One
Planet Living in Sutton project will bring energy savings
to borough residents
BioRegional has secured Government funding to begin an ambitious
project to work towards One Planet Living® in
Sutton. Defra’s Community
Energy Efficiency Fund (CEEF) has awarded the project £90,621
for BioRegional to work with local partners such as Sutton
Council to develop and deliver an energy efficiency plan
to help residents keep their homes warm, save money and
reduce carbon dioxide emissions – the main cause of
climate change. This work is part of a larger plan which
will look at other areas of sustainable living such as transport,
food and waste, to work towards making Sutton a sustainable
One Planet Living borough.
We need to work towards One Planet Living because
we are currently using more resources than the planet can
renew each year and creating more pollution than the planet
can deal with. If everyone in the world lived like the average
Sutton resident we would need 3 planets to support us. The
work that BioRegional have done at the Peabody Trust’s
BedZED eco-village in Hackbridge has shown that we can reduce
our consumption by two thirds to achieve “One
Planet Living” and improve our quality of life
in the process.
BioRegional’s Director Sue Riddlestone commented:
“Sutton has always led the way on green issues
and as a local organisation we at BioRegional are delighted
that Sutton is the first borough to adopt One Planet Living.
This is a really groundbreaking project where, as with BedZED,
the whole world will be interested in finding out more.
Most people, when you ask them, will say they don’t
want to reduce their resource use by two thirds as it sounds
like having to lose something. But the great thing that
we have found is that it’s more about being efficient
and developing new ways of doing things and that people
are actually happier. So for us, a sustainable future is
nothing to be afraid of, but something we can all get involved
in and look forward to”.
Calling Sutton Borough residents! You are
invited to take part in a series of open workshops in early
2008, one for each of the 10 principles, to make a sustainability
action plan for the whole borough. If you would like to
get involved, by taking part in a workshop, or by taking
steps to make your lifestyle more sustainable, then register
your details on our holding page
www.oplsutton.org
and we will be in touch soon. The
full website will be launched March 2008.
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Home energy auditing in Hackbridge |
One Brighton
- from blueprints to reality
October 2007 saw construction begin at the Brighton One
Planet Living Community site. Situated in a prime location
in Brighton, the One Planet Living Community will
accommodate 172 homes integrating the highest standard of
design, sustainability and community living. The project has
been designed by award winning architects Feilden Clegg Bradley
for developers BioRegional Quintain and joint venture partner
Crest Nicholson.
The start of the works marks a defining moment of translating
award-winning designs and projects into a reality for a community
seeking to live happy and healthy lifestyles without compromising
the environment.
For more details visit the One
Brighton website
RIBA International Dialogues: Architecture and Climate Change
in partnership with One Planet Living®
This major programme continues this autumn with a series of
talks exploring climate change and the ecology of places and
spaces around the world. Bringing together visionary thinkers,
practitioners and policy-makers from a range of disciplines
to consider new possibilities and partnerships in the global
efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change, this series
focuses on the social, cultural and environmental role of
our urban landscape in the transformation towards a low carbon
world.
To book tickets for talks and to find out more click
here |
The One Brighton community |
| Spread the
One Planet Living message this Christmas with One
Planet Living - a guide to enjoying life on our one planet
This book provides hints and tips for individuals
on how to reduce their ecological footprint using the ten
One Planet Living Principles.
Written by BioRegional's co-founder Pooran Desai and WWF
UK's former Director or Campaigns Paul King with foreword
by Kevin McCloud
Price: £4.99 + P&P, drop us an email
to order |
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