Green Bristol!
Newsletter 1
Bristol's new interactive online map Bristol Streets now has an "Environment" section with two new layers - GreenCity and Quiet places.
The GreenCity layer shows what's happening in your city to make Bristol a greener and more pleasant place to live. We recognise that reason Bristol has gained it's green reputation because of the individuals that live here, the people that work here and those of you who give up hours of your time voluntarily to run projects and community groups that make our city greener. This is an opportunity for you to let others know what you are doing by putting a marker on the map. There is a category on 'water' so you can mark those watery things you are doing and there are lots of other categories as well.You can also,
Find out what is happening in your neighbourhood
Search for individuals, community groups, organisations and businesses that are making your city greener.
Search for markers that fit into the specific green categories i.e. Energy, food, water.
Feel part of a green community across the city.
Inspire you to do more to make Bristol Greener in the future.
Search for individuals, community groups, organisations and businesses that are making your city greener.
Search for markers that fit into the specific green categories i.e. Energy, food, water.
Feel part of a green community across the city.
Inspire you to do more to make Bristol Greener in the future.
Please let your own contacts know about this great site too.
We are currently co-ordinating the 2009 abandoned trolley survey (in watercourses). Many thanks to those of you who have walked a length of Bristol river to go in search of straying trolleys. You will be glad to hear that the total number is down on last year thanks to the free collection service by TCS. To report an abandoned supermarket trolley please call Bristol City Council customer services on tel: 0117 9222100.
We will put the results up when the survey is complete on Bristol Rivers .
Get On Board is a project to improve the Floating Harbour environment. In the summer we will be launching a Water Award Scheme for boaters to encourage vessels to manage their waste in a responsible way. A new pump out has recently been installed at the Harbourside and we are expecting a new one at Temple Backs soon as well. These are places where vessels can pump out their waste. Talking of the Floating Harbour reedbeds have been installed by Crest Nicholson with walkways along the Harbour front near the old gasworks site. You can find out more about these and other sustainable drainage systems at Bristol Rivers. Just go to the link 'Sustainable Drainage and Green Roofs'.
We are no longer able to print the Bristol Living Rivers Newsletter so we will continue to circulate 'rivery' news via this e-bulletin. Past copies are still on the website.
The South Bristol Riverscapes Project is going to produce some Audio Trails - recording/editing/collecting oral stories over the next year.
Hopefully making all of this material available on their forcoming website. If you are interested in getting involved in doing some recording and you would be interested in some training, please contactHelen Adshead