The Environmental Network Of North Somerset is a networking group, with the purpose of raising levels of awareness of environmental issues in our area.

With this web site, newsletters, and regular open meetings we aim to enthuse and empower local residents, community and charitable groups, and organisations to live more sustainable lives and protect the environment by identifying solutions and delivering change.

Monday 18 October 2010: Government announces that the Severn Barrage energy scheme will be scrapped. Read BBC News article... However, the door is not closed for smaller schemes in the Severn Estuary. Read BBC News article... Radio 4 Material World: Severn Tidal power

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Freegle in North Somerset

Sustainable Weston, Transition Group, have joined the Freegle movement to create a local ‘re-use’ group for Weston and the surrounding areas. The main objective of this project is to keep things out of landfill and make collections close and easy. When you have something you no longer have room for or no longer need, but it still has some usable life in it, Freegle helps you to give it away to someone who wants it, will come and collect it from you and will say "thank you". People can give away rather than throw away unwanted items such as washing machines or a pile of house bricks. Anything can be offered as long as it is free and legal. The website address is www.westonfreegle.org.uk. You can go there to join yourself if you want to - you'll need to register with yahoo if you haven't already done so - it doesn't cost anything!

To launch this project Sustainable Weston are hosting a ‘Give and Take Day’ starting 9.00am Saturday 11th June on the Italian Gardens in the High Street in Weston, by the Farmers Market being held that day. We will be there at least until 1.00pm. Other participants will be Hospicecare and people can choose to give direct to them or to the British Heart Foundation close by, and a bike charity rather than to Joe Public if they would prefer to. For more details about Sustainable Weston click on www.sustainableweston.org.uk