The Bollington Carbon Revolution is a group of local active volunteers who believe that our town can be a part of the new carbon revolution, driven by the voluntary sector at the local level. We have come together with the over-arching aim of reducing Bollington's carbon footprint.
These web pages provide you with the information you need to reduce your carbon footprint. Please use the links on the left to find the other pages.
At the start of the Industrial Revolution, Edmund Burke made a most succinct remark during his speech on 'Mr Fox’s East India Bill'…
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing
because he could do only a little"
Edmund Burke, 1783
This is as true today in the plight of climate change as it was 220+ years ago. Use these pages to calculate your carbon footprint and find information on how to reduce your carbon emissions. If you have any comments, questions, or would like to join our group then please get in touch by emailing us.
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Put a green message on your emails!
See how to promote a green message on your emails!
Web server goes green
The Happy Valley web server (which includes the Carbon Revolution pages) now come to you from a server powered entirely by renewable electricity! See the details.
Project's Express promotion
The Carbon Revolution got further publicity in the Macclesfield Express, 7 November. This is one of several hoped for articles on the activities of the group which we hope to see published in the autumn.
Highly Successful stand at Bollington Transport Extravaganza!
The Carbon project got a very popular outing with, for the first time, a stand which included four energy efficient cars! Large numbers of visitors expressed their interest in saving energy and 'doing the right thing' by the planet.
We also showed the winning entries in our schools competition for posters and poems. One poem was written as a song and is so good that Arthur Wakefield will be arranging it to music!
Project gets Norwegian publicity!
Nicola Riley and Tim Boddington were interviewed by the Norwegian business paper DN Magasinet!
See a translation.
MP Supports Carbon Project!
Local MP, Sir Nicholas Winterton, has written to the Bollington Carbon Revolution leader Nicola Riley to congratulate her on building on Bollington's existing reputation of "getting things done". The recognition and support of our MP stands us in further good stead to be a success.
Bollington gets mention in Guardian Online!
Following the UK's first Carbon Neutral Conference on 14th April 2007 we get a mention in the conference report. Three members of Bollington Carbon Revolution attended the one day event to find out first hand how we can help Bollington reduce its carbon footprint.
See full article .
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Latest news
 Sir Nicholas Winterton DL MP visits Carbon Revolution exhibition at Discovery Centre
Sir Nicholas Winterton, the local Member of Parliament, spent more than an hour enjoying the Discovery Centre and talking to members of the management team and volunteers on Saturday afternoon, 15th March 2008. He also took a considerable interest in the Carbon Revolution project, which is on exhibition at the Centre during March and April, and discussed the subject at length with Nicola Riley and Warren Percival.
Sir Nicholas was immensley impressed by the dedication of volunteers to these projects which he noted was carrying on the fine tradition so well established in Bollington over many years.
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MBC £200 grant scheme extended to second year!!
£200 Home Energy Improvement grants
You could get a £200 MBC Cash Back for energy improvements to your home!* The Bollington Carbon Revolution group have secured £50,000 from Macclesfield Borough Council for grants of a maximum of £200 per home to Bollington residents.
 The first scheme is now closed but MBC have extended the offer to a new scheme running into a second year, 1st April 2008 to 31st March 2009!
To stake your Cash Back claim please obtain an application form which defines the conditions - in short, the work must have been carried out since 15th March 2008 and before 1st March 2009, it must be approved types of insulation or boiler replacement, the home must be in Bollington, the work must be carried out without a guarantee of getting a grant (it can only be applied for after the work is complete and paid for). The application forms can be obtained from here on the web site, or the Bridgend Centre, Discovery Centre or the Library.
First come first served; once it's gone, it's gone!
When you have improved your energy profile please tell us about it! How much gas and electric have you saved? How much more comfortable is your house? We will publish your stories on this web site. Please email them here.
* Conditions apply; see MBC application terms and conditions.
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Impressive progress made in first 18 months!
The impressive progress made by the Carbon Revolution group in their first 18 months of operation is recorded in their First Report. View it here.
Crowd view 'Inconvenient Truth'
Sixty people turned out to view 'Inconvenient Truth', Al Gore's award winning film about climate change. This was the first film evening put on by the Carbon Revolution group and we expect more to come.
Tytherington High School installs solar panels
Bollington Carbon Revolution member, Peter Mould, has guided Tytherington High School to a successful application for £20,000 in grants to enable installation of solar panels. These are now generating electricity which, together with energy savings being made throughout the school, are showing a marked reduction in energy costs. Read the full story.
Arts Centre event hailed a great success!
 Three dozen Bollingtonians attended the Carbon Revolution's first public presentation on Friday 9th November explaining the problems of CO2 and illustration many examples of possible solutions that the audience could take home and try for them selves.
Among the highlights were Rob Palmer (pictured) showing how he saved £3,000 in six months by selling his car and cycling to work and group leader Nicola Riley showing how savings could be made by improving home insulation and changing over to a water meter. And both these examples resulted in lower carbon footprints!
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Schools Poetry and Poster competition
We have held a very successful competition for Bollington Primary schools during the summer with entries submitted by pupils from Dean Valley Primary School and Bollington Cross Primary School. The results together with pictures of the winning entries are on a special page. Click here!
Activities Log
So that you can see what we are doing and have done we now have a page to log our activities.
Forthcoming book
A new book, Cool Life, Cool Planet, is to feature the Bollington Carbon Revolution project. See page.
Case studies added to web site
We will be adding a number of case studies in carbon reduction as an example of how ordinary people make a difference and, in our first example, save a huge amount of money! Read about Rob Palmer's great personal effort that provides him, and the planet, so much benefit.
Bollington Carbon Revolution publishes its 2007 strategy report.
This report is the product of four months of research into how the Bollington Carbon Revolution can take effect. The research detailed in this document looks at the impacts climate change are predicted to have in Cheshire, and other similar carbon reduction community schemes which are comparable and from which we can learn. It examines what types of action the community needs to take in order to measure and reduce their carbon footprint, and reviews how our voluntary group can structure itself, communicate to the community and obtain funding to achieve our objectives. To view the report click here.
Bollington Carbon Revolution presents their progress to Bollington Civic Society
Formed in Autumn 2006, the Bollington Carbon Revolution group is a sub-committee of the local Civic Society. On 19th March 2007 they presented their progress to the Civic Society. To view the presentation click here.
Bollington Carbon Revolution introduce themselves to the Town Assembly
On Tuesday 20th March 2007 Nicola Riley gave a short presentation on the Bollington Carbon Revolution to the Bollington Town Assembly. To view the presentation click here.
Project origins
The project came into being as a result of a discussion at a meeting of the Civic Society in May 2006. This was followed by an article in Bollington Live! to seek out interested parties. Those who responded first met in September 2006. The article.
