs to
happen urgently because I still feel that the climate crisis is seen by
many in government as something that just requires a few changes here
and there and to just mention the climate and the environment every now
and then. This is simply not good enough.
Nick Lyle 17-04-2022
Fareham and Gosport Green Party
chimes with my own values. Accelerate Action is something that needs to
happen urgently because I still feel that the climate crisis is seen by
many in government as something that just requires a few changes here
and there and to just mention the climate and the environment every now
and then. This is simply not good enough.
Nick Lyle 17-04-2022
Fareham and Gosport Green Party
Please accept my ABCD pledge in support of SECA and GFFOE. I have young children and Grandchildren and feel that climate change will affect them in more ways than it will affect me. So it is important to push local Councils and Government. This is a crisis and WE all need to stand up and take notice of this situation.
Tony Goodridge
Independent candidate for Fareham West
Tony Goodridge
Independent candidate for Fareham West
Thank you for your recent letter and copy of the ABCD Climate Pledge which I'm pleased to have signed.
Councillor Peter Chegwyn
Leader, Liberal Democrat Group,
Gosport Borough Council
(and 2022 elections candidate, Forton Ward)
Councillor Peter Chegwyn
Leader, Liberal Democrat Group,
Gosport Borough Council
(and 2022 elections candidate, Forton Ward)
I am very happy to support the ABCD pledge – the time for action on the climate crisis that we all face is way overdue – 1992 would have been good (anyone remember Local Agenda 21 (LA21) that emerged from the 1992 Rio Summit? Every decision the council makes today has consequences for this and all future generations, and there is no time to lose.
David Harrison
Fareham Borough Council – Fareham North Ward
David Harrison
Fareham Borough Council – Fareham North Ward
Jon Andersen the Lib Dem campaign coordinator for Fareham sent us this message :
7 of our Fareham Liberal Democrat candidates signed the ABCD pledge from SECA yesterday, ahead of Earth Day tomorrow (April 22nd)
Their pledge is to urge Fareham Borough Council to crack on with implementing the climate policies instigated in 2019 by local LibDem Councillors to achieve net carbon neutrality by 2030. This target is deliberately more demanding than central government goals.
This is the motion that was passed back in 2019, and we continue to be fully committed to pushing the council to implement all 8 points of the motion https://farehamlibdems.org.uk/2019/10/25/lets-beat-climate-emergency-together/
The photo shows Rowena Palmer (Fareham West), Ashley Brown (Portchester West)(who signed it last year), Jim Palmer( Fareham South), Ciaran Urry-Tuttiet (Fareham North), Paul Nother and Chrissie Bainbridge (Portchester East) and John Murray (Warsash)
7 of our Fareham Liberal Democrat candidates signed the ABCD pledge from SECA yesterday, ahead of Earth Day tomorrow (April 22nd)
Their pledge is to urge Fareham Borough Council to crack on with implementing the climate policies instigated in 2019 by local LibDem Councillors to achieve net carbon neutrality by 2030. This target is deliberately more demanding than central government goals.
This is the motion that was passed back in 2019, and we continue to be fully committed to pushing the council to implement all 8 points of the motion https://farehamlibdems.org.uk/2019/10/25/lets-beat-climate-emergency-together/
The photo shows Rowena Palmer (Fareham West), Ashley Brown (Portchester West)(who signed it last year), Jim Palmer( Fareham South), Ciaran Urry-Tuttiet (Fareham North), Paul Nother and Chrissie Bainbridge (Portchester East) and John Murray (Warsash)
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Jonathan Brown and Hilary Percival are standing as Labour candidates in Grange and Alver Valley ward in Gosport. They both care about the local environment and the global climate crisis. Jonathan and Hilary are proud to sign the ABCD pledge
Bob Murphy is standing as an Independent candidate in Titchfield. He got in touch to say:
I will press for greener policies in all areas of council policy
I will press for greener policies in all areas of council policy
John Murray is the Liberal Democrat candidate for Warsash Ward in the Borough of Fareham.
“I support the ABCD Pledge because now is the time to act against climate change. This is a worldwide problem and everyone needs to play their part.”
“I support the ABCD Pledge because now is the time to act against climate change. This is a worldwide problem and everyone needs to play their part.”
Bob Maynard, is the Lib Dem candidate in Bridgemary Ward, Gosport. He sent us this message:
1 Aligns with my personal values and aspirations.
2 We all need to reduce our carbon footprint.
3 By the way, ground and air source heat pumps are not the best solution because it is not suitable for listed buildings, or flats; moreover, the flow temperature is about half that of existing gas boilers, therefore, each radiator will need to be doubled in size and insulation cladding will need to be installed. The cost will be very high, despite the grant, and prohibitive. A better more cost-effective solution will be to go for Hydrogen, this will result in the combustion process only producing good ol' H2O
1 Aligns with my personal values and aspirations.
2 We all need to reduce our carbon footprint.
3 By the way, ground and air source heat pumps are not the best solution because it is not suitable for listed buildings, or flats; moreover, the flow temperature is about half that of existing gas boilers, therefore, each radiator will need to be doubled in size and insulation cladding will need to be installed. The cost will be very high, despite the grant, and prohibitive. A better more cost-effective solution will be to go for Hydrogen, this will result in the combustion process only producing good ol' H2O
Sandra Abrams is standing for the Lib Dems in Titchfield Common
“Climate change is at the core of the world's problems now. The chances of Britain actually meeting future targets for bringing the country's existing housing stock up to carbon neutral standards is increasingly unachievable unless councils become more proactive.
Over development, water pollution, insufficient progress in promoting tree planting and encouraging biodiversity is seriously taking it's toll on the natural environment locally. On FBC we need councillors who treat seriously problems linked to climate change”
“Climate change is at the core of the world's problems now. The chances of Britain actually meeting future targets for bringing the country's existing housing stock up to carbon neutral standards is increasingly unachievable unless councils become more proactive.
Over development, water pollution, insufficient progress in promoting tree planting and encouraging biodiversity is seriously taking it's toll on the natural environment locally. On FBC we need councillors who treat seriously problems linked to climate change”
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Justin Grimley, Titchfield Candidate Lib Dem candidate has signed up to the pledge.
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Julie Westerby is standing for the Lib Dems in Leesland and Newton ward in Gosport. She got in touch to say
“I fully support the pledge and will work hard, if elected, to make sure the environment is at the forefront of every decision I make in Council.”
“I fully support the pledge and will work hard, if elected, to make sure the environment is at the forefront of every decision I make in Council.”
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Dale Fletcher, an independent candidate for Harbourside and Town Ward Gosport Borough Council says :
I am incredibly happy to support this cause. A few words: “Gosport Borough Council needs to put climate change strategies at the centre of everything it does, not just token gestures about saving paper in the Town Hall. Also Gosport has one of the worst recycling rates in the Country, claiming that it sends near zero waste to landfill. This is a misnomer - it’s not because recycling is high, it’s because the Council burns everything! The change required is as simple as ABCD.” |
Graham Everdell is standing for the Lib Dems in Park Gate. He is supporting the ABCD pledge
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Miles Fletcher supports the ABCD pledge.
He is the Green Party Candidate in Leesland & Newtown Ward Gosport. |
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Sam Pollard is standing for the Green Party in Alverstoke and she supports the ABCD pledge
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