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Revision as of 16:05, 21 September 2015
Sustainability initiatives
- Action 21
- Herefordshire New Leaf, small not-for-profit co-operative & exempt charity working with people around the county to develop ways of saving energy and living more sustainably.
- Transition Evesham Vale
- Transition Malvern Hills
- Transition Shipston
- Transition Stourbridge
- Transition Stratford
- Transition town Leamington
- Transition Worcester
- West Midlands Green Communities Network, Sustainability West Midlands
- Whittington & Fisherwick Environment Group
- Worcester Roots Foundation, youth-led environmental volunteering charity, which aims to develop young people's skills whilst promoting and raising awareness of sustainability issues to the community as a whole.
Initiatives by topic
Biodiversity
Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country - Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
Community energy
Chase Community Solar - Community Energy Warwickshire - Southern Staffordshire Community Energy
Ethical consumerism
Fairtrade in Solihull, information from solihull.gov.uk
Food activism
Food Co-op, Worcester Roots Foundation - Malvern Hills Food Alliance
Localism
Open spaces
The region contains five Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), including all of the Shropshire Hills, Malvern Hills and Cannock Chase, and parts of the Wye Valley and Cotswolds. The Peak District national park also stretches into the northern corner of Staffordshire. [1]
Sustainable transport activism
Choose how you move Redditch - Network West Midlands, partnership promoting increased public transport use - Sustainable Travel, information from Network West Midlands - Wikipedia: Midland Metro: light-rail/tram line in the West Midlands of England between Birmingham and Wolverhampton via West Bromwich and Wednesbury
Trees, woodland and forest
Wikipedia: National Forest (England): environmental project in central England run by the National Forest Company. Portions of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, 200 square miles (520 km2) are being planted, in an attempt to blend ancient woodland with new plantings to create a new national forest. It stretches from the 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.
Resources
Citizens data initiative
Maps
Cycle Map, mappa-mercia.org - Cycling Maps in Worcestershire, worcestershire.gov.uk - Stoke-on-Trent & North Staffs Open Learning Map - Walking Maps in Worcestershire, worcestershire.gov.uk
Interwiki links
Wikipedia: West Midlands (region)
External links
- Sustainability information from Stafford Borough Council
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