The Co2mmunity Challenge
What is The Co2mmunity Challenge?Climate change will affect us all. We all need to act now to lower our carbon footprint and be prepared for the impact on our communities and local environment. Co2mmunity Challenge is about making sure Manchester’s residents are aware of the challenges and are working towards lowering Manchester’s carbon emissions, saving energy and money. The city’s Climate Change Action plan – Manchester A Certain Future (www.manchesterclimate.com) sets out some tough challenges for communities to help the city reduce its Carbon emisssions by 41% by 2020 – from supporting community groups to implement their own plans for reducing energy use towards zero and low-carbon communities, encouraging residents to turn thermostats up or down depending on the season, establishing a range of community-based micro-generation projects where energy can be used by local users and/or fed back into national and local grids and developing the infrastructure to enable an increase in local food growing within the community. Some examples of these actions are already in place and there’s lots of support and advice available. If you want to find out more about how your community can work together to improve the environment, live healthier and a more sustainable life we want to hear from you - together we can cut CO2, but we need to act now. Be inspired!Watch our video clips and read the case studies to inspire you to take action now! get the flash player to see this player.
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Case Studies and Further Information
The Carbon Co-op Manual PDF (Moss Side edition)
- The Carbon Co-op Manual - PDF 1.4Mb
- www.carbon.coop
The Carbon Co-op is a group of South Manchester residents who’ve begun to carry out carbon reduction changes in their own houses and lives. The Carbon–Co-op will help you save energy, cut your bills and stay comfortable!
Manchester City Council advice and guidance.
The City Council offers residents a number of services including free energy advice and visits at the Eco House in Miles Platting, a free home energy check and energy tips:
Manchester Council Energy Efficiency Tips
AfSL www.afsl.org.uk
Action for Sustainable Living (AfSL) is a charity that helps people to live more sustainably, focusing on simple changes that will make the world a better . AfSL have been working in partnership with the City Council to deliver their proven programme of community engagement across ten wards in the city.
Northwards Housing (case study)
- Northwards Housing - PDF 43kb
Northwards Housing, a not-for-profit company set up by Manchester City Council to manage approximately 12,500 social housing units across north and east Manchester have been working on a number of different retrofit projects.
Energy Saving Trust’s Green Communities
www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/cafe
Green Communities is a programme from the Energy Saving Trust that aims to support, facilitate and promote community based energy projects. From free training and advice focused on project planning and funding, to technical support and a website packed with resources.Green Communities exists to help you make a success of your ideas and projects
Global Action Plan Eco Teams
EcoTeams is a long established and effective initiative run by Global Action Plan. You'll learn about the environment and how to easily change your everyday lives to more low carbon.
