Stories
Browse a thousand climate action stories
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Newark and Sherwood
Thoresby Vale Community
Buildings & PlacesTransforming a former colliery into a new community providing homes, jobs and green space.
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Nottingham
Trent Basin Community Energy
Renewable EnergyDemonstrating a subsidy-free business model for integrating renewables in new housing developments.
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Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Green Entrepreneurs Fund
Buildings & PlacesProviding grants to help local businesses develop and invest in green energy and carbon reduction.
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Ards and North Down
Walled Garden
Food & AgricultureProviding fresh local produce to local food banks to support the community.
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Ards and North Down
Rewilding Ards & North Down
NatureRewilding to create more natural spaces, increase biodiversity and reduce carbon footprint.
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Ards and North Down
Ards & North Down In Bloom
Buildings & PlacesEncouraging everyone in the borough to increase their civic pride by enhancing green spaces.
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East Midlands
Sherwood Forest Trust
NatureConnecting heathlands and woodlands with people, on a landscape scale.
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Rushcliffe
Rushcliffe Oaks Crematorium
Buildings & PlacesProviding an environmentally friendly, contemporary space to remember loved ones and celebrate life.
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Newark and Sherwood
Carbon Neutral Newark & Sherwood
Buildings & PlacesReducing the carbon footprint of the Council and preserving the local environment.
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Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales Retrofit
Buildings & PlacesDemonstrating an innovative, local approach to retrofit in hard-to-treat housing stock.
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Mansfield
Lord Street External Wall Insulation
Buildings & PlacesReducing emissions and heating bills through retrofitting external wall insulation.
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North East Derbyshire
Eckington Leisure Centre Retrofit
Buildings & PlacesInvesting in the Council’s ageing leisure facilities to create a sustainable community space.
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Neath Port Talbot
Hwb y Gors
Buildings & PlacesSupporting a zero-carbon arts, education and enterprise centre.
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Bradford
Bradford Urban Discovery Project
Buildings & PlacesConnecting people in urban areas with nature on their doorstep.
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York
York Community Woodland
NatureCreating an extensive community woodland as a nature-based solution to climate change mitigation.
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East of England
Suffolk Carbon Charter
Buildings & PlacesCreating and delivering a sustainable business accreditation scheme.