Surprise changes to the Finance Bill in its third reading have withdrawn tax benefits for investors in community renewable energy projects, writes Georgina Matthews. While some societies are rushing to complete their fund-raising by the end of the month, others have been forced to close. If these measures are not withdrawn, a small but flourishing sector will be at risk.
… George Osborne must back down on community energy tax Georgina Matthews | 11th … 2015 Comment Energy Renewables Society Community Finance Green Economy UK … have withdrawn tax benefits for investors in community renewable energy projects, writes …
Building a just, sustainable future will require transcending traditional community organising models. Working through existing institutions within the current system is not good enough. The latest from the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
… Rethinking community organising The Symbiosis Research … Collective | 10th July 2018 Activism Alinsky Community Organizing Faith-based … future will require transcending traditional community organising models. Working through …
Pristine beaches, clear Caribbean waters, coral reefs, fertile land ... such is the homeland of the Garifuna people, writes Jeff Abbott. It's so lovely that outsiders are desperate to seize ever more of their territory to develop for mass tourism, oil palm plantations, illicit drug production ... and the land grabs have the full support of Honduras military government, backed to the hilt by Uncle Sam.
… multinational corporations to invest in more community-damaging mega-development projects … said Angel Castro, a resident of the Garifuna community of Vallecito. "They are not here to … the same situation" , said Selvyn, from the community of Porto Cortez. "We are all being …
Community enterprise offers a different model for business that restores both human and natural systems.
… Community enterprise and the natural world Simon Lee | 7th February 2019 News Community Enterprise Nature Business Community Social Enterprise sacred_earth_biochar.jpg Community enterprise offers a different model …
Community-based forest management programmes are fighting deforestation and improving the lives of local people in Tanzania
… Community forests are thriving in Tanzania … 2018 Comment Tanzania Forests Forestry Community ClientEarth tanzania_community_forests_meeting.jpg Community-based forest management programmes …
Think tank calls for greater local stewardship of the net zero climate transition with community energy, heating, housing and natural assets.
… of the net zero climate transition with community energy, heating, housing and natural … to significantly increase the proportion of community owned green economy assets in … a third of new onshore renewables to be under community ownership. IPPR argues that progress …
High altitude regions near the equator are highly vulnerable to climate change - as are marginalised communities. Sian Cowman reports on how resilience strategies - old and new - are helping one Andean community to survive a changing climate.
… Comment Bolivia Climate Change Farming Food Community lancaya-home.png High altitude … - old and new - are helping one Andean community to survive a changing climate. 4,000 … to increase their resilience. Lanqaya, a community in the Bolivian department of Norte …
The palm oil industry's repeated failure to keep its promises illustrates why global initiatives to achieve 'sustainable palm oil' must place communities centre-stage, writes FPP. Standard-setters like the RSPO must demand action, enforcement and accountability - not just lofty commitments that inspire hope, but rarely deliver.
… Indigenous Peoples vb2_img_6748-cut.jpg Local community forest land cleared and planted by … agreement procedure, the company is acquiring community land (potentially permanently) in … and some zinc roofing. Reports are that local community members have been threatened with …
UK’s first post-subsidy community solar farm completed.
… Subsidy-free community solar in the UK Staff Reporter | … UK’s first post-subsidy community solar farm completed. Community Owned Renewable Energy Partners …
Liberia's Jogbahn Clan is at the forefront of efforts to resist the grab of Indigenous Peoples' land and forests for palm oil plantations. But according to the country's President, they are only 'harrassing and extorting' international investors.
… the companies refused to speak with the community. EPO also thwarted efforts to … these exchanges led to the development of a community solidarity network to provide a … Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, characterised community resistance to large scale …
A new opinion poll of 2,000 adults reveals more than two thirds of the public support renewable energy schemes where projects are undertaken at a community level and local people receive financial benefit. The support even extends to wind and solar farms close to people's homes.
… Massive support for community renewable energy Oliver Tickell | … schemes where projects are undertaken at a community level and local people receive … if they were owned and controlled by the community. More than two-thirds - 67% - of the …
Scaled-back, out-sourced or privatised, there's no doubt that the Post Office - the hub of many rural communities - is in a sorry state. Is there a way that local communities can band together to preserve local facilities?
… | 13th July 2009 Comment Post Office Local Community Local Government Politics And … drive central government action on reversing community decline and promoting local … of a Post Office has a major impact on a community, isolating older and less mobile …
The pioneers behind Apple Day - Sue Clifford & Angela King of Common Ground - have recently published a handbook on community-owned fruit orchards. Here they give the Ecologist their top tips and advice on getting started
… What is a community orchard? Matilda Lee | 6th May 2011 Activism Food & Gardening Community Orchards Local Food Common Ground … - have recently published a handbook on community-owned fruit orchards. Here they give …
Mourning the loss of your beloved local shop? With a little help from the Community Shops Network, you can set up and run your own shop and post office...
… Saving and rebuilding community shops Eifion Rees | 1st June 2010 … How To Make A Difference Plunkett Foundation Community Shops Network CORE Programme Community Retailing Network Post Office …
What can western countries learn from their less industrialised counterparts about returning woodlands and forests to productive, profitable, local control?
… 29th June 2010 News Society Woodlands Forests Community Natural World sunthroughtrees.jpg … national interests,' says Tom Blomley, a community forestry expert in East Africa. … A tale of two systems Tanzania set up two community systems. The first allows villagers …
If the state does not defend citizens against the violence and destruction of mining, people and communities must defend themselves, writes Raul Zibechi. And in Peru and Colombia that's exactly what they are doing, re-asserting indigenous control of the land and its resources.
… Community self-defense against mining … August 2014 News Indigenous Peoples Mining Community Colombia Peru maqui-maqui-cut.jpg If … or reverse mining, always thanks to direct community action. Peru's environment regulator …
This is an exciting time for community energy, writes Julia Groves. New guidance will make it easier for local people to invest in local renewable power projects, while other opportunities are opening up for risk averse investors. And the more of us join in, the sooner we can displace the Big Six who dominate UK energy markets.
… Putting community energy at the heart of our … This is an exciting time for community energy, writes Julia Groves. New … - ordinary consumers - to make it happen. Community energy refers to renewable energy …
A practical guide to help would-be community developers turn renewable energy projects into climate change-busting reality
… Five steps to developing a community-based energy project Mary Walsh | … Generation Hydroelectric Carbon Trust NESTA communityhands.jpg A practical guide to help would-be community developers turn renewable energy …
More people are turning to eco communities as a viable alternative to urban life. Laura Sevier reports
… Living Green Lifestyle Urban Living Community Green Living Society … that the craving to live a greener life in a community, more connected to each other – and … foreword to Diane Leafe Christian’s Finding Community, ‘thus roughly 99 per cent of our …
Many a good idea has floundered for lack of funds, but with today's models for community finance this need no longer be so...
… How to get community investment in green projects Ed … 11th November 2009 Activism Soil Association Community Supported Agriculture Co-operatives Community Investment Fordhall Farm Industrial …
Farmer Joam Pím Evans describes how his community is resisting mining by reclaiming and reforesting common-lands in Galicia, Spain.
… Spain Mining Extractivism Tungsten Frojám Community Commons Farmer Joam Pím Evans describes how his community is resisting mining by reclaiming … - Comunidades de Montes Vizinhais. In our community, and others like it, we maintain …
Commuting between land rights negotiations in the city and herding goats on the plains, Edward Loure is at once a traditional Maasai and a modern urbanite, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron. That ability to straddle the two very different worlds he inhabits has been key to his success at having 200,000 acres of land registered into village and community ownership - and his own 2016 Goldman Prize.
… acres of land registered into village and community ownership - and his own 2016 Goldman … he has ultimately been successful - securing community ownership of more than 200,000 acres … bring recognition for his organisation and community, a marginalised people. "It is a …
The long queue outside Portcullis House was testament to the appetite for community energy.
… Community energy sparking hope Helen Martin | … March 2024 | Comment Energy Elections Energy community_energy.jpg The long queue outside … House was testament to the appetite for community energy. Dozens of people were left …
A orchard garden has taken root on a long-vacant lot in an economically and racially divided neighborhood of Boston, writes Orion Kriegman. In the making it has united a community, helped to heal deep scars of violence, and inspired a wider reclamation of the urban commons.
… Making it happen - a community orchard in downtown Boston Orion … Orion Kriegman. In the making it has united a community, helped to heal deep scars of … in a profit-maximizing system, dissolves community and acerbates race and class …