Village that’s saving the world

It is not your usual pub fare, but Ashton Hayes is no ordinary place: the 1,000 residents have set themselves on a mission to become Britain’s first carbon neutral community.

Elsewhere, other networks are springing up. Thirteen ‘Transition Towns’, mostly in the West Country, have been proclaimed by people worried about climate change and oil running out. The Crags network of Carbon Rationing Action Groups has at least 20 members, from Chiswick in west London to York, Leeds and Glasgow. Each agrees to cap carbon use and pay for excess emissions into a fund for energy-saving causes. Another initiative is CRed, the Community Carbon Reduction Project set up by the University of East Anglia to advise groups how to cut emissions by 60 per cent by 2025.

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