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Launching Ffestiniog Town Council's Green Charter at the Noson Goleuo 'Stiniog on 3 Dec 2009 /

O'r chwith i'r dde Iona Price o Brosiect y Dref Werdd, Y Cyng. Dylan Richards, Cadeirydd y Cyngor a'r Cyng. Paul Thomas o'r grwp Gwibdaith Hen Fran, sydd hefyd yn Is-Gadeirydd y Cyngor.

Left to right: Iona Price from the Ffestiniog Green Town Project, Cllr Dylan Richards, Chair of the Ffestiniog Town Council and Cllr Paul Thomas of the group Gwibdaith Hen Fran, who is also Vice-Chair of the Council.

Here's the press release that went out in advance of the launch:

Ffestiniog lights up and goes green!

The Ffestiniog Town Council asks the public to help deliver it’s Green Charter to make Ffestiniog greener and better place

On Thursday 3 December hundreds of people will turn out on the streets of Blaenau Ffestiniog for the Noson Goleuo ‘Stiniog, the turning on the Christmas lights. This event usually attracts more people than any other in the town during the year. On Thursday, the lights will be turned on by members of the Blaenau based acoustic band Gwibdaith Hen Frân.

But this year will be different in that as well as turning on the Christmas lights, Gwibdaith Hen Frân member Paul Thomas, who is also the Vice Chair of the Ffestiniog Town Council, will also turn on an energy saving smart electricity metre at the Council’s office’s, thus launching the Council’s Green Charter. The Council adopted the charter earlier this year and it makes clear what the Town Council plans to do to protect and enhance the environment, and what businesses and individuals can do to help.

The Town Council’s Offices will be open 6pm to 8pm on Thursday, and members of the Council will be welcoming visitors, offering a soft drinks and mince pies and explaining how the Council aims to make Ffestiniog a greener and better place.

The Council’s Green Charter, below, includes aiming to cut the Council’s own energy use, promoting the area as a centre green tourism and outdoor activities and working with the Green Town Project to promote green initiatives in the town.

Cllr Rory Francis, a member of the Town Council, says: “The Noson Goleuo is an amazing occasion, when everyone in Ffestiniog turns out to celebrate and mark the start of the Christmas period. But with the world climate summit starting in Copenhagen later this week, it’s never been more important for every level of government to give a lead on protecting the environment. So I’m delighted that Paul will be switching on the Council’s smart metre as the first step in helping create a greener, better Ffestiniog.”

Members of the public are invited for soft drinks and mince pies in the Council Offices during the Noson Goleuo on Thursday 3 December, and to find out more about the Council’s Green Charter.

Contact:

Cllr Rory Francis on 01766 830328
Cllr Dylan Richards (Chair of the Council) on (01766) 762478

Siarter Werdd Cyngor Tref Ffestiniog (English version below)

Mae Cyngor Tref Ffestiniog yn cydnabod fod un o brif sialensiau dynolryw yw sicrhau dyfodol amgylchedd y byd. Mae’r Cyngor yn cydnabod fod Ffestiniog yn mwynhau amgylchedd naturiol rhagorol ynghyd â diwylliant Cymraeg nodweddiadol, a bod yna gyfrifoldeb ar y Cyngor i amddiffyn hyn er lles ni ein hunain a’r cenedlaethau a ddel.

Felly, wrth ymgymryd â’i ddyletswyddau, mae Cyngor Tref Ffestiniog yn ymrwymo ei hun:

•I arolygu faint o ynni y mae’r Cyngor yn ei ddefnyddio, ac anelu at leihau hyn 3 y cant bob blwyddyn yn gynyddol, a hynny trwy fesurau cadwraeth ynni.

•I fonitro defnydd ceir gan Gynghorwyr wrth ymgymryd â dyletswyddau’r Cyngor, gan eu hannog i ddefnyddio cludiant cyhoeddus, i rannu ceir, beicio neu gerdded.

•I fonitro maint y gwastraff a grëir gan y Cyngor, ac i leihau hwn yn gynyddol a hynny trwy leihau, ailddefnyddio ac ailgylchu.

•I brynu nwyddau sy’n lleol, yn organig ac yn gyfeillgar i’r amgylchedd, ac/neu nwyddau masnach deg ac i geisio prynu nwyddau o’r ffynhonnell fwyaf lleol posibl.

At hynny, mae’r Cyngor yn ymrwymo ei hun i’r weithredu fel a ganlyn er lles yr amgylchedd a’n dyfodol:

•I roi cefnogaeth gref i gynlluniau i gynhyrchu ynni mewn ffordd adnewyddol a glan yn Ffestiniog, ar yr amod nad ydyn nhw’n bygwth amgylchedd unigryw'r ardal.

•I gydweithio â phrosiect y Dref Werdd i leihau llygredd C02 a thorri biliau ynni yn Ffestiniog trwy annog a chefnogi mesurau a mentrau addas.

•I weithio gyda Pharc Cenedlaethol Eryri, Bwrdd Croeso Cymru, Cyngor Gwynedd, Rheilffordd Ffestiniog, Blaenau Ymlaen a mentrau cysylltiedig, Antur ‘Stiniog a Phrosiect y Dref Werdd i hybu Ffestiniog fel lleoliad ansawdd uchel ar gyfer twristiaeth werdd, gan dynnu sylw at gysylltiadau rheilffordd a bws a chyfleoedd ar gyfer beicio mynydd a cherdded.

•I weithio gyda chyrff addas i wella trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus a chymunedol a chreu cyfleoedd i drigolion gerdded a beicio fel dulliau o drafnidiaeth.

•I gefnogi mentrau fel Partneriaeth Afon Barlwyd i newid statws Afon Barlwyd o afon farw i afon fyw, ac i wei

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