February 27th, 2011 | Events

He wears trainers, too
This is Ross Harrison. At 18, he is writer, director and star of Beyond the Brink, a short documentary that asks whether we really are responsible for climate change and whether we care anyway. We …
February 24th, 2011 | Energy Saving Tips, Locals Taking Action

Polytunnels extend the growing season so you get more locally produced, deliciously fresh produce for longer
Taking back control doesn’t always mean you have to go for expensive high tech solutions; using a greenhouse or polytunnel can give you …
February 21st, 2011 | Personal, Uncategorized
Stretton Climate Care has now registered as a charity with The Giving Machine and can receive money whenever you shop online at no cost to you. So far, we’ve racked up £2.81!
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
1. Get on to ‘The Giving Machine‘ and …
February 21st, 2011 | Carboholic, Energy Saving Tips, Locals Taking Action
“MY METER’S GOING BACKWARDS!” (says Carboholic). To be honest, not very fast, but then it’s another February day – totally overcast, rainy and generally miserable. Last Tuesday it was fairly whizzing backwards and I clocked up 14Kwh – that’s
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January 28th, 2011 | Uncategorized
…BUT as well as having the coldest December in the UK since records began, globally 2010 also turned out to be as hot as the hottest year ever recorded. Yes folks, as I shiver at my keyboard I am chronicling another step in the direction of unstoppable climate change. How come? …
January 6th, 2011 | Personal

Pete Postlethwaite 1946 - 2011
To arts aficionados he was perhaps the best actor in the world. But to us he was also Pete, ordinary bloke, supporter of Stretton Climate Care, worried like the rest of us about climate …
December 14th, 2010 | Uncategorized

One of many whacky designs from 10:10
Save postage and the planet by sending an e-card this Christmas. Wish we’d thought of it, but it’s the people at 10:10 who have come up with the idea and …
December 12th, 2010 | Energy Saving Tips, Locals Taking Action

Yours for a Fiver
What to give to Auntie Ethel, the Mother-in-Law, impoverished newly-weds, the children at university? The answer is…the NEW Stretton Climate Care Cookery book!
In easy to use coil binding so it always stays flat, with recipes …