Effingham Climate Change

On the 3rd June 2020 Effingham Parish Council agreed that we must play our part in the Climate Change Emergency and a new Working Group called Effingham Climate Change (ECC) was formed. Since then, we have had several people from the village who have come forward to help and to create and take ownership of a plan. There are many reasons we need more to come forward to help, in any way possible, as this affects us today, our children and their children. Why not join us and help make Effingham an even better place to live?

If you would like to be involved, please contact the Clerk to the Parish Council.

Climate Emergency Declared

Following the setting up of the working group, Effingham Parish Council formally declared a Climate Emergency at its meeting on 27th July 2021.

Effingham Environmental Survey

The Climate Change Group wanted to know residents’ views on climate change and what we can do to make our village greener and help shrink our carbon footprint. We are grateful to those who completed our online survey, and you can read the results here.

Sheep graze in Effingham. Will the climate emergency change our landscape?

ECC Meetings

ECC meetings are currently held via Zoom. If you would like to attend a meeting, please contact the Clerk to the Parish Council, who will send you a Zoom invite.

Projects under way

  • Effingham Blue Hearts – Grass Verges Project

Blue Hearts in Effingham

  • Extension of cycle paths within the parish

  • Reduce, reuse, recycle

A new search tool

  • Biodiversity

  • Expansion of tree planting

Tree planting on the KGV Fields

  • Electric car charging locations in the village

  • Identification of areas that flood, for remedy

A report on the known local wet areas is available here.

  • Update the Neighbourhood Plan to be more sustainable

News and Links

Effingham Blue Hearts

It has been estimated there are nearly half a million kilometres of rural road verge in the UK.  With over 97% of ancient wild flower meadows destroyed since the 1930s road verges are a vital refuge for many bees, butterflies, birds, bats and insects.  Inspired by the work being carried out in Bookham (and beyond), we approached Guildford Borough Council to ask if some of our verges could be left so we could see what comes into flower, and we’ve installed ‘blue hearts’ to show which verges should be left uncut. For more details, click here.

Surrey Tree Planting Map

Surrey County Council has launched an online map to show the location of trees and hedges planted in Surrey as part of their 1.2 million trees initiative. If you plant a new tree, please let the County Council know so that they can record it on this tracker website. For more details, click here.

Centre for Sustainable Energy

The Centre for Sustainable Energy has a wealth of useful information and resources.

Useful and Interesting Links