Low Carbon Lymm 

Low Carbon Lymm is delighted to be able to offer our very own local showing of the highly impactful film the “Age of Stupid” starring Pete Postlethwaite. The film will be shown at Lymm High School on Friday 18th September at 7.30pm. See http://www.ageofstupid.net for details of the film. Share this information with friends and relations – we want as many local people to see it as possible. Look out for posters and leaflets around the village about it soon - more information about tickets sales coming soon and likely to be available through the web site and village outlets.

Low Carbon Lymm is in the process of producing a local food map and guide. This will give information on local sources of vegetables, fruit , meat and other produce including farm shops and farmers markets.

Low Carbon Lymm is looking into the potential for a hydro scheme or schemes in Lymm to utilise our local water resources and to generate electricity for the village. It could also act as a visitor attraction and a link to the industrial heritage of the village (e.g. the water powered corn and slitting mills).

 We are currently investigating funding for a feasibility study to assess the potential in three locations in and around Lymm.

What can we do in Lymm to ‘nudge’ us into changing our behaviours towards our use of energy in the home and when we are travelling to work or on holiday? There is a wealth of information and advice on what to do but many of us just keep on doing what we have always done despite the fact that we can save money as well as energy and carbon if we make some changes.

Let’s have some ideas and discuss how they might work in Lymm. Some examples could include

• Energy ‘champions’ – people/households who have made big savings and are prepared to share their experiences of how they did it.
• Get a local ‘celebrity’ to support and promote a campaign e.g. for more cycling or using the bus
• Organise a competition between households and/or streets to reduce energy/carbon by the greatest amounts over a fixed period of time
• Initiate a promotional campaign to make it ‘smart’ to be low energy/carbon etc etc

Experience with using solar water heating sffsd

A number of Lymm residents have installed solar water heaters over the past 2 to 3 years. It would be good to share practical experiences of installing and using these devices. We could learn how to get the best performance out of solar water heaters and help others who are considering buying them. This ‘site’ could also link into sources of advice and help on these installations and to local suppliers.

Information on the performance of the systems could include :

• data on savings in energy/carbon
• energy cost savings.