Early in May 2023, Art in the Community covered Whitchurch Bridge in 1500 butterflies made from upcycled materials - and they gradually turned 'green'. For every promise made a butterfly carried a green ribbon.
Now some of them have flown to 85 Christchurch Rd to take part in the Trail, supporting Reading's Climate Festival.
All we ask is that you promise to make one small change that could have a BIG impact on our environment if we all work together.
The leaflet for Butterfly Effect
Water saving tips from Thames Water
Grow a secret garden for butterflies
I promise to turn the lights off when I am not in the room
I will to gardening for the bees (age 5)
get our electricity from solar power
Buy more recycled clothes
Eat heathy stuff more often, recycle more often, turn off lights when I leave the house.
I will join a community action group
Keep fit
Try to use sink rather than rinse under running water
Leave nettles at back of garden, plant foxgloves and more hollyhocks
Reduce the temperature of our under floor heating
Plant woodland plants - to help reverse the decline of British native plants. I am going to include tree stumps to provide insect houses.
Make a bug hotel
Switch off all electrical switches when not in use
Walk or cycle to reduce car journeys
I will no longer take long haul flights
To use a bar conditioner and shampoo to reduce packaging
Use refills where possible
Where possible don't fly
To pick up litter (if possible) wherever I see it
Don't let the water run when brushing teeth/washing dishes
Work on cleaning the river of sewage
Cold Showers!
open the doors more and use the airconditioning less
turn the lights off when I leave the room
reduce the amount of things I buy
Not cut the lawn in May
Plant hedges
recycle household batteries at local supermarket
Use less plastic
I have bought a reusable cup so that I don't have to take the non recyclable take away cups in the coffee shops.
Waste less food
Reduce the number of baths and have shorter showers
Use less water
Make a hedgehog door in garden fence- see PAWs Mag May/June 23
Flush the toilet only when necessary ....
reduce the depth of water in the bath
I promise to buy a water butt for the garden
Campaign for water meters. Shower not bathe.
We promise to leave an area on our lawn to grow wild flowers
Leave the dandelions as long as possible. i.e. remove the heads just as they're turning into clocks and not before.
mowing the grass less
Eat less meat
keep to 60 mph on motorway
only use my tumble dryer when it's raining
Use own bags for all shopping
Join with neighbour to take hard plastics to Padworth
Recycle crisp packets at Co-op
Recycle aluminium medicine tablet sheets at supermarket
