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=== Food ===
=== Food ===


[http://www.bosaverncommunityfarm.org.uk/ Bosavern Community Farm], near  St Just-in-Penwith - [http://growingtogethercornwall.wordpress.com/ growingtogethercornwall] - [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Incredible-Edible-Penryn/518755411499430 Incredible Edible Penryn]
[http://www.bosaverncommunityfarm.org.uk/ Bosavern Community Farm], near  St Just-in-Penwith - [https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/169 Bude for Food Assembly] - [http://growingtogethercornwall.wordpress.com/ growingtogethercornwall] - [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Incredible-Edible-Penryn/518755411499430 Incredible Edible Penryn]


=== Sustainable energy ===
=== Sustainable energy ===

Revision as of 17:13, 16 January 2015

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News and comment

2014

BudeForFood Assembly – Grand Opening Announced, November 17 [1]

Cornwall's carbon neutral farm offers hope for sustainable agriculture, May 1 [2]

Fairtrade Falmouth to welcome Fair Trading cargo sailing ship, March 6 [3]

Cornish town of Wadebridge plans to restore its energy self-sufficiency by 2020, Febraury 25 [4]

2007

Recycling in paradise, [5] July 10


References

Sustainability initiatives

Initiatives by topic

Biodiversity

Cornwall Wildlife Trust - Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust - Marine Strandings Network

Wikipedia:Flora and fauna of Cornwall

Climate action

Cornwall Community Climate Forum

Communities online

Community Alive Falmouth

Community currencies

Falmouth LETS, Local Exchange Trading Scheme

Cycling

Fal Cycling Campaign - Cycling, Cycle Routes and Trails, information from Cornwall Council

Food

Bosavern Community Farm, near St Just-in-Penwith - Bude for Food Assembly - growingtogethercornwall - Incredible Edible Penryn

Sustainable energy

Community Power Cornwall - Fal Energy Partnership

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Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network (WREN) based in Wadebridge, Cornwall, is a grass roots social enterprise aiming to transform the area into the first solar powerered and renewable energy powered town in the UK. The group plans to install 1 MW peak capacity of solar panels; with ten installations already in place and another ninety planned they hope to generate at least a third of its electricity from solar and wind power by 2015.

The WREN Steering Group consists of residents, councillors from Cornwall Council and Wadebridge Town Council, together with representatives of the Wadebridge Chamber of Commerce.

The scheme could also generate £450,000 a year for the town with money coming from a Feed-in tariff which offers a premium price for renewable energy. The county council has granted planning permission for four new solar farms and sent plans for a further five out for consultation. In February 2012 the WREN project was awarded £68,000 as part of the coalition Government's Local Energy Assessment Fund and in May 2012 won an award for Best Third Sector Business in the 2012 Cornwall Business Awards.

In 2013 Stephen Frankel (chairman of WREN) was named South West Sustainable Energy Champion at an award ceremony in Bath. [1]

WREN opened the high street Energy Shop in central Wadebridge in December 2011. WREN has over 1,000 members. Wadebridge launched its own currency in 2012; ‘The Wren’. Wadebridge has been designated as the pilot site for Smart Cornwall, and is pioneering the development of the “Smart Market Town”. [2]

Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network

Trees, woodland and forest

Truro, Arboretum City, article dated November 2011

Interwiki links

Wikipedia: Cornwall, Eden Project, Environmental aspects (includes paragraph on controversy)


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References

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