Browse a thousand climate action stories

  • Thoresby Vale Community
    Newark and Sherwood

    Thoresby Vale Community

    Transforming a former colliery into a new community providing homes, jobs and green space.

    Buildings & Places
  • Trent Basin Community Energy
    Nottingham

    Trent Basin Community Energy

    Demonstrating a subsidy-free business model for integrating renewables in new housing developments.

    Renewable Energy
  • Derbyshire Green Entrepreneurs Fund
    Derbyshire Dales

    Derbyshire Green Entrepreneurs Fund

    Providing grants to help local businesses develop and invest in green energy and carbon reduction.

    Buildings & Places
  • Walled Garden
    Ards and North Down

    Walled Garden

    Providing fresh local produce to local food banks to support the community.

    Food & Agriculture
  • Rewilding Ards & North Down
    Ards and North Down

    Rewilding Ards & North Down

    Rewilding to create more natural spaces, increase biodiversity and reduce carbon footprint.

    Nature
  • Ards & North Down In Bloom
    Ards and North Down

    Ards & North Down In Bloom

    Encouraging everyone in the borough to increase their civic pride by enhancing green spaces.

    Buildings & Places
  • Sherwood Forest Trust
    East Midlands

    Sherwood Forest Trust

    Connecting heathlands and woodlands with people, on a landscape scale.

    Nature
  • Rushcliffe Oaks Crematorium
    Rushcliffe

    Rushcliffe Oaks Crematorium

    Providing an environmentally friendly, contemporary space to remember loved ones and celebrate life.

    Buildings & Places
  • Carbon Neutral Newark & Sherwood
    Newark and Sherwood

    Carbon Neutral Newark & Sherwood

    Reducing the carbon footprint of the Council and preserving the local environment.

    Buildings & Places
  • Derbyshire Dales Retrofit
    Derbyshire Dales

    Derbyshire Dales Retrofit

    Demonstrating an innovative, local approach to retrofit in hard-to-treat housing stock.

    Buildings & Places
  • Lord Street External Wall Insulation
    Mansfield

    Lord Street External Wall Insulation

    Reducing emissions and heating bills through retrofitting external wall insulation.

    Buildings & Places
  • Eckington Leisure Centre Retrofit
    North East Derbyshire

    Eckington Leisure Centre Retrofit

    Investing in the Council’s ageing leisure facilities to create a sustainable community space.

    Buildings & Places
  • Hwb y Gors
    Neath Port Talbot

    Hwb y Gors

    Supporting a zero-carbon arts, education and enterprise centre.

    Buildings & Places
  • Bradford Urban Discovery Project
    Bradford

    Bradford Urban Discovery Project

    Connecting people in urban areas with nature on their doorstep.

    Buildings & Places
  • York Community Woodland
    York

    York Community Woodland

    Creating an extensive community woodland as a nature-based solution to climate change mitigation.

    Nature
  • Suffolk Carbon Charter
    East of England

    Suffolk Carbon Charter

    Creating and delivering a sustainable business accreditation scheme.

    Buildings & Places