The model environmentally sustainable council
This project is about looking at some of the innovative things that the local government community are doing in the UK and abroad in order to tackle some of the major environmental and energy challenges facing the UK. It also makes a number of recommendations for local and central government in order to provide the right powers and freedoms for a more localist approach to tackle this global problem.
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Milton Keynes: Low Carbon Initiatives [, Jun 16, 2010]
Milton Keynes aims to be an exemplar community for low carbon living and has developed an overall strategy to this end, working with key local partners - in particular the Homes and Communities Agency. In order to promote the take up of electric vehicles Milton Keynes Council has partnered with the
Conservative Conference: Giving the Green Light [, Oct 5, 2009]
Novotel Hotel, Manchester
9.30am
Labour Conference: Giving the Green Light [, Oct 1, 2009]
Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton
8.00am
Lib Dem Conference: Giving the Green Light [, Sep 22, 2009]
Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth
1pm
Lincolnshire, The South Humber Gateway [, Sep 8, 2009]
North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire have established cross boundary infrastructure to develop economic opportunities on the largest employment site in Yorkshire and Humber.
The South Humber Gateway will make a major contribution to reducing carbon emissions and to the outcomes of the go
Peterborough, Travelchoice [, Sep 8, 2009]
Travelchoice in Peterborough is one of the three DfT Sustainable Travel Demonstration Town projects.
The overall aims of this behavioural change project were to (a) improve the quality and availability of up to date accurate travel information (b) encourage and enable more people to try walking, cy
Peterborough, Going Green [, Sep 8, 2009]
Peterborough City Council along with Hampton College has created a game to test citizens’ knowledge on surrounding environmental issues allowing the Council to interact with all types of residents and ensuring the participants learn valuable lessons.
Dundee, The "Carbon Management" Programme [, Sep 4, 2009]
Dundee City Council has joined the Carbon Management Programme to ensure the council’s commitment to greenhouse gas reduction is incorporated into new and established strategies. The city council reduced energy consumption by 11.2% and the initiatives employed included the use of £350,000 grant from
The Neath Port Talbot 'Greener Campaign' [, Aug 3, 2009]
A project with the aim of raising the profile of environmental issues in Neath Port Talbot using a range of media to gain popular familiarity and recognition about a range of issues. A website and has formed the hub of the initiative with a ‘green map’. It has cost approximately £11,500 and has attr
Press Release: Giving the Green Light [, Jul 16, 2009]
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) capacity should be extended, as this could potentially provide as
much power as the new range of nuclear reactors combined, says a new report from Localis, the
local government and localist think tank.
How green is your Council? [, Jul 16, 2009]
A paper from the excellent Localis think tank Giving the Green Light: Policy Ideas for a Model Environmentally Sustainable Council includes a section on staff travel. Instead of fleet cars it suggests car sharing. Also more working from home. It suggests phasing in green vehicles over time.
Giving the Green Light [, Jul 16, 2009]
This report represents the final policy recommendations from over six months of discussions, workshops and research into the policies of a model environmentally sustainable Council. Here we present some discussion around the issues and some practical examples of local government and environmental su
A Model Sustainable Council [, Jul 16, 2009]
We were delighted to formally launch our environmentally sustainable councils programme on Thursday 16th July at 5pm in the Ideas Space. The event introduced 5 new policies intended for Local Authorities to pilot.
Environmentally Sustainable Councils IV [, Jun 18, 2009]
Environmentally Sustainable Councils III [, Jun 3, 2009]
Saving the Planet [, May 29, 2009]
If we can protect our environment locally - if small sustainable communities can be formed - then there is no reason that these models cannot go on to protect nationally and globally.
What would a model sustainable Council do differently? [, Apr 10, 2009]
This document is a an attempt at synthesising the ideas and suggestions made by a leading group of experts from the second session. They are categorised according to themes which emerged during the discussion.
Environmentally Sustainable Councils II [, Mar 26, 2009]
Session II in our Sustainable Councils series held in the House of Commons
A model environmentally sustainable Council [, Mar 10, 2009]
The Innovation Council was set up in to look into the work of local Councils, and to come up with innovative new ideas for them to adapt and adopt to their own individual areas. We assembled a group of eighteen senior figures from local government, business, NGOs and environmental experts in order t
Environmentally Sustainable Councils I [, Mar 5, 2009]
Localis is holding a series of discussions around the role of Local Government in achieving environmental sustainability – with the aim of establishing a handful of policies which Councils can adopt and adapt.
Related Local Government News Articles
23 Related Local Government News Articles
'Cash offer' for bin collections [, Jun 1, 2011]
Councils are to be encouraged to reinstate weekly bin collections with the lure of financial incentives, it was reported over the weekend.
Councils-to-sell-energy plans floated [, Mar 3, 2010]
Councils could be allowed to sell energy generated by renewable sources under proposals designed to boost local government’s green credentials. Ministers want to encourage local authorities to play “a full part in the development of renewable heat and electricity”.
Coventry to 'dim' city's street lamps [, Feb 17, 2010]
A "dimmer switch" that will control an entire city's steetlamps is being introduced in an attempt to allow lighting to respond to the needs of the public at the cost of £250 million.
More details on eco park revealed [, Jan 4, 2010]
Lynne Hack, Surrey's Cabinet member for the Environment, said the council was proposing to build the park at the existing waste management facility at Charlton Lane, Shepperton. She said the park was "a key element" of the authority’s new "waste vision" and would be the first of its kind in the coun
Surrey to develop Eco Park [, Dec 17, 2009]
Cllr Lynne Hack, the Cabinet Member for the Environment on Surrey County Council, says there are cheaper and more ecological alternatives for waste disposal than incineration or landfill
£20bn plan for green homes [, Dec 15, 2009]
David Cameron has pledged that a Conservative government would from "day one" kickstart £20bn of investment to make millions of homes more energy-efficient in a groundbreaking green partnership with Tesco and Marks & Spencer
Councils warn of need to cut pollution [, Nov 30, 2009]
Failure to meet strict EU standards on air pollution could add £15 to the average annual council tax bill and kill thousands of people every year, townhalls have warned
Brighter future for Surrey's residents [, Nov 30, 2009]
Surrey County Council has signed a groundbreaking contract that will transform the county’s street lighting system, with the biggest roll out of revolutionary new energy saving technology in the country
Incentives for building wind farms [, Nov 30, 2009]
Local residents who allow wind farms to be built in their neighbourhood will be rewarded with lower energy bills, the Tories have promised. By offering incentives to communities to encourage them not to object to planning bids by wind farm developers, the party believes it could end the often bitte
Newcastle is Britain's greenest city [, Nov 19, 2009]
A city once wreathed in smoke and deafened by shipyard steel-hammers, has transformed itself into the greenest in Britain, according to the country's most comprehensive sustainability audit.
Plans for 'conservation banks' [, Nov 16, 2009]
The Conservative party plans, which would fund nature protection through the sale of conservation credits to developers, have been met with caution by wildlife groups
Councils cut carbon emissions [, Sep 18, 2009]
The latest official figures on pollution show that carbon dioxide emissions have fallen in more than three-quarters of local authorities. The Department of Energy and Climate Change report covers the period from 2005 to 2007.
Cyclists can ignore one-way signs [, Sep 17, 2009]
Cyclists will be permitted to ride the wrong way along one-way streets under a change intended to encourage more people to give up their cars or use them less.
Local councils and police sign up to 10:10 [, Sep 14, 2009]
Six local councils representing over 1.4 million people and a police authority have signed up the 10:10 climate change campaign. The new sign-ups, which include Cambridge, Nottingham and Coventry, boost the number of councils to 16, while Cheshire police is the first of the UK's police forces to joi
Homes paid for recycling waste [, Sep 7, 2009]
Almost 4,000 homes will be paid for every kilogram of recyclable waste that they place in the correct bin. Rather than fining or lecturing people who do not recycle, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is taking the alternative approach of rewarding those who do.
Wind turbine plans revealed [, Aug 20, 2009]
Oxford City Council says it is the first council in England and Wales to launch proposals for a commercial-scale wind turbine on its land. The council has picked out a potential site and it is hoped a planning application will be submitted by 2011.
Contract for London bike scheme [, Aug 14, 2009]
Serco has been selected by Transport for London (TfL) to run the capital’s cycle hire scheme across nine of the most central boroughs. The firm said the contract was worth approximately £140m over its initial six years.
Denham pledges to consult [, Jul 20, 2009]
Communities secretary John Denham is set to repeat his desire to see councils empowered to play a leading role in the fight against climate change.
Recycling first for Royal borough [, Jun 2, 2009]
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has become the first council in the UK to launch a scheme that rewards residents who recycle. Householders will be able to claim money off at shops and restaurants.
Councils to 'shrink wheelie bin sizes' [, Mar 1, 2009]
Councils across the UK are being told to cut the size of wheelie bins issued as part of an attempt to encouraging recycling
Dumped in Africa: Britain’s toxic waste [, Feb 18, 2009]
Tonnes of toxic waste collected from British municipal dumps is being sent illegally to Africa in flagrant breach of this country’s obligation.
Green home refurbishments could save householders £300 [, Feb 12, 2009]
Green home 'refurbishments' are to be offered to householders under a Government scheme which could save them £300-a-year in fuel bills, ministers will pledge.
UK homes to be offered a green makeover [, Feb 9, 2009]
More than one in four homes in the UK will be offered a complete eco-makeover.
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