ABOUT USWhat is Going Wild in Bishop’s Castle (Going Wild)?
Going Wild is a part of Lightfoot and was formed by members of the Bishop’s Castle community as a response to the climate and biodiversity crisis which we face. Going Wild is committed to improving the Shropshire town of Bishop’s Castle and its immediate environs for biodiversity and to bringing wildlife into the lives of those living in Bishop’s Castle and visiting the town.
Going Wild aims to enhance public green space, private gardens and nearby farmland, working closely with the Town Council, schools, local businesses, landowners to make all of these spaces richer in biodiversity. Going Wild aims to engage local people of all demographics in this endeavour and to increase the skills within the community to record and manage species and habitats.
We already know the planet is facing a life-threatening climate and ecological emergency. While Bishop’s Castle and its hinterland may be a relatively good place to be for the next 20-30 years, it may also be affected in that time by changes to the Gulf Stream, melting ice caps, other serious climate changes, or the critical loss of pollinator insects with the risk of severe flooding, power outages and food supply problems.
More widely, the UK is being affected by changes elsewhere. Large-scale, climate-led population upheavals and migration will almost certainly cause significant political, economic and social disruption. Climate-related crises (drought, forest fires, flooding, crop failures) elsewhere in the world could have serious knock-on effects. This kind of disruption could well occur in the next 2 decades.
Bishop’s Castle Climate & Ecological Action Plan
All the proposals in the CAP spring from two starting points:
i) mitigating the worst effects of the climate emergency; and,
ii) adapting and building resilience to prepare for major change.
These proposals are not complete and will remain under continuous review as conditions change and as we consider priorities and time-scales. For example, time and resources have not allowed the production of chapters on issues such as Transport and Health.
There are many practical suggestions in the CAP, and even slight modifications in the way we live our everyday lives can make a significant difference to our environment.
