Earth Day 2026- Southend Staff Supporting Local Climate Action
Southend-on-Sea City Council staff marked Earth Day by taking part in clean-up events, eco activities and green careers initiatives across Essex.
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Council issues advice on staying cool and hydrated to cope with future heatwaves
Southend-on-Sea City Council is reminding residents to stay cool and hydrated to cope with future heat waves and to avoid heat stress.
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Council wants Southend to be a ‘refill destination’
The council are encouraging local businesses and residents to help the city become a ‘refill destination’ by providing greater access to drinking water as well as refill and reusable packaging.
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Council urges residents to support Clean Air Day after being awarded grant for air quality schools project
Southend-on-Sea City Council is encouraging residents to make small changes to their daily routine to promote better air quality as part of this year’s annual Clean Air Day.
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Volunteers plant parts of Southend-on-Sea coastline in bid to help combat climate change
More than 40 volunteers gathered at Southend-on-Sea seafront to spend the morning planting on the beach as part of a climate change project.
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Work on plans to green the High Street started
Initial work to bring more greenery into the city centre’s High Street has started.
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City wins funding to improve energy efficiency of council housing
Southend-on-Sea City Council has been successful in its bid for £1.15m of Government funding to improve the energy efficiency of council housing.
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Southend City Councils Carbon Footprint
Southend City Council produce a carbon footprint for the City, allowing us to baseline emissions and work together to reduce these towards our ambitious net zero target.
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Council aims to promote ‘circular economy’
Southend-on-Sea City Council held a workshop earlier this month attended by over 25 council officers, to discuss how the city will benefit from moving towards a ‘circular economy’.
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Council’s green city ambitions presented at breakfast meeting
We held our first ever zero carbon breakfast meeting this week (22 March) to present our new carbon footprint and green city ambition.
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Council brings together over 30 local authorities for climate resilience workshop
We successfully led an online workshop on building climate resilience with over 30 local authorities taking part.