Members of BTCV, formerly known as the British Trust Conservation Volunteers, gathered on land near Tattenhall outdoor education centre to plant 2,000 trees and lay 340m of hedgerow.

Thousands of children have been receiving specially designed cardboard stockings.

These are being coloured in and are designed to remind children to recycle this Christmas.

When the festivities are over they can then be used to find out more information on how to recycle their tree, used gift wrap and cards.

The 12 pupils aged seven to 11-years-old planted 12 trees in an hour as part of National Tree Week's 'Tree O'Clock' challenge.

Teacher Helen Walsh, said: "The children loved it, they planted the trees in our eco garden.

The 14 and 15 year-olds from 12 schools across North East Wales and West Cheshire set up an Eco-PART (Paper and Recycling and Technology) business during a day-long event at Chester Racecourse.

GE Water and Process Technologies on Foundry Lane, Halebank, has been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard award.

Driving the Ampera around GM's testing facilities at Millbrook, Ian Lucas got a chance to experience the motoring power that the next generation of electric vehicles is delivering.

In October, Cheshire East Council asked for volunteers for a free two-day training course. Hundreds applied, meaning the course was oversubscribed by scores.

The course itself was held at Crewe Hall Hotel over a weekend, with detailed instructions on how to promote home composting to householders.

It has already been nicknamed 'Hopenhagen', but for some, the UN Climate Change Conference, which begins in Copenhagen next week and runs from December 7 to 18, could be more of a political fiasco than a symbol of hope.

Hard work, innovative and energy-saving ideas have paid off for the rural school after they became one of the first in the area to be awarded Green Flag status.

It is the highest eco-award available from environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy.

CHILDREN from St Winefride's Primary School in Holywell have formed an eco-committee to help the school reach its environmental goals.

The committee, made up of 10 children, will help to make the school more sustainable and work toward its gold eco award.

Headteacher Catherine Roberts said: "The children are very interested in the environment.

"We have beautiful grounds here so they're keen to preserve nature where they can.
"We're also hoping to create a gardening area for the pupils."

Hankinson Painting Group won accolades in the construction and recycling categories at the Green Apple Environmental Awards and has been named a National Green Hero.

Details on the project to reduce the company's carbon footprint will be published in the Green Book, the only annual international work of reference on environmental best practice.

Sarah Rowe was one of 20 volunteers who spent two weeks in Kenya to see first-hand the life changing work of development charity Christian Aid.

Sarah was inspired by her journey and the people she met.

As part of its Carbon Reduction Strategy, the council has promised to reduce emissions from its buildings by 20% in 2012, 40% in 2017, rising to 60% in 12 years time.