Blog - Sustainable Penzance

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Why eco cruising isn’t as green as you think it is

Being Plastic: A one-off event at Jubilee Pool like no other

Being Plastic: A Shimmering Cinematic Projection at the Historic Jubilee Pool

Cornwall’s Local Area Energy Plan: Have your say on a greener future

Plus, how to get involved in Penzance

Cruise ships: The environmental impacts you might not know

...but ones you definitely need to know about

Winter wellness tips: putting self-care first

Top tips to look after your body (and mind) this winter

Justin Duance Jewellery: Thinking planet first in business

We catch up with SPZ Business Hub member Just Duance

TAKE ACTION: The evidence is in – help us protect the planet before it’s too late

Here’s why we need you to take action and get involved

How to deal with the festive waste hangover…

How to deal with the festive waste and leftovers that come after a big celebration.

How to eat well AND save the planet this Christmas

How can you make sure your menu is kinder to the planet?

How to avoid the last-minute panic trap this Christmas

How last-minute decisions don't have to cost the planet, our sanity… or our wallets.

Christmas trees: Making the most sustainable choice

How do we choose the most sustainable tree? Here are our tips to limit your impact.

Christmas Gift Guide: How to save money and waste

Gifts that look after the planet (and your wallet) at Christmas

The Power in our Pocket

How going local this Christmas can be the biggest flex for people, place and planet

What storm season means for Penzance

Here in Penzance, it’s important to start thinking about the future of our town and coastline

Meet The Member: Conscious cleaning with the Marigolds

Sustainable PZ catches up with Tanya, Business Hub member and founder of The Marigolds

Hundreds join Penzance plastic pollution protest

Thank you to everyone who got involved

TAKE ACTION: Human chain in Penzance to protect ocean from plastic

How you can get involved with community action this July

Marine Discovery: Amazing marine wildlife in Mounts Bay and why it needs protecting

Plus, how your actions can help us protect these species for future generations.

Local Elections: What you need to know

A dive into the Penzance Town Council and Cornwall Council elections - and how to have your voice heard

Exploring the Gardens of Penzance

And how PZ Greenways can help you make the most of them!

Inspiring climate conversations at Penlee House

Exploring climate change through art with Gulval School children

The Future Looks Bright for Penzance

Our new Schools Action Plan and Online Hub is helping young people shape a positive future

Get Ready for Newlyn Greenways

Following the success of Penzance Greenways, Newlyn Greenways will launch this summer

Five ways to tackle eco-anxiety in a fast-changing world

Our top five ways to switch eco-anxiety into positive action - and feel better.

Penzance Greenways gets personal

How our creative map workshops are connecting people to place and planet, in their own day to day lives

Things to look forward to in 2025

Your guide to the great things happening locally this year

8 Good News Stories from 2024

We look back at the year, and there’s lots Penzance can be proud of!

Understanding the Global Plastics Treaty

Everything you need to know about what it is and why it’s so important

Supporting a Sustainable Penzance

From volunteering to booking onto of our local events, there’s plenty of ways to get involved as we work to create a thriving town and community for the future

Blue carbon and the Mounts Bay Seagrass Project

What is 'blue carbon' and why does it matter? Here's what you need to know, and how Mounts Bay's seagrass habitat is making a difference.

Top tips to stay warm this winter

How can we winter well, without a huge rise in bills and overuse of precious energy resources.

Penzance Greenways: A new way of getting around town

Discover Penzance Greenways; a new way of moving around Penzance and connecting to nature via our network of paths and green spaces.

Greenwashing; what it is and how to spot it

In a world where we urgently need change, here's what you need to know about greenwashing and how to spot it.

Have your say on plans to make it safer to walk and cycle around Penzance

The first of a series of Sustainable Transport projects in town are out for consultation

UK General Election: Making change happen

The next General Election is being held on 4th July 2024 – and now, more than ever, every vote counts.

Penzance’s Plastic Free Champions Shine

Find out who the town’s latest champions are, including our first Gold Champions and some special awards.

Penzance’s Plastic Free Champion Awards are back

Never mind the BAFTAs, the hottest awards night is right here in Penzance. It’s been five years since our last Plastic Free Penzance awards. Now it's back.

We need a whole lotta bottle!

Community Call to Action! We need to collect as many plastic bottles as we can for a community event in town this summer

How to cut your vehicle’s impact on Penzance

The reality in Cornwall is most of us do still need a car. So how can we act to cut its impact?

Their Future, in Our Hands

We’re pleased to have been awarded funding to support and strengthen work in schools to help create a fairer and greener future. How will it be spent?

Five Steps to Cut Impact in 2023

Our individual actions ARE important. Those little things that ripple out to big impact. So, we're kick starting 2023 with five simple things we can all do right now to live better and encourage others ...

PZ Businesses Help Build Action Plan for the Town

If you haven’t signed up yet, it is not too late... join this fully-funded program, learn more about the challenges coming our way and have your say on a town wide business action plan

Businesses Together for Our Planet

This September we’re launching the Together for Our Planet programme. The six-month series of workshops, events and information for businesses, is open to all local independents and we’re chuffed to be able to fully fund it.

Long Rock Tops the Sewage Spill Charts in 2022

The sewage overflow pipe has gone off the most in the UK so far this year, leaving a trail of brown filthy water and posing serious risk to health.

How to Try Organic on a Budget

To celebrate Organic September, we want to share some tips for eating more consciously on a budget and upping your organic content.

Coping with the Energy Price Hikes

It's pretty worrying right now. Next month gas and electricity prices will soar to an average of £2,500 annually. How can we cope and how can we help each other?

Golowan Festival: 5 ways we reduced its plastic impact

Together we made *real* progress on reducing single-use plastic at Golowan Festival’s Mazey Weekend.

Golowan is back: let’s reduce its eco impact

Golowan is Back. Find out how we’ve been working again with the Golowan team to try and cut the eco impact of the festival

World Ocean Day – 5 facts and actions

Why is the Ocean so important to us, the place we call home and the planet we live on? Here’s five things you need to know ...

Be planet friendly this mega Bank Holiday

How to stick to your eco guns and cut impact as we get ready for the extended Bank Holiday

The Penzance guide to Easter holidays

This month there’s two bank holidays to enjoy and schools are on Easter break, so we’ve put together a list of events in and around Penzance to enjoy this month for both kids and adults.

We’ve got 10k Lottery funding to support local business

BREAKING NEWS! We just received National Lottery funding to support Penzance businesses in the face of a host of challenges.

How to reduce your bills & carbon footprint

Many of us are thinking about how to cut our energy and beat the price hikes. It’s a daunting time, but there could be double gains to be made…

Penzance wildlife: 5 animals to spot on Cornwall’s coast

With an RSPB reserve and a Marine Conservation Zone on our doorstep, Penzance and the surrounding area is home to incredible and important wildlife.

IWD: Celebrating Penzance’s female changemakers

This International Women’s Day we’re celebrating a few of the amazing women and female-led organisations making positive change happen here in Penzance.

The Penzance guide to February half term

We’ve pulled together a list of things to do in and around Penzance this half term, so there’s no need to ever get bored.

The Penzance groups and organisations fighting throwaway culture

Reusing what we already have is a huge step towards creating a more sustainable lifestyle.

Show the Love with Penzance Half Term beach clean

RESCHEDULED: Tuesday 22nd Feb at 11am. Come and get involved with this awesome half term activity.

5 things to look forward to in Penzance in 2022

It’s safe to say we’re in challenging times. Who’d have believed two years ago we were about to spend the next couple of years in and out of lockdowns, with schools, travel and businesses closed?

Penzance: 6 local good news stories from 2021

This year, the Penzance community came together and made amazing things happen for people and planet - from joining the refill revolution to raising awareness of rising sea levels.

One seed at a time: How Penzance is rewilding for the future

Building a community hub with The Gardeners’ House Project

COP26 Action in PZ Huge Success

How Penzance came together to call for action on climate crisis ... and how you can help

Sewage surrounds St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall. Take action.

St. Michael’s Mount should be looking majestic. Not surrounded by disgusting brown water from a sewage overflow.

COP26 Global Day of Action in PZ

With COP26 set to get underway, here's how to make a difference and get involved with the Global Day of Action in Penzance. Join us as we co-host Tides Reach 2050 ...

Healthy Streets Consultation: Results

What’s the latest? Here’s a run down of work that’s happened so far and what’s planned on the Prom and Alexandra Rd after the public consultation

Tackling Plastic at the Tour of Britain

Tackling plastic is a tough job when it comes to big events. After Penzance welcomed the Tour of Britain, are there signs though that things are changing?

Healthy Streets for the Future

Traffic is an issue, everywhere. It has hard hitting impacts on health and planet. But we still 'need' cars. So how can we tackle the issue in PZ? Read our vision ...

Town Deal Success

We are super pleased that the town has been awarded £21.5m through the Town’s Deal Fund. Now the real work starts in delivering a suite of projects for the town.

Refill PZ Launches

A new community refill scheme has launched in Penzance to help locals and visitors avoid single use plastic and support local high street businesses.

Let’s Get Personal

Want to make some changes to lower your eco impact but don’t know where to start? We’ve launched the Sustainable PZ Personal Action Plan

Penzance Does Things Differently

It does – and it’s getting noticed for it. It’s a place of many firsts, and the town has just scored another in its approach to its bid to the £25m Town's Fund

What’s Your Vision?

We want to help create a town that is resilient and works for everyone. Whether you believe in climate breakdown and mass extinction or not, we can just choose to create a better place to be and live.

Here Come Another Bunch of Tree Huggers, Right?

Wrong! We do love trees, but we don’t hug them and we don’t tie ourselves to them either. But we do recognise that our communities and environment are under pressure.

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