Ali Thomas, Volunteer of The Month December 2009

We would like to reward Ali Thomas as Volunteer of the Month for December.  Ali has been volunteering at AfSL for two days a week for the last three months and has single handedly produced the successful Chorlton Sustainable Christmas Campaign in a tiny space of time. Well done Ali! Ali's next event is a Sustainable Christmas Cooking Workshop on 17 December (tonight!) get in touch with us on 0161 227 0377 to book your place.I'm spearheading Chorlton's Sustainable Christmas Campaign to inspire local people to avoid the usual pitfalls of the festive season such as mass consumerism, over-production and the grosse waste of food, energy and natural resources, and to instead embrace the 'true' Christmas spirit of community cohesion. The campaign will be delivered through information leaflets and workshops to promote a low-carbon, ethical and environmentally sustainable Christmas that will be less stressful and low-cost, but still great fun! Get involved! The more of you that get on board, the stronger our message will be so contact me for details of how you can help! I have had an interest in environmental issues since I was knee high, butover the last couple of years have become more and more aware of howthe tiny adjustments we as individuals can make in our everyday livescan add up to make a BIG difference, especially when we work together!I believe that change can happen in a 'bottom-up' format with theseseemingly small actions filtering up to affect government and corporatepolicy, and ultimately improving the way we live our lives.