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Sustainability initiatives

• Bideford Sustainability Group
• Buck the Trend
• Chagford Hub
• North Devon UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
• Sustainability with Plymouth University
• Sustainable Crediton
• Sustainable South Brent
• Transition Town Exmouth
• Transition Tavistock
• Transition Town Totnes
• Vision Group for Sidmouth

Initiatives by topic

Biodiversity

Devon Wildlife Trust is aided by around 800 registered volunteers which help with running 12 local groups and habitat management work on the charity's nature reserves. ^[1] - Wembury Marine Centre

Climate action

Dartmoor Circle - Bovey Climate Action

Community currencies activism

Exeter Pound - Totnes Pounds

Community energy

exeter community energy - Plymouth Energy Community - Totnes Renewable Energy Society

Cycling activism

Community Electric Bikes available! Transition Town Totnes

Education for sustainability

Embercombe - Growing Devon Schools - Okehampton College, Energy Efficiency

Ethical consumerism

Plastic bag ban: In April 2007 local traders in Modbury, Devon declared that for environmental reasons, they would no longer give customers plastic bags. This initiative led to other communities across the UK pursuing similar enterprises. ^[2]

Food activism

Rising temperatures have led to Devon becoming the first place in modern Britain to cultivate olives commercially. ^[3]

Diggin it! organic gardening project in Plymouth - Barnstaple Pannier Market - Bovey Community Garden - Food Plymouth, city-wide food partnership which works to support the aims of the Plymouth Food Charter and Sustainable Food City Plymouth Action Plan, promoting a vibrant and resilient local food economy for a more healthy and sustainable city ^[4] - Home Grown Community Owned - Landmatters Co-operative Permaculture Project - Real Food Store, Exeter's first community owned food store

Health

Neighbourhood Health Watch, connecting trusted community support for health

Localism

Open spaces

Parks, nature and green spaces, information from Plymouth City Council

Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle

Devon Community Composting Network - Devon Community Recycling Network - Proper Job, Chagford - Recycle Devon

Rural sustainability

Community Council of Devon

Social inclusion

Towards sustainable economies

Local Economic Blueprint highlights potential of community resilience, March 28 2013, Transition Network

Resources

Maps

Plymouth Good Food Map

Interwiki links

Wikipedia: Devon

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