New Leaf
Alresford's Green Living Hub
New Leaf offers local information and guidance, encouraging our community to adopt the positive changes needed to tackle climate change, promote sustainability and protect our local environment and wildlife.
Find out why it is time to turn over a New Leaf and what we can do in our day to day lives to help tackle climate change. We will show you how to get started, and you can use our assessment and checklists to help you on your journey.
Discover the local resources available and find out what others within our community are doing to support sustainability.
We all need to work together and do our bit in the fight against climate change, so join in and turn over a New Leaf today!
Why it's time to turn over a New Leaf
Time left to the climate change tipping point
‘Climate Change could be irreversible by 2030’
From the IPCC Report 2019
What's happening in our community
Pea & Watercress Soup
Pea & Watercress Soup Serves 4 Ingredients Olive oil 300g frozen peas 1 onion, chopped 100g watercress 2 garlic cloves, chopped Salt & pepper 600ml
Grandma’s Spicy Vegetable Soup
Grandma’s Spicy Vegetable Soup Serves 8-10 Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil 1.5 ltr vegetable stock 1 large carrot 6 garlic cloves 1 large onion 1
Curried Red Lentil Soup
Curried Red Lentil Soup Serves 4 Ingredients: Olive oil ½ tbsp medium curry powder1 large onion, chopped 1 tsp ground cumin1-2 bay leaves 180g red
February
Welcome to February – traditionally our coldest month, and an important time to lend a helping hand to our wildlife. Towards the end of Winter,
Get fruity this Valentine’s
UK grown rhubarb is just coming into the shops and provides wonderful colour for this Valentine’s Day dessert. Rhubarb Tart 350g shortcrust pastry, defrosted if
It’s All Good Eco
Alresford is very fortunate to have its very own eco shop. ‘It’s All Good Eco’ sells planet friendly products for personal and household use as
Straining to find a plastic free cuppa.
I didn’t know tea bags contained plastic, until a friend mentioned it a few months ago. I had noticed the wispy tissue-like skeletons in my
Welcome to New Leaf Alresford
Welcome to the New Leaf website and a very ‘Happy New Year’. What better time could there be than the start of a new decade
The Alresford Gift Shop
We visited a local business, ‘The Alresford Gift Shop’, which is making concerted efforts to be more sustainable and reduce its impact on the environment.