FW: [Transition Culture] Transition Town Totnes Celebrates Emerging as one of DECC's Low Carbon Communities

[Hannah Thorogood]

Transition Totnes has been allocated £500,000 for a project they are calling 'Transition Streets' which they think will up the level of their work to a more visible, town wide way that will involve and affect a wider spectrum of the community.

I think we should take inspiration from this in a number of ways as anything that happens in Totnes can happen in Bedford - although it has a reputation as full of free thinkers it is also very very middle britain in its demographics. But also they have been working solidly for 4 years with a number of people working full time in a dedicated space with incredbly well committed volunteers and regular events and four years on they are still being faced with issues of how to affect the wider community and awareness raising - so I think after our few months of work, although we clearly have a long way to go - our path is well lit and the light looks good.

Hannah Thorogood, M.Sc., Dip.Perm.Des.
* Earth Care * People Care * Fair Share *
Permaculture Teacher, Diploma Tutor & Event Co-ordinator
Member of the Permaculture Council for Europe
http://designedvisions.com




> To: robjho...@gmail.com
> Subject: [Transition Culture] Transition Town Totnes Celebrates Emerging as one of DECC's Low Carbon Communities
> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:31:06 -0500
> From: robjho...@gmail.com
>
> Transition Culture has posted a new item, 'Transition Town Totnes Celebrates
> Emerging as one of DECC's Low Carbon Communities'
>
> I am delighted to be able to announce that Transition Town Totnes has been
> selected as one of 10 'first movers' in the Department of Energy and Climate
> Change's 'Low Carbon Communities Challenge', which I introduced here when it was
> launched in late September.  The scheme was run on incredibly tight timeframes,
> as any of the many other Transition initiatives who applied will attest, and it
> was a miracle, given the timeframes, that anyone got any bids together at all. 
> The 'second movers' will be announced in January. 
>
> You may view the latest post at
> http://transitionculture.org/2009/12/21/transition-town-totnes-celebrates-emerging-as-one-of-deccs-low-carbon-communities/
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> Rob
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[shane hughes]

Here's the rest of phase 1 winners. worth noting that we (TB, ZCC, Bedford council, Bedford college and others) are putting in a bid for phase 2 of this funding. fingers crossed. our bid is not too disimilar to "1" below. Low Carbon Communities Challenge: Phase 1 winners Phase 1 winners announced Communities in Norfolk, Isle of Wight, London, Nottinghamshire, Pembrokeshire, Cheshire, Northumberland, Yorkshire, Oxfordshire and Devon are the first of twenty communities to benefit from a £10million fund as part of the Low Carbon Communities Challenge. The winning phase 1 applicants are: 1. West Oxford Community Renewables, Oxford To pilot a community renewables building society’ that will support the development of an integrated approach to low carbon living in West! Oxford. The funding will be used by the West Oxford Community Renewables Industrial and Provident Society to develop a £1.6m pipeline of renewable energy projects. The income from these will be donated to the Low Carbon West Oxford charity to develop low carbon projects with the aim of achieving an 80% reduction in emissions in West Oxford by 2050. 2. Ellen MacArthur Foundation ,Chale Green, Isle of Wight An integrated approach to reducing carbon and bringing an entire rural off grid community out of fuel poverty. Additionality is provided by the social landlord providing additional funding to ensure the properties are upgraded to Decent Homes + and Ellen MacArthur Foundation supporting the project management and behaviour change elements of the project. The entire village will benefit from the social improvements and a number of PV installations throughout the estate will feed a community managed funding initiative to ensure the project continues to support the! village improvements for years to come. 3. Norfolk CC, Reepham , Norfolk LCCC funding will allow Reepham to reduce its CO2 by 127 tonnes per year by using a community fund to deliver a comprehensive range of projects which target; energy efficient renovation, renewables, transport, behavioural change & food initiatives. The Norfolk County Council scheme is replicable and is well supported by partner organisations, committed community leaders and the wider community. 4. Lammas Low Impact Initiatives Ltd, Pembrokeshire, Wales The outcome would be a replicable, integrated rural sustainable development model. The focus of the application is a community hub building which will become a hub for the village and a centre for education on low impact living for the wider world. The project will be delivered using a combination of green technologies, permaculture cultivation methods and natural building techniques. 5. Transition Town Totnes, Devon The proposal will take the form of ‘Transition Streets’, whereby 12 stre! ets across Totnes, chosen so as to represent the demographics and housing stock of Totnes, undertake a programme of behaviour change called ‘Transition Together’. Participants are then eligible to apply for subsidised retrofits and then to a rolling fund for low interest loans for domestic renewables, harnessing feed in tariffs to enable the repayment of the loans. 6. The Meadows Partnership, Nottingham The Meadows Ozone Energy Services is a company formed by local people in the Meadows and has aspirations to change a inner city area with multiple deprivation levels to become a exemplar to other similar inner city communities. The Meadows has a housing stock of approx 4000 houses with a mixture of housing types including over 1000 Victorian terraced houses that are hard to insulate. The project seeks to demonstrate that low carbon savings can help reduce fuel poverty. 7. Kirklees Council, Huddersfield, Yorkshire Greening the Gap will involve PV applica! tion to three main community centres and 30 domestic houses. This proj ect presents a credible carbon reduction story in a deprived, ethnically diverse area, with a team that have been very successfully in communicating best practice widely. 8. Haringey Council and the Muswell Hill Low Carbon Zone, North London An integrated application involving a diverse range of interventions and partner organisations. Muswell Hill sustainability group provides strong community leadership with Haringey Council providing support and resources. The application includes PV installations on four schools to be used as a learning tool and to encourage behaviour change, a mobile sustainable learning facility, cycle parking and a community renewable energy company will gain funding to generate income for carbon reduction measures in the community. Much action is already taking place within the Low Carbon Zone. 9. Berwick Core Ltd, Berwick upon Tweed In conjunction with the Berwick Housing Trust, the funding would be spent on a retro-fit renewable! programme which will see the installation of photovoltaic panels installed in 50 houses. The revenues due to the electricity generated would feed into a community fund that would be reinvested for further environmental and social programmes. The remaining £50k would go into the Low Carbon Berwick Programme which will see the implementation of a local action plan including behavioural change initiatives for domestic householders and wider environmental initiatives through Berwick that would be aided via a volunteer work force. It is the ultimate aim of the Low Carbon Programme to establish a Berwick Transition Town. 10. Sustainable Blacon, Chester Blacon is a suburb of North West Chester adjoining the English/Welsh border. Blacon will champion energy efficiency and refurbish two local houses, so people can see what they can do to cut their bills and have access to advice and practical support for its 16,000 residents. They will also be bringing together local peo! ple from across the community installing some of the latest technology in their homes and enable local people to help one another to cut bills and spread good practice through their social networks. ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : FW: [Transition Culture] Transition Town Totnes Celebrates Emerging as one of DECC's Low Carbon Communities Date : Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:58:23 +0000 From : Hannah Thorogood <hannah_t...@hotmail.com> To : Transition Bedford <transitio...@googlegroups.com>

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