The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across the East Midlands.
Video gallery[edit | edit source]
Networks and sustainability initiatives[edit | edit source]
- Transition New Mills, Derbyshire, Reimagining the future and building a stronger community, added 15:50, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
- Melbourne Area Transition, voluntary group in South Derbyshire
- Transition Belper
- Transition Buxton
- Transition Chesterfield
- Transition Horncastle
- Transition Town Louth
- Umbrella Fair Organisation, Northampton-based community co-operative of local people promoting sustainable living and community cohesion
- Wirksworth Transition, on facebook
Community resources[edit | edit source]
- Sharewear clothing scheme
- Whistlewood Common, ten acres of community-owned land in Melbourne, South Derbyshire, designed along permaculture principles (a sustainable design framework) so that it will work for people, for wildlife and be a welcoming space for people of all ages and backgrounds.
Visions[edit | edit source]
New Mills 2030, transitionnewmills.org, added 10:53, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
Climate action[edit | edit source]
- Hope Valley Climate Action, group of villages taking effective action on climate change, with a vision of the Valley becoming more sustainable and rich in wildlife. added 14:53, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
- Climate East Midlands
- Everybody's Talking About Climate Change, climate change portal for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, Community Support
Biodiversity[edit | edit source]
The Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust founded in 1963 is a wildlife conservation charity working to protect and enhance the wildlife and habitats of Nottinghamshire. They care for over 60 nature reserves covering more than 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) of wildlife habitat ranging from wildflower meadows to wetlands to ancient woodland. Key reserves are Attenborough Nature Reserve and Idle Valley Nature Reserve.
They engage the local community through events, information, volunteering and education opportunities and seek to ensure the county is a healthy and wildlife rich place to live. They are one of the 46 members of The Wildlife Trusts and have 11,000 members.
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust also advise other landowners how to manage their land to benefit wildlife.
Attenborough Nature Reserve is a nature reserve at Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, England, located 5 mi (8 km) south west of Nottingham city centre. It is owned and managed by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, supported by Broxtowe Borough Council, following the completion of purchase from Cemex UK in December 2020.
At its centre is a building called Attenborough Nature Centre, comprising visitor services and educational facilities.
The Idle Valley Nature Reserve, also known as Lound Gravel Pits or Sutton and Lound Gravel Pits, is a wetland Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) situated north-west of the town of Retford in the Bassetlaw district of north Nottinghamshire. The nature reserve is situated along the western bank of the River Idle and east of the villages of Sutton cum Lound and Lound. The nature reserve is managed by the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust.
Open spaces[edit | edit source]
There are two nationally designated areas of outstanding natural beauty - the Peak District and the Lincolnshire Wolds[1]
Groundwork in the East Midlands
Trees, woodland and forest[edit | edit source]
- Greenwood Community Forest on twitter.com
The National Forest is an environmental project in central England run by The National Forest Company. From the 1990s, 200 square miles (520 km2) of north Leicestershire, south Derbyshire and southeast Staffordshire have been planted in an attempt to blend ancient woodland with newly planted areas to create a new national forest. It stretches from the western outskirts of Leicester in the east to Burton upon Trent in the west, and is planned to link the ancient forests of Needwood and Charnwood.
In January 2018 the UK government unveiled plans to create a new English Northern Forest extending from Liverpool to Hull. It will shadow the path of the east-west M62 motorway.
- National Forest, Video channel on youtube.com, added 11:01, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
Community involvement[edit | edit source]
Loundsley Green Community Trust, Chesterfield
Community and voluntary action[edit | edit source]
One East Midlands, regional network
Community energy[edit | edit source]
Torrs Hydro, New Mills, Derbyshire, community owned hydro electric scheme. Torrs Hydro is a community share scheme supported by local action group, H2OPE and the Co-op Community Fund. The community group of 230 members invested over £125,000 and then raised the remainder of the scheme's full cost (£330,000) from community bank loans and grants. The scheme earns an income from the energy exported to the local Co-op supermarket. According to DECC "This is a clear example of the power of local action and the sound investment from hydro projects that can be rolled out across the UK."[2] October 28, 2010
Food activism[edit | edit source]
- Serpentine Community Farm, Buxton
Localism[edit | edit source]
Supporting community business in the East Midlands, powertochange.org.uk, added 11:51, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
Sustainable transport activism[edit | edit source]
Grantham Canal, (Wikipedia): Since the 1970s, the Grantham Canal Society have been working towards its restoration, and two stretches are navigable to small vessels.
Towards sustainable economies[edit | edit source]
Maps[edit | edit source]
Cycle Map, mappa-mercia.org
Past events[edit | edit source]
- Aug 12 - 15 2021, Northern Green Gathering, on facebook.com
- June 3 - 5, 2016, Belper Goes Green 2016 ECO Festival
- August 16 - 17, 2014, Umbrella Fair Festival, Northampton
About the East Midlands[edit | edit source]
The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England. It comprises the eastern half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It consists of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (except for North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire), Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and Rutland. The region has a land area of 15,624 km2 (6,032 sq mi), with an estimated population 4,934,939 in 2022. With a sufficiency-level world city ranking, Nottingham is the only settlement in the region to be classified by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.
The region is primarily served by East Midlands Airport, which lies between Derby, Leicester and Nottingham. The main cities in the region are Derby, Leicester, Lincoln and Nottingham. The largest towns in these counties are Boston, Chesterfield, Coalville, Corby, Glossop, Grantham, Kettering, Loughborough, Northampton, Mansfield, Oakham, Swadlincote and Wellingborough.
Near you[edit | edit source]
Lincoln - Nottingham / Leicestershire
References
- ↑ wikipedia:East Midlands#Environment
- ↑ decc.gov.uk, Press release: 10/113
