looking after where we live
Cwm Harry is a successful provider of practical environmental services and an innovative ‘Do Think’ tank developing commercial solutions for sustainable livelihoods lived locally.
Cwm Harry is a diverse team of specialists, working in community growing, waste reduction, affordable housing, permaculture design, biological water treatment and much more...
The Cwm Harry Cultivate horticulture and community market gardening and Newtown shop
We aim to enable people to take more control over their lives and their environment. From credit unions to affordable housing, herbal remedies to food security we can offer support and training.
Finding new ways to ignite community creativity to reduce waste and create the circular economy
Are you frustrated by stuff you have to throw away? Stuff where recycling or repair seems too difficult? Do you have solutions you want to share? Join us at The People’s Design Lab where the highest voted of the leaderboard so far are black
The Rubbish Diet and the Museum of Bad Design are into the finals of nesta’s National Waste Reduction Competition! The Rubbish Diet takes Karen Cannard’s blog into the community, like WeightWatchers for your bin. Meanwhile, the Musuem of Bad Design
Here at Cwm Harry we have long been aware of the need for efficient resource use and this has led to the development of both the food waste composting initiative as well as the Zero Waste project, which aims to
Vote for the fantastic design entered into Brabantia’s design competition http://brabantia.com/designyourbin/competition_entries/off-to-landfill by Karen Cannard who runs the rubbish diet. See her blog for how to slim your bin http://www.therubbishdiet.co.uk/
Following a successful pilot project at last year’s Ludlow Medieval Christmas Fayre, social enterprise Cwm Harry of Newtown are working with Ludlow’s famous food festivals to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. As well as providing recycling containers
Local Food & Growing in Newtown Saturday 25 February On the High Street, next to Market Hall Seed swap & Free seed starter packs Growing advice for all FREE micro allotments – find out more! Cwm Harry Food Co veg
Cwm Harry’s Zero Waste Presteigne and Norton was among the winners of Third Sector Awards Cymru, which promote and celebrate the work of the third sector across Wales. Organised by umbrella organisation Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) and supported
Inaugural Meeting of the Zero Waste Research Centre 11-3pm, 16th March – Coventry Council House, Earl Street , Coventry, CV1 5RR Zero Waste Research Centre: Creating a Community Movement to Design out Waste We cannot afford waste. By redesigning our
Locally grown food is on the menu at Cwm Harry in Newtown, where the Big Lottery People & Places grant programme will be funding a three year ‘Get Growing’ project. At their unit on the Vastre Industrial Estate a degraded
“I believe every household in England has a basic human right to have their rubbish collected every week” These are the words of the Rt Hon Eric Pickles, minister for the community, announcing a surprise £250M from the austerity budget