Cumbria CVS Green – No5 July 2024
July 22, 2024
Welcome back to Cumbria CVS Green!
Read on for links to useful resources, information and news, updates on our own climate commitment, blog posts from colleagues about what they’re doing (in a work capacity and privately) to minimise environmental impact and more.
If you have any suggestions about what you’d like to see in our regular updates, let us know! Contact us by emailing info@cumbriacvs.org.uk
You can find our what we’re doing to minimise our environmental impact and find details of organisations supporting positive environmental action in Cumbria on our Climate Commitment page here
Catch up on our other blog posts here
In our fifth blog post David Allen, Chief Executive, talks about Carbon Literacy training commitments and having a positive impact – personally, as an organisation, and within the sector.
Watch the video below to hear what David’s been up to, news from our Working Group, and what we’re doing about our buildings, policies, car-sharing, hybrid-working, events (and buffets!) and more…
Training and Events
Explore Climate
17 October, Online. We know all of those involved with SMEs are super busy so it’s tricky to take time out for extra courses. W&F Green Enterprise Hub and CAfS have created a two hour overview of climate change science, impacts and actions small businesses in the Westmorland & Furness area. It is open to Social Enterprises too.
News and Information
The charities embracing carbon capture and offsetting
Explore some exemplary charities from the UK and around the world that are tackling climate change through carbon capture and carbon offsetting.
Support for the Sports
Sport England’s website includes guidance and case studies to support you in taking positive environmental action, from creating a sports kit recycling scheme, to planting trees at your local club.
How CFOs can drive ESG
Charity Digital take a look at some of the ways Chief Financial Officers can drive environmental, social, and governance policies.
Warming stripes – what temperature is your area?
Many people have see the warming stripes graphic which shows how the UK temperatures have risen over the last 150 years. Working with the Met Office and Professor Ed Hawkins, Carbon Copy has released local versions of the latest warming stripes covering all 379 primary council areas in the UK.
Use this page to see the warming stripes for your local area. They’re a useful resource for starting bigger conversations within local communities, so that collectively we can cope better and tackle climate change together.
