Our greener borough

An environmental challenge for residents, businesses and the council.

We want to encourage you to make a personal commitment to protecting the environment. Show that you can make a difference by adopting a more sustainable lifestyle.

What you can do

• Are you a resident?
  Make our borough greener by pledging to make a small change in your daily life. If everyone pledges we can make big savings on energy use, water consumption and rubbish going to landfill.  Pick up a Pledge form from your local library and join the discussion on Project Dirt.   
   
• Are you a business? 
  Small Wandsworth businesses have access to support and information from southlondon.biz to become more sustainable and save money.   Email gogreen@southlondon.biz, phone (020) 8947 0055 or visit www.southlondon.biz   We recognise and reward small businesses in the Green Business Awards (reopens late 2010).
  

• Have you got a green idea?
  The Wandsworth Eco Fund  provides community groups with a share of £5,000 to develop green projects. These could be schemes to improve the quality of our local environment, reduce energy use or increase recycling. Download an application form

• Are you a Green Champion?
  Every year we hold a Green Champions competition to find the most eco-friendly schools, groups, households and individuals in the borough. Entry forms will be available in the autumn. See background information about the Green Champions Competition.

What we're doing

Read our environmental policy and find out what we are doing to look after the environment including:

• Tackling pollution and campaigning against noise
• Conserving wildlife and trees
• Providing better recycling banks and services

Links

Local

• Western Riverside Environmental Fund (WREF) offers grants for projects that work with local communities to promote environmental improvements and sustainable waste management in the London boroughs of Wandsworth, Lambeth, Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea.  To apply for a grant - usually between £5000 and £25000, please check their deadlines first. Phone 020 7239 1292. Email londonprogrammes@groundwork.org.uk.
• Wandsworth Environment Forum - take action on sustainable development issues. Email envpolicy@wandsworth.gov.uk
• London21 Sustainability Network
• Calculate your environmental impact with BioRegional's One Planet Challenge
• For carbon calculating resources for home or business visit Carbon Footprint
• Litteraction get involved in stopping litter
• All Things Eco information on local campaigns
• The Shackleton Foundation is providing up to £10,000 for projects with a social conscience

National and international

• The Energy Saving Trust provides small grants of up to £200 to support, facilitate and promote community energy based projects. The government-funded Boiler Scrappage scheme provides a discount for those with G-rated (or less efficient) boilers when purchasing a replacement A-rated boiler or renewable heating technology.
• Act on CO2 - cross-government initiative to help you save money, save energy and reduce their CO2 emissions
• Volunteer with BTCV