South West

Dartington - Totnes

Dartington SynEnergy Project aims to provide a platform for collective action on innovative carbon reduction at home and work by conducting an energy assessor’s ‘survey and opportunities report’ of employee homes and making changes such as installing energy meters and double glazing.

Transition Town Totnes - Totnes

Transition Town Totnes aims to increasingly engage the community in a variety of projects which significantly and directly reduce CO2 emissions, by a variety of projects such as creating low energy action plans for homes and providing a Car Share Club - a not for profit enterprise that hires out cars for hourly fee.

Virtual Farmers’ Market - Bristol

The Virtual Farmers’ Market aims to facilitate the distribution of local food and drink from producers and allotment owners to communities in Bristol, reducing emissions at every stage of the food chain. VFM will offer communities an easy way to order, online, the exact food and drink they want and have it delivered to their doorstep. Suppliers will benefit from a wide marketing campaign.

Target 60 - Bristol

Amongst other ideas, Target 60 aims to provide a trained and certified fuel efficiency team, who can advise on home improvements, survey existing appliances for fuel efficiency and fit visual monitors or smart metering where appropriate.

College and Community Environment and Sustainability project - Totnes

The King Edward VI Environment and Sustainability Group will be implementing a white recycling project, sustainable food production scheme and investigating methods to move the college and community away from reliance on externally sourced gas and electricity.

Energy Neighbourhoods - Mitcheldean

Severn Wye Energy Agency (SWEA) is promoting the uptake of sustainable energy measures in the South West of England and Wales with its ‘Energy Neighbourhoods’ idea, part of a European partnership project to get community groups supporting each other to save as much energy as possible.

Carbonbook - Bristol

Carbonbook (Cbook) will be a new virtual community of Facebook friends across the UK sharing the experience of cutting their carbon emissions, and using an online carbon calculator to establish a baseline of each user’s emissions and providing tailored advice to reduce them.

Tamar sustainable local produce project - Calstock

Tamar Grow Local aims to promote and increase sustainable local produce, through opportunities for local people to grow their own food and working with commercial growers and supply chains to increase the availability and consumption of local produce.

Redcliffe Carbon Challenge - Bristol

The Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) is working with pupils from St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School to identify and prioritise carbon reduction opportunities at the school and other community buildings and helping local householders to access grants or schemes which insulate their homes.

Sustainable Affordable Homes - Abbotsham

Wings South West seeks to build affordable sustainable homes in the local community, from sourcing sustainable building materials such as timber locally, to including triple glazing and internal and external insulation from natural sources.

Bristol Green Challenge Co-Housing - Bristol

Local group Bristol Green Challenge aims to build a co-housing community in Bristol to reduce energy consumption by shared community resources - from insulation solutions to ground source heat pumps powered by photovoltaic cells.

The Big Climate Pledge Challenge - Marlborough

Marlborough Climate Pledge wants to challenge local citizens and businesses to reduce CO2 emissions through carbon footprint surgeries, competitions for the lowest carbon street, options for bulk purchasing of energy and energy efficient products for the town, and working with corporate suppliers for installation of smart meters.

River Power Microhydro- Bath

Mendip Power Group aims to create River Power Microhydro, a network devoted to helping local mill owners of run-of-river sites to generate green electricity for the community through micro-hydropower, and exporting the surplus to the National Grid.