Last night I was at a very well-attended public meeting called by the town mayor, fellow Liberal Democrat Cllr. Pat Ryan, on the subject of Climate Change and what we as a local community could do to address it. The main speaker was George Martin, a local resident, but also an expert on sustainable development in construction.

It was an excellent meeting with good participation from all those attending, and a shared determination that as a local community we could and must take action. I volunteered to join a steering group to carry the ideas forward and develop a local action plan.