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!) …
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 …
By Sheila Bayliss on behalf of SLH I used to wonder if sustainable living was realistic for us, as a family with busy lives. But I’ve discovered that living in the Heatons provides us with lots of fun ways to live a greener life – like these: Active travel Recently we’ve been exploring the Heatons even …
By Liz Wildman on behalf of SLH This article was originally written for the December edition of Heatons Post, https://www.heatonspost.co.uk/ Following COP26, the international climate conference in Glasgow, the Heatons Library and Sustainable Living in the Heatons have created a display dedicated to books about climate and nature. The selection of books featured includes non-fiction books, focusing on climate …
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This article was originally written for the November edition of Heatons Post, https://www.heatonspost.co.uk/ On Sunday 19th September 2021 SLH celebrated its 10th Anniversary in the SLH community Orchard in Heaton Chapel. Over 60 people who had been involved in the organisation since its first meeting in December 2010, as well as representatives from other community organisations, local businesses …
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This article was originally written for the November edition of Heatons Post, https://www.heatonspost.co.uk/ On Wednesday 22 September, Sustainable Living in the Heatons joined forces with the Savoy Cinema in Heaton Moor to show the environmental documentary “2040” by Australian film maker Damon Gameau. 2040 explores how the future might look if we embraced the best climate solutions already …
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