Nelly Semaille: Filling Good Top Tips! Jun 09 What are the five top tips for starting a zero-waste shop in your local area? Carbon Copy speaks with Nelly Semaille, co-founder and co-director of the Filling Good shops in Maidenhead & Windsor....
Claudi Williams: Kicking The Plastic Habit Jun 07 Stroud District Action on Plastic is a volunteer group that formed following a public talk I was invited to give about my family's experiment of buying no plastic for a year during 2016. Like us, the...
Hannah Garcia: Green Squirrel Nov 16 Hannah Garcia, of Welsh social enterprise Green Squirrel, tells us about the huge and exciting range of climate and nature-saving intiatives her organisation is working on.
#ClimateConversations: Spenbeck Oct 14 Becky Valentine of Nottingham eco-office company Spenbeck talks about the challenges of meeting zero carbon in Grade II Listed buildings - and about the exciting climate action happening in her home...
Becky Baines: Back To School Sep 01 Imagine you are eight years old again. Imagine seeing photos of burning forests and words such as "CODE RED for humanity". Imagine living in fear of the Earth ending. Now reflect upon the fact...
Picture This: Conversations Jun 26 Circular Economy Recorded as part of the launch event for Carbon Copy's Picture This: exhibition. The second photograph selected by guest host Atul Kumar was by East Belfast Mission (EBM). In...
Pictures to warm your heart (not the planet!) Jun 23 Writing this on a ridiculously wet Monday morning in June, I can think of nothing more uplifting than to wander through the newly-opened online gallery of Carbon Copy’s Picture This: photographic exh...
Picture A Carbon Zero Future Apr 12 This week we have launched submissions for our first ever online photography exhibition. Picture This: will showcase images of collective action from across the country, covering a broad range of app...
How to... raise funds for your community initiative Mar 30 Funding is a key element required to launch a successful community initiative. In this bitesize interactive session, we get top tips on securing the financial support you need, from Richard Tynen, Di...
Ed Fage: Going Round in Circles Mar 19 What actually is the ‘circular economy’? Some people end up going round in circles trying to understand it. Here is one definition from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation: A circular economy is based...
Terry McTernan: Darkwood Crew Mar 18 Terry McTernan, Project Lead and Secretary of Darkwood Crew, tells us about the work he and his team in Ferguslie Park, Renfrewshire, have been doing to reduce waste, tackle fuel poverty and improve...
Eleanor Newton: Recycling Is Great, But Reusing Is Better! Mar 18 Today is Global Recycling Day and while recycling still has a major part to play in ending the climate crisis, we at Ground Delivery think reusing is the future. We support our local community around...
Local Leaders Are The Key Feb 17 · 10 mins In the last year, as national governments have largely focused on managing the pandemic, it has fallen to local communities, councils and businesses, despite repeated lockdowns, to lead the drive to...
How to... build partnerships to benefit your local community Jan 28 This is first in our video series where experts from different sectors share practical advice to help you with your own low-carbon initiatives. In this episode - “How to…build partnerships to ben...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Julia Roebuck: Clothing In Circular Communities Oct 08 To reduce the increasing volume of textile waste caused by fast fashion, traditional routes for clothing re-use need to get creative, embrace localism and think circular. The Coronavirus pandemic...