Seize The Moment May 24 “We find ourselves in total alignment about what needs to be done. We need to level up, we need a greener economy and, my God, we should not waste this opportunity." Tony Danker, the director...
Year One, Decade Zero May 17 Carbon Copy is one year old this month. Born on 22 May, out of the climate emergency, our aim is to accelerate local climate action through faster learning, copying and joining of forces. We’ve been...
Spring To Action Apr 27 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...
UNLESS Apr 19 And all that the Lorax left here in this mess Was a small pile of rocks, with one word... UNLESS. Whatever that meant, well, I just couldn't guess. A lot of remarkable things happene...
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...
Chris Coonick: Leaving No One Behind In The Energy Transition Mar 30 The Government has set some very ambitious targets for the UK to reach net zero carbon by 2050. It is inevitable that in order to meet these targets there will be a significant increase in elec...
Copying The Future Mar 29 The future is already here, it’s just not very evenly distributed. So said fiction author, William Gibson. What he alluded to is the fact that the things that will be normal in the future already...
Finlay Drummond: Fuel Poor, Energy Rich Mar 26 The west coast of Scotland has long been identified as having boundless potential for renewable energy generation. Stand on the shorefront of any village in the western isles and this becomes all too...
Halima Doski: Buildings That Shape Us Mar 26 I don’t know about you, but the image of a sustainable building is a skyscraper covered in plants that runs on some obscure new technology and somehow produces zero waste. Anything in comparison seem...
Rachel Fraser: A Fork In The Road Mar 26 As the climate continues to change and the urgent need for innovative solutions grows ever greater, attitudes towards what counts as ‘productive’ land use are changing too. Conservationists are now e...
Lumi Westerlund: Climate Mitigation As An Added Benefit Mar 26 There is no denying that there is a pressing need for an active and immediate response to the changing global climate, but joining the efforts to tackle environmental issues is understood by many to...
Finding Common Ground Mar 23 One of the most powerful ways that local people are working on climate action is by creating community-owned, low-carbon assets, according to a recent study entitled The Climate Commons by the IPPR t...
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...
Esme Glen: Making Your Ideas for Local Change a Reality Mar 19 So, you want to start a local initiative to help tackle the climate crisis. Carbon Copy can help you find the information you need to successfully build more momentum behind local climate action....
Lucas Lyko: A to B, Carbon Free Mar 19 Making transport work for us and the planet starts with changes at home. With transport continuing to make up a third of the UK’s carbon emissions, our sustained demand for hypermobility and goods ma...
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...
To Immunity And Beyond Mar 16 We’re well on the way to immunity thanks to the development of covid vaccines and the huge public uptake of this initiative. To date, tens of millions of people in the UK have received at least one d...
Collaboration is key to reaching net-zero Mar 11 At Carbon Copy, we are passionate about the power of collective local action to help reduce emissions and speed up progress to carbon zero. As we launch the newly updated UK Carbon Zero Explorer, we...
