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Wiltshire Council are currently consulting on proposed changes to their waste collection service which will see alternate weekly rubbish collections introduced across the county. Evidence from other councils has shown that, where alternate weekly collections are introduced – recycleable material one week, residual waste the next – recycling rates have improved. For this reason, South Wiltshire Agenda 21 are supporting the proposed changes. To find out more and take part in this consultation visit http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/council/consultations.htm
 SCCAP meeting 21.6.2010
The next full meeting of the Salisbury City Community Area Partnership – which will also be the AGM for the Partnership – takes Climate Change as its theme. The meeting will be held at the newly refurbished Quaker Meeting House on Wilton Road on Monday 21st June, 7 – 9 pm. There will be speakers from Wiltshire Council and South Wiltshire Agenda 21 as well as displays and information. Admission free – all welcome South Wiltshire Agenda 21′s next public meeting is on Thursday November 12th at 6:30 pm at the City Hall in Salisbury.
Caroline Lucas MEP The Age of Stupid is back by popular demand. Following a sell-out performance in September there will be a further showing of this blockbuster film about climate change at 7:30pm on Thursday 22nd October at the Studio Theatre Ashley Road Salisbury – cost £5. To avoid disappointment you can reserve a seat in advance by emailing us (see ‘Contact’ page). Reserved tickets need to be picked up at the theatre by 7:15pm on the night. Read more on Age of Stupid – further Salisbury showing October 22nd There was great concern across Wiltshire when 9 councillors signed up to a motion put to the Wiltshire Council meeting on 15.9.09 requesting that the Council withdraw from the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change (a commitment to tackle the causes and effects of Climate Change). However there was cause for celebration when the motion was resoundingly defeated – the final recorded vote showed 6 in favour of the motion and 84 voting against (i.e. in support of the Declaration). Not all of those who had signed up to the motion in fact supported it after the debate! Read more on Wiltshire Council affirm support for Nottingham Declaration & 10:10 Campaign Consultation on the South Wiltshire Core Strategy, part of the local Development Plan, started on 10 August and runs through until 30 September. Consult information on the process and the documentation. Information is also available at the Public Library, Salisbury or the Planning Office at Wyndham Road. South Wiltshire Agenda 21 will be submitting a response, any comments for inclusion in the group’s response would be most welcome, bearing in mind that at this stage (leading up to the Examination in Public) comments will only be accepted on the prescribed form and can only be made on the ‘soundness’ of the Core Strategy (i.e. whether it meets legal requirements in terms of process and compliance with policy etc – notes accompanying the representation form give full details). Avaaz.org is encouraging all climate campaigners and anyone who cares about the global effort to retard man-made global worming to make their voice heard in a worldwide petition to be presented to the G8 representatives in Rome this week. Avaaz says:
Read more on Help save the 2 degree limit – G8 Summit in Rome  Cycling in Wiltshire / Photo: Chris Neal Saturday 4 July 2009 Procession followed by events in Castle Meadows for all the family. Cycle ride from Alderbury to Wilton along the proposed Sustrans Connect 2 route. More details on the COGS website http://www.cogsbike.org.uk/  Change of wind in Wiltshire? / Photo: Andrew Dennes Come and listen to Ariane talk about how our county plans to lead on the issue of climate change and reduce Wiltshire’s carbon footprint. Date: Thursday 12 November 2009, 6.30 pm Keep visiting this site to find out details of venue and time, to be confirmed. And in the meantime, find out more on how our local representatives are tackling the causes of climate change. Wiltshire Council signs Nottingham Declaration
 New directions / Photo: Frank Da Silva South Wiltshire Agenda 21 will continue to be a network of individuals and groups in this part of Wiltshire. Everyone can voice their own individual views but we also need to speak with one voice on issues which are important to us. This website will be developed so that it can become a vehicle for exchanging ideas and stories, both good news and bad. So let us have your stories…………………………………. Pam Rouquette |
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