News
We are movingOn the 14th July we move to the Sandon Centre, Falkland Road, Wallasey, CH44 8ER. Our phone number is unchanged (639 2121), but please ring if you would like our new fax number.
RePaint News
We are now closed at Gorsey Lane and will reopen at the Sandon Centre, Falkland Road, Wallasey CH44 8ERat 1pm on Monday 28th July. Please note that we will be unable to supply or receive paint until then. Please ring if you would like our new fax number.
New Wirral Evergreen
Articles on Tree Wardens, Gardens in Schools, horticulture courses, energy from waste, aluminium recycling, peak oil and more ...[download here]
LA21 Schools Forum
Register now and get local contacts, links on recycling, energy, waste, Fairtrade, horticulture, information about events, quarterly newsletter, and new schools web forum ...[more]
Events
Sat July 12th - 2pm to 5pmKids Treasure Hunt
Start outside West Kirby Concourse.
...[more]
Thurs 24th July - 12 to 3pm
Community planting day
Wirral Environment Centre, Falkland Road, Wallasey,
CH44 8ER. First come first served
Wed July 30th - 7.30pm
Film screening of The Power of Community
United Reformed Church, Meols Drive, West Kirby
An uplifting account of how Cuba dealt with its own peak oil event following the collapse of the USSR.
Sun Aug 3rd - 11am to 4pm
Transition Town West Kirby at Royden Park
Displays, games, calculate your carbon footprint
In the Coach House, Royden Park ...[more]
Tues Aug 19th - 7.30pm
"What do we need to be happy?
A Transition Town perspective on the well-being of today's people." Several speakers are booked - more details to follow.
United Reformed Church, Meols Drive, West Kirby, CH48 5DA ...[more]
Wed Sept 17th - 7.30pm
Green Cottage:
Eco-renovation of a Victorian End-terrace
United Reformed Church, Meols Drive, West Kirby
A talk by Andy Hunt who is sustainability officer at Trafford Council. ...[more]
What is Wirral LA21 Network?
An environmental education charity (Registration No. 1068306) set up to promote and facilitate ethical and environmentally friendly lifestyles.Aims
The aim of the organisation is to advance the education of the public about the preservation of our world's natural environment, ecological sustainability, natural resource conservation, waste management, recycling, and the principles of Fairtrade within Wirral and the surrounding area.Where are we based?
On the 14th July we move to the Sandon Centre, Falkland Road, Wallasey, CH44 8ER.Tel: 0151 639 2121 Please ring if you would like our new fax number.
Email: info@la21.net
What is sustainability?
Sustainability is now a term used internationally to describe an approach to life that many believe to be mankind's only viable chance of avoiding the environmental disasters that now seem to be part of our future.It is also a chance to reassert the value of social and environmental issues in a world that is becoming more and more materialistic and money orientated. It stresses that environmental issues are bound into social and economical ones, and are not to be considered as separate, or less important.
The Sustainable Life is one in which we meet our daily needs in a way that is within the carrying capacity of the Earths ecosystems, and that could be maintained indefinitely by our children. It is living off nature's interest, rather than her capital. It is to respect our resources, by minimising waste, reducing energy use, recycling materials, and cutting out excessive consumption. We dont need to starve ourselves, but rather change our present care-free attitude to resources and materials.
This website offers practical ideas for sustainable living.
Why live sustainably on Wirral?
At local level:
- It would bring all the benefits of a clean and natural environment: better quality of life and health. Clean air, water, parks etc.
- Saving resources will save YOU money.
- Improving the environment is an essential part of rebuilding community spirit.
At global level:
- It is a life that has a future. Our present form of consumerism is unsustainable, neglects both our future and that of our children, and threatens global disaster. Much of Wirral's residential land is below sea level. If Global Warming causes the sea to rise enough, the 21st century could mean drastic changes for our peninsula.
The Sustainability Movement is an international one that is being subscribed to by governments and businesses all over the world. In 1992, 179 world states met at the United Nations' Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to try to attack the issue of our relationship with our environment. They realised that environmental issues reach deep into economic and social ones: for example, that rising sea levels brought about from Global Warming will mean loss of land, property, huge expenses for flood defence, and great risk to health and lives.
They had realised that our life-philosophy and idea of development must be reformed. Their term used to label this philosophy is Sustainable Development. The UK was, in fact, one of the first countries in the world to prepare a national Sustainable Development strategy
Wirral LA21 Network is here to provide information and education to the public of Wirral about sustainable living.
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