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
Gardening in the Climate & Biodiversity Crisis
Melanie Oxley is a campaigner for wildlife, a botanist and ecologist, now living in Petersfield where she is part of the new and successful Petersfield
Gardening for Wildlife – February
Linda Bingham Gardening for wildlife January has been a month to plan and rethink. I started writing these articles in March 2021 and, much as
Valentine’s Gifts
Valentine’s Day is for celebrating love, so why not show your love for the planet at the same time? This special day can have a
January
Welcome to January – the month of new beginnings! After the hustle, bustle and merriment of Christmas, January tends to be a more sober affair
Gardening for Wildlife – December
Linda Bingham Gardening for wildlife December is a time when most people start to prepare for Christmas and the garden is left alone to return
Winchester Green Week
Winchester Green Week is an annual festival to celebrate and promote sustainable living, organised by Winchester Action on Climate Change. It features a series of local events, which
Gardening for Wildlife – September & October
Linda Bingham Gardening for wildlife Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness… from ‘To Autumn’, by John Keats September can be a month of changes as
Gardening for Wildlife – August
Linda Bingham Gardening for wildlife August is generally thought of as the month for holidays and enjoying family time. Now that Covid restrictions are almost
‘On The Verge’ – an update
What a difference a year makes! The pilot project to look at the way verges are managed was launched in Alresford by Winchester City Council