Supporting greener living blog

Last month we considered ways to support and encourage householders to cut their domestic energy use. This month we’ll focus on the other key areas that make up our carbon footprint – emissions related to travel, and to the indirect emissions we are responsible for through the goods and services we consume. first, a note of caution Working with householders … Read more…

With the domestic sector responsible for 27% of the UK’s carbon emissions – what  practical support can community groups offer to encourage people to cut their carbon emissions? Over the next two blogs we’ll share some of our ideas and examples, as well as highlight our favourite sources of trusted information and advice. In part one, we’ll focus on cutting … Read more…

  The goal-setting theory of motivation is one of the most studied areas of workplace psychology – and there’s lots we can take from this and transfer to a domestic or community setting. In this blog we will uncover some of the simple tricks you can use to increase the likelihood of turning people’s best intentions into concrete action – … Read more…

“What will it cost?” It’s a question we’re all too familiar with when it comes to managing our personal finances or balancing the budgets of our community organisation – but what about the environmental costs of our actions? In his book Carbon Detox, George Marshall makes the case that climate change is one area where we can measure precisely what … Read more…

How well do we really know our communities? Although we may have an idea of what we are trying to achieve, without some initial research it can be hard to say why we believe a particular initiative is right for our community. Spending time to research our communities, to better understand the people and organisations that make up that community … Read more…