Eco-Isle’s Big Green Picnic
The Isle of Wight is going for a high profile public event where low carbon and sustainable lifestyles will be discussed and demonstrated.
Unfortunately, the Big Green Picnic event has had to be moved from Church Litten park in the town centre to the County Hall car park. Church Litton was a fantastic venue - central, open and green, but a cave-in where previous church buildings and graves had made the surface unsafe. Work will be done to make the car park into a greener area, with picnic benches and hay bales provided.
Also a bowling green carpet, that was to be thrown away by its former owners, is being recycled to be used as surfacing.
The aim of the Big Green Picnic is for the Eco-Isle initiative to inspire Islanders to lead a more green lifestyle, demonstrate what steps they can take to achieve that and what products and services are available to help them.
Transition Island will be there to explain how community action can help any neighbourhood take control of planning for the changes in the future. Sited in a strawbale house, demonstrating 12 different ways to gain from being more sustainable, Dave & Vav Simon will be joined by volunteers…
Other ideas Eco-Isle is interested in include:
- Organise an Island switch off day.
- Extend the Ventnor plastic bag-free project to the whole Island.
- Publicise ‘freecycle’ where people can recycle their belongings for the benefit of others.
- Make better use of surplus garden produce
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