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'''News and comment'''
 
'''2014'''
 
Fairtrade Falmouth to welcome Fair Trading cargo sailing ship, March 6 <ref>[http://www.transitionfalmouth.org.uk/wp/2014/03/fairtrade-falmouth-to-welcome-fair-trading-cargo-sailing-ship/ Transition Falmouth]</ref>
 
Cornish town of Wadebridge plans to restore its energy self-sufficiency by 2020, Febraury 25 <ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2014/feb/25/cornish-town-wadebridge-energy-self-sufficient-fuel-poverty theguardian.com]</ref>
 
'''2007'''
 
Recycling in paradise, <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6723169.stm BBC news]</ref> July 10
 
 
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== Sustainability initiatives ==
== Sustainability initiatives ==
*[http://transitioncornwallnetwork.org.uk Transition Cornwall Network]
*[http://transitioncornwallnetwork.org.uk Transition Cornwall Network]
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[http://www.falmouthalive.org.uk/ Community Alive Falmouth]
[http://www.falmouthalive.org.uk/ Community Alive Falmouth]


=== Community currencies ===
=== Community currencies activism ===


[http://falmouthlets.org.uk/ Falmouth LETS], Local Exchange Trading Scheme
[http://falmouthlets.org.uk/ Falmouth LETS], Local Exchange Trading Scheme


=== Cycling ===
=== Community energy ===
 
[http://www.falcc.org/ Fal Cycling Campaign]
 
=== Food ===


[http://growingtogethercornwall.wordpress.com/ growingtogethercornwall] - [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Incredible-Edible-Penryn/518755411499430 Incredible Edible Penryn]
[http://www.communitypowercornwall.coop/ Community Power Cornwall] - [http://www.falenergy.co.uk/ Fal Energy Partnership]
 
=== Sustainable energy ===
 
[http://www.falenergy.co.uk/ Fal Energy Partnership]


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[http://www.wren.uk.com/ Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network]
[http://www.wren.uk.com/ Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network]
=== Cycling activism ===
[http://www.falcc.org/ Fal Cycling Campaign] - [http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/transport-and-streets/sustainable-transport/active-travel/cycling/ Cycling], [http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/environment-and-planning/countryside/cycle-routes-and-trails/?page=17685 Cycle Routes and Trails], information from Cornwall Council
=== Food activism ===
[http://www.bosaverncommunityfarm.org.uk/ Bosavern Community Farm], near  St Just-in-Penwith - [https://thefoodassembly.com/en/assemblies/169 Bude for Food Assembly] - [http://www.westcornwallfood.org.uk/ The Food Guide for West Cornwall] - [http://growingtogethercornwall.wordpress.com/ growingtogethercornwall] - [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Incredible-Edible-Penryn/518755411499430 Incredible Edible Penryn] - [https://www.keepcornwallfed.com/ Keep Cornwall Fed]


=== Trees, woodland and forest ===
=== Trees, woodland and forest ===


[http://saveourwoods.co.uk/get-involved/love-trees/truro-arboretum-city/ Truro, Arboretum City], ''article dated November 2011''
[http://saveourwoods.co.uk/get-involved/love-trees/truro-arboretum-city/ Truro, Arboretum City], ''article dated November 2011''
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== News and comment ==
'''2017'''
Penzance wins first plastic-free status award to help clean up beaches, Dec 5 <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/05/penzance-wins-first-plastic-free-status-award-to-help-clean-up-beaches The Guardian]</ref>
Cornish coastline plan offers new haven for rare seabirds, Dec 3 <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/03/cornwall-safe-haven-for-rare-seabirds The Guardian]</ref>
Smart energy project to run Isles of Scilly on renewables, storage and EVs, Mar 15 <ref>[http://www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/news/smart_energy_project_to_run_isles_of_scilly_on_renewables_storage_and_evs solarpowerportal.co.uk]</ref>
Cornwall Council approves plans for all of Cornwall's electricity to come from low carbon sources by 2030, Jan 30 <ref>[https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/council-news-room/media-releases/news-from-2017/news-from-january-2017/cornwall-council-sets-new-ambitions-for-cornwall-s-energy-future/ cornwall.gov.uk]</ref>
'''2016'''
Transition Falmouth Launches Local Food Guide, Nov 30 <ref>[http://www.transitionfalmouth.org.uk/wp/2016/11/transition-falmouth-launches-local-food-guide/  transitionfalmouth.org.uk]</ref>
Cornwall congratulated for acting on bees and pesticides, Three major South West councils now have neonicotinoid pesticides bans on non-agricultural land, Nov 22 <ref>[https://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/cornwall-congratulated-acting-bees-pesticides_22112016 foe.co.uk]</ref>
83.2% voted in St Ives to ban second home owners from buying homes in new developments, May 6 <ref>[http://www.thecanary.co/2016/05/06/heres-brilliant-election-result-may-missed/ thecanary.co]</ref>
Europe's first redwood forest planted at Eden Project, Mar 14 <ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/14/europes-first-redwood-forest-planted-at-eden-project The Guardian]</ref>
Sunshine to power savings for Wadebridge homes - community energy pilot first of its kind in UK <ref>[http://www.wren.uk.com/news/107-sunshine-to-power-savings-for-wadebridge-homes-community-energy-pilot-first-of-its-kind-in-uk wren.uk.com] (date not found)</ref>
'''2015'''
Car club coming to Truro and Falmouth, October 20 <ref>[http://www.transitiontruro.org.uk/wp/2015/10/car-club-coming-to-truro-and-falmouth/ Transition Truro]</ref>
Former fighter pilot opens community library at Mullion's Old Inn, September 9 <ref>[http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/13655826.Former_fighter_pilot_opens_community_library_at_Mullion_s_Old_Inn/ falmouthpacket.co.uk]</ref>
Transition Penwith's journey to a thriving west Cornwall, March 5 <ref>[https://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/rob-hopkins/2015-03/transition-penwiths-journey-thriving-west-cornwall Transition Network]</ref>
'''2014'''
BudeForFood Assembly – Grand Opening Announced, November 17 <ref>[http://budeandbeyond.co.uk/budeforfood-assembly-grand-opening-announced/ budeandbeyond.co.uk]</ref>
Cornwall's carbon neutral farm offers hope for sustainable agriculture, May 1 <ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/cornwall-carbon-neutral-farm-sustainable-agriculture theguardian.com]</ref>
Fairtrade Falmouth to welcome Fair Trading cargo sailing ship, March 6 <ref>[http://www.transitionfalmouth.org.uk/wp/2014/03/fairtrade-falmouth-to-welcome-fair-trading-cargo-sailing-ship/ Transition Falmouth]</ref>
Cornish town of Wadebridge plans to restore its energy self-sufficiency by 2020, Febraury 25 <ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2014/feb/25/cornish-town-wadebridge-energy-self-sufficient-fuel-poverty theguardian.com]</ref>
'''2013'''
How to power Cornwall on renewables, May 6 <ref>[http://www.transitionnc.org/node/95/2956#comment-2956 Transition News Cornwall]</ref>
'''2007'''
Recycling in paradise, <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6723169.stm BBC news]</ref> July 10
== Events ==
'''2015'''
October 5 - 11 [http://truroandfalmouth.greenopenhomes.net/truro-falmouth-green-open-homes-week-192 Truro & Falmouth Green Open Homes Week]


== Interwiki links ==
== Interwiki links ==
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Revision as of 17:26, 10 December 2017

Including information on the Isles of Scilly, part of the part of the ceremonial county of Cornwall W

St Michael's Mount and causeway.jpg

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 activism

Falmouth LETS, Local Exchange Trading Scheme

Community 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

Cycling activism

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

Food activism

Bosavern Community Farm, near St Just-in-Penwith - Bude for Food Assembly - The Food Guide for West Cornwall - growingtogethercornwall - Incredible Edible Penryn - Keep Cornwall Fed

Trees, woodland and forest

Truro, Arboretum City, article dated November 2011

News and comment

2017

Penzance wins first plastic-free status award to help clean up beaches, Dec 5 [3]

Cornish coastline plan offers new haven for rare seabirds, Dec 3 [4]

Smart energy project to run Isles of Scilly on renewables, storage and EVs, Mar 15 [5]

Cornwall Council approves plans for all of Cornwall's electricity to come from low carbon sources by 2030, Jan 30 [6]

2016

Transition Falmouth Launches Local Food Guide, Nov 30 [7]

Cornwall congratulated for acting on bees and pesticides, Three major South West councils now have neonicotinoid pesticides bans on non-agricultural land, Nov 22 [8]

83.2% voted in St Ives to ban second home owners from buying homes in new developments, May 6 [9]

Europe's first redwood forest planted at Eden Project, Mar 14 [10]

Sunshine to power savings for Wadebridge homes - community energy pilot first of its kind in UK [11]

2015

Car club coming to Truro and Falmouth, October 20 [12]

Former fighter pilot opens community library at Mullion's Old Inn, September 9 [13]

Transition Penwith's journey to a thriving west Cornwall, March 5 [14]

2014

BudeForFood Assembly – Grand Opening Announced, November 17 [15]

Cornwall's carbon neutral farm offers hope for sustainable agriculture, May 1 [16]

Fairtrade Falmouth to welcome Fair Trading cargo sailing ship, March 6 [17]

Cornish town of Wadebridge plans to restore its energy self-sufficiency by 2020, Febraury 25 [18]

2013

How to power Cornwall on renewables, May 6 [19]

2007

Recycling in paradise, [20] July 10

Events

2015

October 5 - 11 Truro & Falmouth Green Open Homes Week

Interwiki links

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


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