1997 Review |
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Manufacturing company, Forbo-CP, joins forces with CONE and Blyth Valley Borough Council, to declare parts of its land as a Local Nature Reserve. |
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Sensory Gardens are developed in the grounds of Burnside and St. Paul's First Schools. |
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Judy Summerson commences work as CONE's Community Education Officer to assist schools and local groups. |
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Cramlingotn High School students help with the creation of bird boxes for other Cramlington schools during National School Grounds Day. The timber was donated by Harcros. |
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The launch of the "Butterflies in and around our towns" leaflet. |
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Cragside is the first of the Cramlington schools to sign up to a special CONE pledge to manage their grounds in a sustainable way which will benefit wildlife. |
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Five environmental experts from Sweden call in at Cramlington to find out more about CONE. The visitors from Malm๖ and Lund hear about CONE's success as a multi-agency partnership which benefits from business support. The visitors look around habitat schemes at Knoll Pharmaceuticals and Forbo-CP. |
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CONE is cited as an example of good practice in the government's "Greening the City" guide. |