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The Audacity Of Action

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Friends of Carbon Copy: Ashden

Ashden is a charity that supports climate innovation with an impact that extends from grassroots to global action. For two decades, the Ashden Awards have accelerated some of the most exciting climat...

Amy Reid: Pioneering the community heat pump revolution with CREW Energy

Jan 14

We’re CREW Energy – a Wandsworth- and Merton-based community energy co-operative delivering low-carbon solutions, energy advice and community outreach to south-west London. It was formed in 2014 by a...

22 Million Strong

Jan 12 · 3 mins

Carbon Copy is proud to be a member of The Climate Coalition, the UK’s largest group of people dedicated to action against climate change: one of over 100 organisations, 22 million strong. Togethe...

Friends Of Carbon Copy: Climate Action

Jan 05 · 4 mins

In this new year that leads up to COP26 in Glasgow, Carbon Copy is excited to collaborate with Climate Action, a high-profile organisation building partnerships between government, businesses and pub...

Our 2020 Vision

Dec 17

It’s hard to imagine any emotions that would seem out of place in this extraordinary year. Fear and anxiety about health and employment issues, mainly driven by the pandemic. Admiration and gratitude...

Hope From Action

Dec 16 · 4 mins

“The Audacity of Action” is the name of the Carbon Copy blog about local climate action around the UK. It’s a nod to Barack Obama’s inspiring book, “The Audacity of Hope”, and the phrase he used in o...

Get to know... Jo Dainton

Dec 11

In this chat, recorded via Zoom as part of Carbon Copy's "Get to know..." series for IGTV, Carbon Copy Communications Manager Isabelle Sparrow speaks to Jo Dainton, Reuse Manager at Bristol Waste....

Get to know... Nicola Davidson

Dec 10

Carbon Copy Communications Manager Isabelle Sparrow chats to Nicola Davidson, co-Director of MaidEnergy - a not for profit volunteer-led society offering local people the opportunity to invest in sol...

Friends Of Carbon Copy: mySociety

Dec 10 · 3 mins

The Carbon Copy team is delighted to collaborate with mySociety, the not-for-profit organisation pioneering the use of online technologies to help us become more involved in civic life. They are the...

Exploring Glasgow: Fork In The Road

Dec 08 · 3 mins

Glasgow Community Food Network’s (GCFN) goal is ambitious yet simple: to give everyone in the city improved, equal access to affordable, healthy food. They aim to work with everyone who has an intere...

Sharon Lashley: Dare to Dream

Dec 03

Our work at Climate Action North is varied – and sees us collaborating with diverse groups, from commercial businesses like the retail parks that we rewild as part of our Pollinator Parks initiative,...

Carbon Copy & Community Pioneers

Dec 01

“Everyone must learn to love change,” according to management guru Tom Peters. One reason he could make a career out of pushing this idea is because, let’s be honest, most of us really don’t. A...

Exploring Cornwall: Sustainability At The Centre Of Healthcare

Nov 26 · 4 mins

Last month, the NHS in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly officially declared a climate emergency, joining forces with Cornwall Council in their commitment to become net-zero carbon emissions by 2030....

Toolkit: All Our Ideas

Nov 24 · 5 mins

The challenge with co-producing ideas about the kinds of climate action to take locally is that it can get very messy, very quickly. Social media platforms are not designed for this and have a tenden...

Get to know... Sharon Lashley

Nov 18

Carbon Copy Communications Manager Isabelle Sparrow speaks to Sharon Lashley, an environmentalist specialising in renewable energy and waste management, and Managing Director of Climate Action North,...

Starters For Ten: UK Gov't Climate Change Plan

Nov 18 · 3 mins

Today, the government released its ‘ten point’ Climate Change Plan that outlines how the UK will get to our net-zero emissions target by 2050 (see the summary at the end of this article). It’s encour...

Joanna Dainton: Reuse Made Easy At Bristol Waste

Nov 17 · 4 mins

In June 2020 Bristol Waste opened its first Reuse Shop at the Avonmouth Reuse and Recycling Centre. The shop opening followed two years of pop-up reuse events, which helped us to understand...

Around The UK In Two Years

Nov 12 · 4 mins

It's been two years since Bristol City Council became the first council in the UK to declare a climate emergency, on 13 November 2018. Around the UK today, almost three-quarters of all local councils...

Toolkit: Citizen Space

Nov 10 · 5 mins

We’re in this together and better engagement between local councils and communities is so important in moving forward. This is especially true in many areas across the UK where the council is working...

Get to know... Julia Roebuck

Nov 05

Carbon Copy Communications Manager Isabelle Sparrow speaks to Julia Roebuck, founder of Upcycle Fashion, an initiative working to deliver circular & sharing fashion projects in communities to red...

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