By Mel Godfrey on behalf of SLH This article was originally written for the January edition of Heatons Post Our guided evening bat observation walks will be available two or three times a week from mid-August. Our guides will take out parties of up to ten people and you will have the shared use our bat detection monitors to identify …
By Raiyan Azmi on behalf of SLH This article was originally written for the August edition of Heatons Post Sustainable Living in the Heatons brought three thought-provoking and fun activities to the Heatons Post Summerfest in July. The first – which brought plenty of people of all ages in, including the mayor – was our smoothie bike. People …
By Sheila Bayliss on behalf of SLH Plastic-Free July is nearly upon us again, and it’s prompted our family to reflect on the choices we make when buying food. Over the last few years, we have significantly reduced our consumption of single-use plastics, but a few convenience-based habits are beginning to creep back in (because well, we’re human!) …
By Rachael Nellist on behalf of SLH What is Rewilding Stockport? Do you want a Stockport that buzzes with nature? A Stockport that has beautiful outdoor spaces for everyone to enjoy? A Stockport where people from different communities, businesses, schools and individuals work together to make it happen? Stockport needs you to rewild our already brilliant …
This article was originally written for the June edition of Heatons Post People of the Heatons, hedgehogs need your help! Can your street come together to help this vulnerable species? By connecting five gardens you can create a hedgehog highway. A network of highways across the Heatons will give our prickly friends the space they need to …
SLH wants to help you reduce your carbon footprint in a way that is affordable, doable and fits with your current situation. Reducing your carbon footprint can be a confusing and complex topic affected by your own priorities, circumstances, interests and values. More often than not it is easier to do nothing simply because you don’t …
By Sarah Kemp-Ellis on behalf of SLH Next up is another shorter documentary with subtitles called “We The Power“ (12A) by Patagonia Films. This film follows the progress of local energy co-operatives in the UK, Germany and Spain in their efforts to stop relying on big businesses for energy. These groups are striving to make …
By Sarah McClelland on behalf of SLH Play Streets are all about the community. They are led by, and for, local people, like you. There are Play Streets all over the UK but only one in Stockport in part, we think, because people have never heard of them. The amazing people at Playing Out have …
By Sheila Bayliss on behalf of SLH Like many people, we’ve made a concerted effort in recent years to reduce the amount of plastic that we buy as a household. Here are 10 simple ways we’ve been able to do that, by shopping in our local area. Bread We’ve recently dusted off the bread-maker. But we also …
By Kirsten Morton on behalf of SLH This article was originally written for the January edition of Heatons Post I recently did a fashion challenge at work, where I committed to only wearing 30 items of clothing and not buy any clothes in December. Easy I thought but that included gym wear, shoes and coats. I thought I’d …