Welcome to York Green Streets Challenge

Learn How to be Greener & Save Money in 2010! Scarcroft Team are organising an Eco-Evening on Tuesday 2 March at 7.30 pm at Scarcroft Primary School's Learning Centre.

This newsletter is to update you on the project. Please feel free to pass it on to any new member who is not yet on the mailing list. Contents - Team Meetings - Eco-Evening - Tuesday 2 March - Pledges - Blogs - Future events

The York Green Streets Challenged was launched on the 9 January when approximately 50 people braved the snow to attend the event. We have now six teams currently taking the challenge. We are hoping to get more before the 5 February 2010.

Researchers at the University of York have produced the first comprehensive assessment of the carbon footprint of individual neighbourhoods in York. The study by the Stockholm Environment Institute identifies the York neighbourhoods which not only have the greenest attitudes, but how effectively they put them into practice. The report was produced as par

The hunt is on for the greenest streets in York. Residents of York will be given the opportunity make their street the most environmentally friendly in the city in a new campaign being launched today - World Environment Day.

February has been a quiet month on Bishopthorpe Road. Everyone has been working on their various pledges and being polite to each other in the street. The most exciting thing that happened was that we all managed to pose for a photo… so here we are: the Bishopthorpe Road team.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Bishopthorpe Road produces more CO2 per road metre than anywhere else in York – more fuel is needed to get up the hill – and so its residents are keen to make amends. OK, I did just make that up but we are keen.

We are asking a member of our six teams to be the offical blogger. We will post the first blog when we get it. Watch this space!