V pleased to see St Albans now 5th (up from 58th) in recycling league table of English local authorities. This was for the year ending March 2019 but only reported in December. The new scheme also saves £400k per year.

Thanks to the Herts Advertiser for their coverage -register an event for #SustFest20! From Brownie packs to book groups, restaurants to running clubs, everyone is invited to get involved and show they care about #StAlbans District, its towns and villages. More at sustfest.org

Great news: We have been awarded the Plastic Free School status by the charity Surfers Against Sewage. This means we have cut out at least three items of single use plastics. Thanks to Ms Logan and the eco/trashmob team on our journey so far. Surfers Against Sewage Plastic Free Harpenden

Harpenden! Join us on our next climate strike on Friday 14 February. We're spending our Valentine's Day striking for the thing we love most - our planet! #climatecrisis #climatestrike #ClimateAction

Read the latest #PlasticFreeHarpenden #schools newsletter: Beating plastic - school milk, pens and #SustFest20 - mailchi.mp/4e076f6527c6/b… Crabtree Schools SJL Ecoschools RoundwoodParkSchool Katherine Warington School High Beeches School @ saunceywood The Grove Junior School The Grove Infant and Nursery School RWPS Helen Barton

Lovely case study for #Sustfest20 and schools. “Harpenden infants school ditches plastic milk cartons to help the environment” hertsad.co.uk/news/pupils-di…. Not too late for schools’ #sustfest20 sign-ups. Sustfest.org/schools-youth

Yay! Page 6 of this week's printed Herts Advertiser. Wonderful #sustainability story about #plastic reduction at a #Harpenden infants school plus great plug for schools to get involved in #SustFest20. hertsad.co.uk/news/pupils-di…

Organise a Playing Out scheme or a street party now and bring sustainability to your street! Come to one of our free information session across St Albans District and find out how! sustainablestalbans.org/2020/02/25/roa…

Fantastic initiative all about #streetparties and #playingout. Harpenden session is at the Harpenden Arms on Friday (6th) at 10am (street parties) and 11am (playing out). Why not go along and find out more!

Read all about it! Sustainable St Albans News: March 2020 - mailchi.mp/28ba3e7a4584/s…

Don't forget this Friday (6th) in Harpenden. Information sessions: 10am #StreetParties; 11am #PlayingOut. Free, no need to book. At the Harpenden Arms - with thanks to them. Harpenden Town Council Mum’s guide to Harpenden WheathampsteadPC 🍃💚🍃

With the switch to delay phase of the Government plan to combat Covid-19 likely, we've teamed with The National Lottery Community Fund, Campaign to End Loneliness, Nextdoor UK Support, Neighbourhood Watch, & Eco Attractions Group to form a Community Action Response encouraging everyone to support their communities. #CommunityResponse

Preparing our #FestiveStreets window display using cellophane wrapping from a bunch of flowers, a black delivery bag and tissue paper. #upcycle #homemade Playing Out St Albans District

#Homemade jumpers for #ChristmasJumperDay this year rather than buying new thanks to encouragement from Crabtree Schools. #reuse #upcycle Save the Children UK

FizzBug, who many of you will know from providing after-school care and holiday clubs, have launched a new initiative to help ensure all local children have access to laptops, equipment and data for remote-learning so that no child is left behind... mumsguideto.co.uk/harpenden/arti…

HTC is hosting a competition to help us design new anti-litter signage for our town. Multiple winners will be chosen & they will each have their designs made into permanent signs that will be placed around our parks and green spaces! harpenden.gov.uk/litterinharpen…

It's #WorldPulsesDay. Use it to think about food events for #SustFest21! Could your group: #cookvegan online or share a meal & chat about climate on zoom? organise a foodbank collection? Your business: create a #SustFest21 takeaway menu? run a course? Sustfest.org

We all need to half our net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. So, how could our fairly normal UK household achieve such a radical reduction? sustainablestalbans.org/2021/02/11/the…

We're joining @theclimatecoalition to flood social media with good news today. #ShowTheLove. Our Sustainability Festival takes place 23rd May - 6th June and will feature over a hundred events put on by local community groups, schools & businesses. Join in! sustfest.org