There are a lot of great, green initiatives going on in and around Woking that you can get involved with. Follow the links below to find out more.
SAVE ENERGY
Find out how to make your house greener and save energy with Action Surrey, the Energy Saving Trust.
SAVE AND PROTECT WATER
Get Water Fit – Find out how and where you use water in your home and discover easy ways to make savings.
Save our Streams – Affinity Water’s water saving initiative, focused on saving our incredibly rare chalk streams while saving money on your bills.
Read our MP’s explanation of his voting record on the Sewage & Environment Bill and this research on the sewage scandal.
Thames Water Sewage map – take a look at their interactive map showing sewage dumping via storm overflows in real time. Please see the Guardian article and Get Surrey article.
Basingstoke Canal Society – Find out how you can get involved in preserving this vital local amenity.
RECYCLING GUIDANCE FOR WOKING
http://www.jointwastesolutions.org/recycling-centres-and-banks/
http://www.jointwastesolutions.org/bin-collections/what-do-i-do-with
https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/CTKRecyclingGuildford
https://www2.mattel.com/en-gb/playback
LOCAL REFILL AND ZERO WASTE SHOPS
- Kate’s Eco Shop https://www.facebook.com/katesecoshop/,
- Bare + Fair
- Noel’s Farm Shop.
Find out where to refill your water bottle at Refill Woking.
GET INVOLVED
Find out about volunteering opportunities with Surrey Wildlife Trust.
Follow the Woking Peregrines on the live webcam as they raise their young each spring.
Find out how to support Swifts in Woking.
Woking Nature Walks https://woking.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/walking-woking.
Horsell Common Preservation Society
Learn more about your rights and responsibilities with the Law and Your Environment.
First Steps Volunteering
LOCAL GREEN BUSINESSES
Sustainable Business Network https://www.zerocarbonguildford.org/sustainable-business-network
The Useful Wood Company https://www.usefulwood.org/
Farnham Repair Café https://cfsd.org.uk/events/farnham_repair_cafe/
Take your clothes to Eco Fresh, an environmentally friendly dry cleaners.
Switch to washable nappies with support from the Nappy Library.
Buy homemade jam from foraged/surplus fruit, while supporting local charities: https://tinyurl.com/jam-for-charity
Find a local hairdresser that has joined the Green Salon Collective recycling scheme.
LOCAL COMMUNITY
Canalside Community Fridge https://canalsidecommunity.wixsite.com/canalside-community
Horselll Scrubbers – Sewing Repair Shop and Creative Workshops. For more information contact purple-porpoise@hotmail.com.
Find out how Victoria Place Shopping Centre is helping the community to go green.
Find out what the local Council has been doing to help tackle climate change locally as well as ideas and inspiration for what you can do at home or at work to help lighten your environmental footprint. https://planetwoking.co.uk/
And Surrey County Council’s Green Strategy:
Great Green Systems – discounted composters
Your local church cares for God’s earth https://ecochurch.arocha.org.uk
Welcome to Woking Environment Action! 