Creativity and innovation…

New approaches to sustainable lifestyles

Chris ChurchCo-chair ANPEDDirector, CEA

London 21Mapping for change

Some examples from London

‘Acting locally’ in London? Pretty much like anywhere else? Lots of energy, some great ideas, some not

so good What’s different? Crowded! Diverse! Regional government near at hand Close links between local and national and

global

Projects, programmes and support

Programmes are aimed at delivering certain common behaviour changes

Projects are more local and address specific issues

Support networks enable people to find the ways to change that suit them

Food Up Front

Food Up Front was set up in May 2007 to encourage Londoners to start growing fruit and vegetables in small gardens and on balconies.  They started with a grant from social enterprise support group UnLtd.

Jagonari Cycles

Jagonari, a Women’s Centre in Whitechapel in East London, created a bicycle training course for local Bengali women. They wanted to give real choices to the women they worked with - an easy form of transport and an enjoyable way to keep fit.

Sanford is the oldest housing co-op in London.  All the tenants (about 120 people) are collectively landlords. They have a large carbon reduction project, financed by the Energy Saving Trust (EST), EDF, and others.  .

They have replaced old gas boilers with high efficiency

wood pellet boilers. extra insulation and automatic opening

windows in staircases.   a green electricity tariff solar water heating panels

Sanford Housing Co-op

V-ital Ingredients - London

London is the most diverse city in the world.  Over 300 languages are spoken; (almost) all the world's religions are represented. London's menu includes food from many nations and cultures. This is a food programme in Brixton working to engage young men, rooted in Rastafarian faith and ethics.

Give and take days

We’ve all got too much stuff! So Give it away… And get some new stuff? Started by community organisations Increasingly promoted bylocal councils

And over in Albert Square… The ASSA Home Energy project – looking to tackle

big old Victorian homes… Aim to develop a community Low Emissions

Energy Network (LEEN) to serve all members of our community that:1. educates residents and landlords about the economic and environmental benefits2. makes it easy and affordable to implement 3. provides an on-going support network to sustain the savings

A full suite of energy services including microgeneration – a community ESCO

Keeping it all together

It’s almost impossible to know what’s going on in a dense borough of 250,00 people

(and there’s 32 boroughs…) London 21 seeks to network through

newsletter etc. Many new ideas emerging

“Bringing like-minded people together to make environmental change happen”

A social networking site for small environmental projects and organisations

Project Dirt

Mapping for Change

“It is not down in any map; true places never are”. - Herman Melville (Moby Dick)

Or maybe we don’t have the right kind of maps… Yet…

Five years ago: the London 21Green Map

Localising this: the Hackney Wick Community Map (and others like it)

London (and everywhere!) needs:

Strong policy Strong infrastructure Strong engagement

Local action plays a critical role in all these

From good practice to common practice

Thankyou! Chris Church chrischurch@phonecoop.coop