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 …
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 …
Kate Hathway from the local communities charity Urban Forum says we should look to Europe for tips on successful community renewable energy projects
… Hathway | 13th August 2010 Comment Renewable Community Energy Climate Change freiburg.jpg … in Germany, people are forging ahead with community-owned renewable energy projects Kate … should look to Europe for tips on successful community renewable energy projects Standing …
A pioneering community-based hydroelectric energy project in the Brecon Beacons is a blueprint for how green energy can provide more than just low-carbon power...
… Hydro Talybont Energy tgv1.jpg A pioneering community-based hydroelectric energy project … park that led Ellis and Ham to help set up a Community Interest Company (a legal structure … Valleys is helping communities to develop community-owned micro hydro schemes by …
NESTA's Big Green Challenge inspired community groups to come up with innovative ways to reduce carbon emissions. Along the way, it has proved that change really can come from a grassroots level
… NESTA's Big Green Challenge inspired community groups to come up with innovative … could be practically adopted by other community groups across the country. The … October 2009 to reduce CO2 emissions in their community. Between them, they proved the …
How one Colombian community put wind turbines where they shouldn't have turned, water pumps where they shouldn't have worked, and planted a forest in soils thought long dead
A hypermarket victory in Hackney demonstrates how local groups can help protect community shops...
… Life without supermarkets: community action is the best way to beat them … Food And Farming Society Green Shopping Community Shops Food Co-ops Farmers' Market … Groups Vegetarian Vegan Food Grow Garden Community Action garden.jpg A hypermarket …
The story of how a group of dissatisfied residents pulled together, got funding, and created a blooming community garden where the work, and the rewards, are shared
… Reclaiming a derelict site to create a community garden Matilda Lee | 23rd March 2010 Activism Food And Farming Green Living Community Gardening Stratford Newham What Will … together, got funding, and created a blooming community garden where the work, and the …
Concerned about the state of your food? Here are some ways to tackle the problem at root - from community gardens to animal welfare
… Food Miles Gm Pesticides Food Procurement Community Orchards Capital Growth … ways to tackle the problem at root - from community gardens to animal welfare Animal … with the director of Food Inc. Local and community food growing Capital Growth aims to …
If climate change isn't enough motivation, the increasing financial benefits from renewable energy could pave the way for lower carbon lifestyles, a leading think tank has claimed
… £15 million, village halls £10 million, community centres £8 million, churches and … should look to Europe for tips on successful community renewable energy projects NEWS … analysis points to unfulfilled potential of community-driven projects HOW TO MAKE A …
From direct action campaigns to eco-village renewable energy systems, there are many ways to learn about and get involved in actions to prevent climate change
… and promote practical action in the wider community. They have now started Carbon Clubs … emissions by 10 per cent in 2010. The 10:10 Community Roadshow aims to convert volunteers to become community leaders through workshops on …
From plastic bag-free towns to refashioned clothes and bus fleets run on chip fat, here's a guide to what you can do to tackle waste in your community
… Watch Women's Institute Zero Waste Freecycle Community Composting Biodiesel Plastic Bag … to what you can do to tackle waste in your community Waste Reduction Love Food Hate Waste … recycling and waste management throughout the community. The website contains advice for …
Estate community gardens are springing up in our cities - here's how to transform a derelict urban space into a food growing hub
… Sustainable Food Grow Your Own Fruit And Veg Community Gardens Urban Agriculture medway-court2.jpg Estate community gardens are springing up in our … people of every creed and colour.' This community success blueprint is being supported …
The Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust is the 2010 UK Gold Winner of the Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy. Watch and read about how they and five other finalists have made significant cuts to energy use on a community level...
… have made significant cuts to energy use on a community level... UK Gold Award winner The … Heritage Trust, Scotland This is an island community that has embraced self sufficiency … consumption. This remote Scottish Island community is leading the way for streets, …
The aim of a dynamic, lottery funded project is to make it both physically and psychologically easier for people to engage with local food
… Making Local Food Work Lottery Fund communityshopw - credit plunkett … planet can replenish, buying local food from community food enterprises offers us a … encourage greater engagement with local food? Community food enterprises are best-placed to …
Onshore wind sites being ignored because of threat of local resistance as analysis points to unfulfilled potential of community-driven projects
… analysis points to unfulfilled potential of community-driven projects Prime locations for … as a missed opportunity. They point out that community-driven projects such as on the Isle … to more onshore wind projects being built. Community wind As well as being the cheapest …
This extract from the new book <em>Homemade Kids</em> offers some inspirational ways you and your kids can get stuck back into local life
… Six ways to teach kids to value community life Nicola Baird | 8th July 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Local Community Eco Kids Green Baby Thrifty … for an annual event, like a street party or community fete. If holiday tales involve …
Communities on the Isle of Islay are moving forward with plans for tidal energy and renewable fuels while maintaining age old methods of agriculture and whisky distilling
… You become, temporarily, part of the island's community. And, after a short while, you start … an environment that is unusually ‘green', community-based and traditional. Islay's … days. We're pleased and proud with the community support: it really touched us, the …
Renewable energy presents a unique opportunity for getting communities engaged in reducing their emissions - and benefiting financially - says Reg Platt of IPPR
… In Green Streets: Exploring the potential for community energy projects , a new report and … opportunity that renewables present for community groups. We estimate that through the … £15 million, village halls £10 million, community centres £8 million, churches and …
If you already have a low-impact lifestyle and want to step it up a level, turn your attention to your local council. Here's how to get the authorities in your area to act
… Transition Town Feed In Tariff Low Carbon Community How To Make A Difference … there is a Transition Initiative , Low Carbon Community or Friends of the Earth (FoE) group … to low-income households in fuel poverty. A community-wide project Councils can also play …
A pioneering social marketing project in Richmond and Ham is using neighbourhood networks to improve energy efficiency in the borough
… hard-to-reach groups using the power of community-based social marketing. The … of friends, neighbours and acquaintances, the community-based social marketing (CBSM) model … Sustainable Behaviour: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing . Many …
Forget impersonal internet interactions, Project Dirt is connecting green initiatives in real life to make environmental change at a local level a reality
… Living Project Dirt Mark Shearer Wandsworth Community Action Project Environment Green … Mark Shearer is determined his environmental community website Project Dirt will never be … What its members say... Sue Sheehan, green community champions officer, Lambeth Borough …
Study predicts the yields of jatropha will fall in the next decade and that it is better suited to community-level, rather than industrial-scale, production for the biofuel market
… next decade and that it is better suited to community-level, rather than industrial-scale, … rural development by considering small-scale, community-based jatropha initiatives for local …