Carbon Footprinting at Stoney Middleton

 Stoney Middleton’s SMILE Village Day was the setting for a Carbon Footprinting Stall on 11^th June.

 

Villagers in the Peak District village had the chance to find out what impact their lifestyle was having on the environment and how they could improve it. There was a lot of interest in domestic renewables and low energy lightbulbs.

 

At the end of the day the person with the smallest footprint – Phyllis (pictured with SMILE Secretary Chris Tsielepi) – received a locally made pork pie, whilst the person with the biggest– Ian (also pictured) – received a TV powerdown to help begin shrinking his footprint.

 

The average footprint of all those surveyed was 10.8 tonnes, compared with a UK average of 9.8 tonnes.