Sustainability initiatives
- Bideford Sustainability Group
- Buck the Trend
- Chagford Hub
- North Devon UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
- 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
Education
Embercombe - Growing Devon Schools - Okehampton College, Energy Efficiency
Food
Rising temperatures have led to Devon becoming the first place in modern Britain to cultivate olives commercially. [2]
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 [3] - Home Grown Community Owned - Landmatters Co-operative Permaculture Project - Real Food Store, Exeter's first community owned food store
Green purchasing
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. [4]
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
Social inclusion
Sustainable energy
Plymouth Energy Community - Totnes Renewable Energy Society
Towards sustainable economies
Local Economic Blueprint highlights potential of community resilience, March 28 2013, Transition Network
Resources
Maps
Interwiki links
Wikipedia: Devon
References
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