Circular Season’s Greetings Nov 20, 2023 It’s that wonderful time of year, when, regardless of cultural background, many families are getting together, eating and drinking more, buying gifts for one another and generally enjoying the festiv...
Pictures to warm your heart (not the planet!) Jun 23, 2021 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...
Spring To Action Apr 27, 2021 Spring is when you feel like whistling, even when you get caught in the rain. It’s no coincidence that we have a bounce in our step this season: the arrival of Spring reminds us how much our menta...
Terry McTernan: Darkwood Crew Mar 18, 2021 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, 2021 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...
Kyle Baldock: Growing Home With Energy Garden Mar 02, 2021 We are Energy Garden, a London-wide community benefit society made up of 30 gardens and 300 volunteers. Our aim is to support communities to cultivate resilience, cohesion, innovation and hope in a t...
Local Leaders Are The Key Feb 17, 2021 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...
Creating A Coalition Feb 10, 2021 This is part of our Unlocking Local Action series of events. Community is the lens so often left out of the environmental discussion, but it’s vital in implementing lasting solutions. Rather than...
How to... build partnerships to benefit your local community Jan 28, 2021 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...
Exploring The Crown Estate Jan 21, 2021 In early December 2020, The Crown Estate announced its commitment to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. The Crown Estate is the Sovereign’s “public lands” - land owned by the current Monarch...
Exploring Glasgow: Fork In The Road Dec 08, 2020 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...
Carbon Copy & Community Pioneers Dec 01, 2020 “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...
The People’s Path To Net Zero Sep 15, 2020 “We’re up for it!” is the inspiring (and perhaps to some, a bit surprising) message from the UK Climate Assembly, a carefully selected group of 108 ordinary citizens from every part of UK society who...
Securing Our Food Sep 03, 2020 Food security means everyone having enough safe and nutritious food to grow up and live a healthy life, in ways the planet’s ecosystem resources can sustain. Looking into the near future, there are i...
GB Team: Working Together From The Ground Up Sep 01, 2020 Sometimes an idea can be had by multiple people, all at the same time. The idea doesn’t have to be a new one, but if enough people have the idea at the same time, then it can be talked about, hypothe...
Asher Craig: Discovering Gold Jul 21, 2020 There are many existing projects, products, and initiatives in Bristol which help local communities take more effective climate action, including repair cafés, local parks groups, wildlife and f...
Beyond Sustainability Jul 13, 2020 Conventional economics is degenerative. Business as usual depletes our finite natural resources faster than they can recover and we become inevitably poorer as a result. The exciting idea of ‘buildin...