This Spring volunteers at Westcott Community Garden have been busy planting an edible ‘wild harvest’ hedge at St John’s churchyard. We applied to the Woodland…
“In March 2022, scientists confirmed they had found microplastics in human blood for the first time”. This rather alarming fact is taken directly from a…
Last month’s article spoke about eco-anxiety, a growing issue which is understandable in the context of the climate, nature and other intersecting crises we are…
Any of you who have read many of the articles we at Green Westcott have written over the years, will know that we care about…
When Thomas Edison first illuminated a New York street in 1879, he set in motion the modern era of electric lighting. Many at the time…
Creative workshop in Westcott, Saturday, 23rd September, 2-4pm Passion for the Planet is an inspiring, moving yet laughter-filled theatre project for all ages – focused…
‘Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink!’ This is the well-known quote taken from Coleridge, in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798). If…
Summer is well under way and hopefully you have heard the sound of bees busy in the bushes and flowers around the village. I say…
At Westfest in 2021, you, the community of our village, asked for a community garden. We at Green Westcott, listened and have been beavering away…
The climate crisis and the cost-of-living crisis are inextricably linked. The climate crisis is a threat multiplier – it makes existing problems far worse. Extreme…