{"id":30747,"date":"2023-05-13T20:12:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T19:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=30747"},"modified":"2023-05-13T20:12:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T19:12:01","slug":"local-green-businesses-showcased-at-abingdons-eco-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=30747","title":{"rendered":"Local Green Businesses showcased at Abingdon&#8217;s Eco Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023051306.jpg\" alt=\"ECO Fair\" \/><br \/>\nThe fair took place on Abingdon Market Place, under the County Hall Museum, and in the Guildhall. The Abingdon Town Crier and the Abingdon Town Fryer announced what was happening.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023051305.jpg\" alt=\"ECO Fair\" \/><br \/>\nThe fair offered advice and guidance on a variety of green issues from One Planet Abingdon<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023051406.jpg\" alt=\"ECO Fair\" \/><br \/>\nand Abingdon Carbon Cutters.<\/p>\n<p>Oxfordshire County Council offered grants for insulating homes (See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordshire.gov.uk\/retrofit\">https:\/\/www.oxfordshire.gov.uk\/retrofit<\/a>.)<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023051304.jpg\" alt=\"ECO Fair\" \/><br \/>\nThe event showcased a variety of green businesses. There were those promoting new forms of energy such as electric bikes and batteries; electric cars and charging points; solar panels; LED lighting for street lamps and the home.<\/p>\n<p>There were architects and design experts who could help design energy efficiency into the home, and new materials that could be used in the home.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023051307.jpg\" alt=\"ECO Fair\" \/><br \/>\nThere were also various eco-friendly consumables including pet products; vegan food; re-usable sandwich bags; and wash refills.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023051301.jpg\" alt=\"ECO Fair\" \/><br \/>\nA group of sewing machinists worked in the museum basement mending clothes. There were bike checks in the museum undercroft.<\/p>\n<p>There were also talks. One used thermal imaging in different homes to demonstrate examples of good and bad insulation. Insulation needs fitting properly.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle, from One World Abingdon, who helped organise the event, said it gave local green businesses a chance to share what they are doing with the public. (Included in those businesses were Missing Bean on Stert Street, who source their coffee directly from far-flung farms, roast it themselves, and at this event, supported the stallholders with discounted coffees.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fair took place on Abingdon Market Place, under the County Hall Museum, and in the Guildhall. The Abingdon Town Crier and the Abingdon Town Fryer announced what was happening. The fair offered advice and guidance on a variety of green issues from One Planet Abingdon and Abingdon Carbon Cutters. Oxfordshire County Council offered grants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}