East of England

Reepham Insulation Project - Reepham

The Reepham Insulation Project aims to significantly increase the number of properties that are insulated in the community, by giving residents access to funding, local suppliers and support to insulate their homes.

Community Catalysts - Dereham

The activities proposed in the Community Catalyst project aim to reduce CO2 emissions by achieving behavioural change in rural communities. They intend to publicise the importance of carbon reduction and highlight potential initiatives holding workshops, public meetings and events, working to audit the energy use of the community as a whole.

Leighton Buzzard and Linslade Big Green Plan - Leighton Buzzard

The Town Council of the South Bedfordshire Parish of Leighton-Linslade are proposing a powerful programme of carbon reduction initiatives including a Green Homes advice centre and an anaeorobic digester for local food waste.

Building an Environmentally Sustainable 21st Century Community Building For Highwood - Chelmsford

Highwood’s Village Hall Committee has put forward plans to build an eco social centre - providing local services and facilities to the Essex parish that will act as a ‘working classroom of green technology’.

60.60.60 - Bedford

Zero Carbon Castle aims to achieve net zero carbon emissions across its community of mainly Victorian terrace houses, through measures including wall and floorboard insulation, installing renewable energy heating systems and developing a local carbon trading scheme.

Flitton and Greenfield Carbon Challenge - Bedford

This Parish project involves the whole community monitoring and reducing their carbon footprints. Their ideas for reducing CO2 emissions include switching off street lights in the middle of the night to reduce electricity use and developing a “walking bus” for the lower school to reduce car use.

Land based cultivation of sea algae - St Albans

The aim of C-Green Solutions Carbon Cycling is to implement a cyclic method of utilising wasteland or deserts for cultivating extremely fast-growing energy crops for producing bio-fuel. The process will be trialled with a group of young people in Watford to enable them to grow vegetables for their local community.

• Accessibility
• Terms and Conditions
• RSS
• Contact Us