Making Marple Better Together
Greening, Biodiversity and Climate
The trouble with mink
Local concerned resdient Garry Ferguson has observed the decline in birds and wildlife along the Marple stretches of the canals due to mink predation. Garry and his wife Gill have been very active in trying to find solutions to the problem and have started a project to eradicate this non-native species. Find out more about this here...
A War on the Motorist? What’s driving Traffic Policy in Marple?
Our sustainability lead, Greg Pike, gives the background to some decisions on traffic that may mystify some, and a personal opinion as to what he feels we need to take into account.
Read the detail here...
Greenstock - a family fun day in Woodbank Park, 18th May
On Saturday 18th May “Greenstock” Community Fun Day will be back at the Community Food Hub in Stockport`s glorious Woodbank Park, from 11am – 3pm.
It`s a jam-packed event filled with fun, tasty food, music and hopefully sunshine. There`ll be lots of stalls and activities – making bug hotels, seed planting, learning to mend things, a laughter workshop, Arabic cooking demo, pond dipping, games, quizzes and more. All activities and food are provided for free and everyone is welcome.
“Greenstock” is organised by the Stockport Green Network and is supported by SMBC`s Climate Action Now programme: stockportcan@stockport.gov.uk Marple Civic Society have been on the Network`s Steering Committee since it first began and were heavily involved in creating the idea of “Greenstock”, which is all about developing Stockport`s communities and environment.
The Stockport Green Network is open to all residents and Community Groups who are interested in climate action and nature recovery. If you want to know more contact: www.stockportgreennetwork.weebly.com
A community woodland for Memorial Park?
Last year the Civic Society talked to SMBC and the Friends of the Marple Memorial Park about creating an area of natural woodland within Memorial Park that could easily be enjoyed by everyone. A recent meeting with the Council and the Leisure and Community Hub Project Team has moved this idea forward significantly. Read more here...
A Greener Marple
For a couple of years now we have been wanting to develop a project that would see more trees planted across Marple. As conversations developed both locally and with groups like Cheshire Wildlife Trust, it has become clear that our plans should expand to look at all aspects of green-space improvement and nature recovery.
Read more about how things are progressing here.
Biodiversity in Towns
There is so much evidence that if a town is made more bio-diverse and contains more green space it improves things for everyone. "People’s health and well-being is improved by ensuring there are easily accessible wildlife-rich natural spaces where they live and work" say the UK Wildlife Trusts
