The Buckingham Bag Group launched the “Buckingham Bag” in February 2009 and after this success, we decided to continue working together as the Green Buckingham Group, to make Buckingham more environmentally sustainable.
The group includes representatives of Buckingham Town Council, Buckingham Traders Association, the University of Buckingham and the Buckingham and Winslow Advertiser. If you are interested in joining us, please e-mail nigel.adams@buckingham.ac.uk.
As we are want to encourage a wider range of environmental activities in the town, we are now called the Green Buckingham Group and we have updated our website to show you what we plan to do.
We have not forgotten about the “Buckingham Bag” and so you will also find information about it on this new website.
Here are some of the environmental projects that we have already started to investigate or are planning:
1. Hydro generation – This is a scheme to introduce hydro generation for the University from the mill race in the river. With the Vice Chancellor’s and Facilities Manager’s support and as a result of the work of Podnik Ltd (involved in sourcing the Buckingham Bag) a pre-feasibility study was completed, funded by the University. However, the cost of carrying out the project was estimated at about £120,000 and the return on the investment was more than 10 years. As a result, the project is on-hold until ways can be found to reduce its costs.
2. Printer cartridges – The Green Buckingham Group has arranged with the town council to have a collection point for printer cartridges in the Council’s Offices in Buckingham Place, Verney Close, Buckingham. The cartridges placed in the collection boxes are used to help a charity to earn extra income.
3. Batteries – The group has also arranged with the town council for a battery collection bin (not car batteries) to be available in the council’s offices in Buckingham Place, Verney Close, Buckingham.
In 2010 and 2011 we held successful Green Fairs in Buckingham. Information about these events was published in the Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser.
We are very disappointed to inform you that this year’s Buckingham Green Fair has been cancelled. We had been expecting some sponsorship which wasn’t forthcoming, we had had fewer bookings than last year and we were lacking helpers on the day. Whether this lack of interest has been due to the current economic climate, the Government’s Feed in Tariff issues or other more local problems it has meant that we have generally seen much less support than at the same time last year.
This has been a very hard decision for us to take as we do appreciate that an awful lot of effort has already been put into the event. However the Green Buckingham Group feel that we would be better to cancel the event rather than provide an event that is not well resourced, supported or attended.
We plan to run third Green Buckingham Fair in the Community Centre in Buckingham during Climate Week in March 2013.
If you click on the links to the right, you can find more information about the organisations that support us or who are like minded.