Finalists

Back 2 Earth, Hackney City Farm, London
Back 2 Earth, set up two years ago, is an inspiring environmental project based at Hackney City Farm in London. The farm has been an unexpected find in the heart of the East End since opening its gates in 1984… more

Community Sustainability Trust
The Community Sustainability Trust (CoST) project, set up by Low Carbon West Oxford (LCWO) plans to generate lots of renewable electricity from a number of different local projects…more

Faith and Climate Change in Birmingham
The Kashmiri population of South Birmingham shot to fame in the late 1970s because of its innovation in Indian and Pakistani cuisine – bringing the “Balti curry” to the UK. In the late 1970s, South Birmingham became known as the ‘Balti Triangle’ thanks to the introduction of innovative Indian and Pakistani cuisine… more

Global Generation, Kings Cross, London
From the ground, the sprawling, congested streets of Kings Cross in London would not usually be considered a hotbed of environmentalism. But a glance skyward in the right place reveals an emerging green oasis in the form of rooftop allotments and gardens… more

Household Energy Service – community owned ESCo
The tranquil Shropshire town of Bishop’s Castle is an unlikely stage for a revolution in environmental business. Now, however, Light Foot, a registered community interest company, has set up what it believes is a world first, the Household Energy Service, as an Energy Service Company or ESCo, to reap environmental and financial returns for the local community… more

Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust - Build Your OWN Green Island
Traditionally, isolated communities like the Isle of Eigg wouldn’t wait around for others to come up with the answers to their problems. A new community-owned renewable powered electricity scheme was started this year on Eigg to address the issue of the residents having no access to mains electricity… more

St Bede’s Catholic High School, Lytham
Compared to aircraft or heavy industry, schools might not seem particularly worrying from an environmental point of view. But St Bede’s Catholic High School in Lytham, Lancashire takes sustainability seriously, and is aiming to become one of the first ever carbon-neutral schools. At the heart of its plans is a Big Green School Bus… more

The Meadows Ozone Community Energy Company, Nottingham
People living in the Meadows district of Nottingham are facing a difficult balance between heating and eating. Even before fuel bills rose recently, domestic energy bills made up 9.3 percent of net household incomes across the area, only just above the government definition of those living at serious levels of fuel poverty… more

Three Green Valleys, Brecon Beacons
For the vast majority of people living in the central region of the Brecon Beacons in Wales, shock fuel rises are part of every day life. Most of the 30,000 inhabitants are not connected to mains gas and rely on oil to heat their homes. Rising costs have been a reality for years, and local residents claim the past three years alone have seen the cost of heating a home in the area shoot up by 400 per cent…more

Waste Oil Recycling Project in Prisons
A West Sussex project is aiming to reduce the rate of reoffending for prisoners leaving prison by teaching them the skils required to transform old cooking oil into bio-fuel.
With a 60 per cent reoffending rate costing the tax payer around £11bn a year, teaching prisoners new skills so they can get a job on the outside is an essential step in their rehabilitation… more

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