Low Carbon West Oxford Events and projects

There has been excellent progress on the Cargo Bikes project in recent weeks. 

Two electric assisted cargo bikes, one with an open compartment, and one with a lid are saved for us to purchase in the next few weeks for the rental scheme. They are currently being checked and serviced. 

Other elements of the scheme are being worked on and we will publish times for trials, rental terms and volunteering opportunities as soon as we can. 

We look forward to hearing from people who are interested in using the bikes and helping with the rental process. Contact us on info@lcwo.org.uk

We’re looking forward to sharing more details very soon — watch this space!

A big thank you to everyone who particpated in the Bring and Take on Saturday, 28 March! This is for all of the volunteers who make it possible to run these events and the local residents who 'bring and take' on the day. We look forward to seeing you at the next one!

Last Friday, 27 March, Low Carbon West Oxford visited the Food Larder at West Oxford Community Centre to help local residents start growing their own herbs at home. We were delighted to give away 50 free “Grow Your Own Basil” kits to the community. We then followed this up with a “Grow Your Own Coriander” give-away on 17 April.

This was all made possible through generous donations from volunteers, each kit included a pot, compost, basil seeds, and simple growing instructions — everything needed to get started on a sunny windowsill.

Basil is easy to grow and a great addition to home cooking, whether in fresh pesto, pasta dishes, pizzas, or summer salads and coriander is particularly great for Thai food and Mexican Food. The kits also included a link to the Royal Horticultural Society website for extra growing tips and advice.

We hope everyone who picked up a kit enjoys the rewards of home-grown herbs!

LCWO still has a long-term aim to achieve a community-sourced heat system, which could help with an alternative to individual heat pumps.

As part of this we met with a representative form Venneit Close, a complex of flats to help consider if a link to a larger community scheme was viable, the pro and cons of a system supplying water individual households can extract heat from, or a hotter water system that needs smaller conversion units in each flat, and alternatives to these systems that would be viable on a long-term sustainable basis.

If you are interested in any aspect of Community Heating Schemes, please email us: info@lcwo.org.uk.

A big thank you to everyone who joined us for the soft launch of our Community Electric Cargo Bike Project during our Earth Day celebration morning! It was wonderful to see members of the community visiting our stalls, test-riding the electric cargo bike, and engaging with the project and our wider work.

If you’d like to get involved in an existing project or event, have an idea for something new, or know of a project or event that could benefit the West Oxford community, we’d love to hear from you.

We welcome your ideas and suggestions.

Email us: info@lcwo.org.uk.