BTCV members descend on Tattenhall Outdoor Education Centre for climate change event

Dec 31 2009 by Ben Coulbeck, Chester Chronicle

BTCV members descend on Tattenhall Outdoor Education Centre for climate change event

MORE than 100 volunteers descended on Tattenhall to create a new wildlife hedgerow and send a political message to world leaders.

Members of BTCV, formerly known as the British Trust Conservation Volunteers, gathered on land near Tattenhall outdoor education centre to plant 2,000 trees and lay 340m of hedgerow.

The climate change event was funded by the Habitats and Hillforts project, which is managed by Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWaC).

It was held to coincide with the climate change summit in Copenhagen with 3,000 days – matching the number of delegates in Denmark – of community work and environmental projects planned to take place across the UK.

Tom Flood, BTCV chief executive, said: “While others bombard governments with demands for action, BTCV and our thousands of environmental volunteers will demonstrate a willingness to act without needing to wait.

“BTCV’s Carbon Army and its 3,000 days of action are visible proof that local communities can play a part in tackling climate change.

“The world is in our hands.”

The climate change event at Tattenhall also served as vital development for the outdoor education centre, which is one of four facilities which supports local schools and the curriculum under CWaC.

BTCV Cheshire operations manager Alistair Coney said: “We have got a very good working relationship with the outdoor centre and also the planting of trees is work that Cheshire West and Chester Council was also keen to get done.

“The site is an ideal location for this kind of work”.