Sustainability Action Plan
We continue to address sustainability as a key element through our working practices and sharing knowledge within the CGF Team, volunteers and commissioning partners, through:
Locally source ingredients, products and services to boost the local economy
Source fair trade, organic textiles and bio-degradable products where possible
Promote the purchasing of loose unpackaged food
Promote composting of all food
Promote local transport, car sharing, walking and cycling
Stipulate re-usable food containers not disposable containers to be utilised by participants
Bulk buy detergents to decant liquid into repurposed bottles
Promote bulk cooking for energy efficiency
Encourage car sharing for great distances
Reduce our paper and printer cartridge usage through digitisation
Implement technologies to avoid unnecessary travel
Promote a vegetarian diet in order to reduce meat content
Promote renewable energy and highlight the dangers of fossil fuels
Promote the use of water butts for outdoor gardening use
Promote the use of Keep Cups and permanent water bottles to minimise Single use Plastics