This summer was really hot and next year could be much hotter. An extreme natural weather phenomenon called a Super El Nino may well turbo charge next year’s summer heat. It could be brutal.
To help prepare Wycombe for future heatwaves the High Wycombe Town Committee has launched a number of initiatives, the most urgent being the Community Cool Zones (CCZ) project. These are cooled places that vulnerable members of our community can access if they are suffering heat stress. They are air conditioned or naturally cool due to good building fabric and shading from trees, where tap water is available to drink (no throwaway cups please).
Initially we want a CCZ within 1km of every resident of Wycombe (at least one in every ward). In the coming years we want a CCZ within 500m and then 250m. That is the aspiration; now we get to work.
Email us if you have a potential CCZ or if you can help. Also, if you want to suggest places suitable to be used as a CCZ then also email us at hwtc@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
Save Our Trees (and they will save us!)
Trees provide shade, keep our homes and streets cool, look great and help our wellbeing. Too many trees are cut down. Please, if you are thinking about cutting down a tree, then think again. Leave it where it is and work around it.
The High Wycombe Town Committee wants to promote trees and tree protection. We also want to get more trees planted in our streets so they can protect us from future heatwaves. Why not fruit trees that can also provide food for us all? Your councillors have access to funding to help with street tree planting. If you want to propose a project to plant trees in your area then please email hwtc@buckinghamshire.gov.uk with your suggestions. Your email will be passed to your local councillor to consider.
The “Wycombe Weigh”
The weigh-in of the Mayor in Wycombe is globally unique. We have been weighing our mayors for 350 years. We are the only place in the world doing this. Yes, I know it’s a bit odd but it’s ours so let’s celebrate it. We are looking for ideas about how to make more of the weighing of the mayor in Wycombe.
Help us to find our way, the ‘Wycombe Weigh’, email us on hwtc@buckinghamshire.gov.uk.
