Young Greens Walk

Young Greens Walk the Walk

Cheshire East Green Party member, Wolfgang Wood is walking 50 miles from

Kidsgrove to Manchester, along the Gritstone Trail, to highlight the Climate

Emergency and remind us all that many short journeys can be done on foot!

Weather permitting, Wolfgang’s Walk will be on 8th-9 th September

Wolfgang says: “A recent BBC article on daily travel impacting the environment

shows that, shockingly, 60% of 1-2 mile journeys are taken by car.  Cars produce

on average produce 180 grams of CO² per kilometre meaning that changing from

driving the 1.5 mile journey to walking 5 days a week would save 70 kilograms of

carbon dioxide per year.

To show that it is possible to replace short-distance travel with walking I'm doing

the extreme example of taking the 2 mile short distance to a 50 mile continuous

walk from Kidsgrove train station to Piccadilly station in Manchester along the

Gritstone Trail and various canals

The money donated towards the walk will help with future awareness of greener

travel and will be used to support the effort of pressuring local and national

authorities to make positive change to public transportation.

Wolfgang, 17, lives in Scholar Green and is a student at Reaseheath. He

founded Cheshire East Young Greens to support the work of the Green Party in

and around Cheshire East. This is their first expedition!

Mel English, Chair of Cheshire East Green Party said “ Wolfgang is an inspiration

to all young people and we are delighted to have him supporting our campaigns to

build a fairer, more equal society. Across the UK the Green Party is building

momentum among the young and old; with our membership is reflecting this. I am

looking forward to joining Wolfgang on sections of his walk, and learn more about the

Green Party and our work, as we walk.