Award-winning community-led action to combat the climate crisis since 2007

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Set up in 2007, our initiative aims to combat climate change by cutting our community carbon dioxide emissions by 80 % by 2050, encouraging residents and others further afield to live more sustainably, and contributing to more cohesive and resilient communities. Read more about our award-winning West Oxford Model and our first decade of achievements.

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Find a selection of upcoming events run by us and others on our calendar. Due to COVID-19, all our events are currently online. We look forward to meeting again face-to-face when it is appropriate to do so!

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All our work is made possible thanks to the support of our volunteers. If you have time and energy to offer, either as a one-off or on a regular basis, we'd love to hear from you.

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Have your say on the future of transport in Oxfordshire
Have your say on the future of transport in Oxfordshire
by on January 25, 2022 with No Comments

[Reposted from CAG Oxfordshire‘s newsletter The Key, which you can sign up to here] People who live, work in, or … Read More

NEW ‘how to’ guide to organising waste-busting Bring & Takes / swap shops – free to download
NEW ‘how to’ guide to organising waste-busting Bring & Takes / swap shops – free to download
by on December 13, 2021 with No Comments

After more than a decade of running our fabulously popular biannual swap shop, the LCWO ‘Bring & Take’, we have … Read More

Ten minutes on talking to kids about climate change – video
Ten minutes on talking to kids about climate change – video
by on December 8, 2021 with No Comments

Earlier this autumn, I was invited to be the very first ‘Ten minutes with…’ interviewee for Green Squirrel‘s newly launched … Read More

Locally-grown poetry with environmental themes
Locally-grown poetry with environmental themes
by on December 8, 2021 with No Comments

Last night, Helen Reid, one of LCWO’s founder members and part of the core group of highly-committed volunteers who make … Read More