campaign & community

Contact:   E - mikejwatkins@hotmail.co.uk

This offshoot of the British Astronomical Association says an extra 567,000 tonnes of C02 are pumped into the atmosphere annually by inefficient and sometimes unnecessary street lighting (as on motorways).

CHALK is an umbrella business, which co-ordinates a number of projects to enable people, who live locally to Oswestry, to learn valuable skills to enrich their lives and build a better community.

 You will find re-upholstered bespoke furniture to re-purposed and up-cycled furniture, vintage clothes, textiles, haberdashery, gifts and so much more.  look for the unusual.

email: chalkcicshop@gmail.com

registered charity, doing free domestic & business energy checks

Brings together professionals, entrepreneurs and students interested in how the challenges of climate change are being turned into opportunities, the latest news and inspiration.

National group with a Shrewsbury branch

Are you concerned about the growing climate and ecological crisis yet carbon emissions continue to rise and little is being done to stop run away climate change? Then join with other concerned XR members to engage in acts of non-violent, peaceful civil disobedience to demand that the:
1) Government tell the truth about the climate and wider ecological crisis, reverse inconsistent policies and work alongside the media to communicate the truth to citizens.
2) Government enact legally binding policies to reduce carbon emissions in the UK to net zero by 2025 and reduce consumption levels.
3) Government help form a national Citizens Assembly to oversee changes, as part of creating a democracy fit for purpose.    
XR Shrewsbury is allied with the National XR movement. Join/follow XR Nationally on http://rebellion.earth or join/follow XR Shrewsbury on Facebook: Extinction Rebellion Shrewsbury Uprising or Email: xr.shrewsbury@gmail.com

A Bishops Castle initiative to achieve a Plastic Free Community status.

Community Computer help to Fix hardware or/and help with IT software problems.

Check website for opening hours

Organised by the Shrewsbury and North Shropshire Green Party, this is a regular informal gathering to discuss 'green' issues, need not be political.

Click on the link for more details of when and where.

Promotes traditional uses of timber, and runs workshops.

Also has a good drop-in cafe 

SAVING MONEY,  GIVING LOANS

Community Bank for Shropshire – check on the website   
Not for profit, members only, ethical & local financial co-operative. Open to any resident or worker in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. Save small or large amounts. Loans at affordable rates on a flexible repayment basis. Current accounts, ATM use and direct debit payments.

Charitable and educational promoter of wildflower habitats.

Sadly, as of November 2016, this charity ceased business.

We have left the link up as there was some hope that parts of the charity could be saved.

Campaigning group allied to friends of the earth.

See their facebook page.  Contact Jonjo Evans at oswestryfoe@gmail.com  or  Sophie Hughes, tel 07525 457193.

Works to protect wild plants.

 Whether it’s a space issue and you can’t get everything in your bin, your wheelie bin smells because of rotting food or you just can’t stand our throw away lifestyle, the Rubbish Diet challenge will help to solve your waste problems. It's like a slimming club for your bin, shrinking what you send to landfill, saving you money and once your bin is slim - you’ll never have to panic about missing bin day again!!

The Diet is really easy to do.  All you have to do is keep track of what you throw away and then find ways of making that waste disappear by recycling it, finding other uses for it or just avoiding it all together.  You’ll find solutions that work for you with the help of other Dieters in your group and from your local Bin Doctor, so check out the website.

(formerly the International Tree Foundation)

Monthly meetings or visits. Tree planting and newsletter.

Meets monthly between March and October to explore sites around the county.

To contact, email

NB Swap @ for [at] below

Godfrey Blunt blunt.sig195[at]btinternet.com

Nigel Jones nipajones[at]tiscali.co.uk

Gets surplus food to local groups and charities......saving our planet's resources.

ShropsARG aims to increase our understanding of the distribution and ecology of amphibians and reptiles in Shropshire.          

     Contact John Wilkinson( Shrop) bufo_is_best@yahoo.co.uk

The Bat Group regularly monitors winter hibernacula in the old lead mines around Shropshire 

The Society is involved in the management of several sites in the County,  Venus Pool, an important wetland, is owned and managed by the Society.

Climate care action group. Great website.

Community group working to build local resilience in response to peak oil, climate destruction, and economic instability.

Links for all things Wem