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Published:
March 26, 2008
Climate
change in the spotlight for Burnham Green World Trust group
 A
new group has been launched in Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge to
promote local awareness of the risks of climate change.
The
Green World Trust - which was set up three years ago to boost
public awareness of the "true nature of the major threats
to the survival of the human race and explain the need to change
the way we live" - has started a local group which meets
every week in Highbridge.
Spokeswoman
Anne Stallybrass, pictured here with group members Colin Rogers
and Dave Ilsley, said the group wants to convert Burnham and Highbridge
into so-called 'Transition Towns' in order to set up projects
that "will rebuild our community spirit and local sustainability,
and help people achieve a comfortable lifestyle without destroying
the planet in the process."
She
added: "We particularly support the 'Transition Towns initiative'
as a means of bringing about the lifestyle changes which will
make it possible to re-introduce a more localized economy and
cope with a reduction in future available energy."
"Whilst much of our work is of global importance, we are
very involved with the imminent and long-term problems of the
local area, in particular the threat of total submergence of the
Somerset levels due to sea-level rises."
"We
firmly support the proposal to build the Severn Barrage and equally
firmly believe that it should be constructed between Minehead
and Aberthaw so that it can be used to protect the lowlands from
flooding, as well as having the capability of providing as much
electrical generating power as 12 to 16 nuclear power stations."
Other
works that the group are involved with include the presentation
to the Government of an integrated transport scheme for the whole
of England and a new-build housing plan to increase the number
of low-rent, affordable homes.
For
more details about the organisation - which meets every Monday
morning in Highbridge - call 01278 783003 or see their website.
Our
photo shows Green World Trust members Anne Stallybrass, Colin
Rogers and Dave Ilsley.
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