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Here are 10 things communities across the UK are doing to improve the environment, build connectedness and fight climate change - check out the links for inspiration!
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Getting people on their bikes: Reclaim the Streets 2020 – Aberdeen Cycle Forum; Chrisp Street Community Cycles;
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Taking power into their own hands through community-owned renewable energy projects, collective energy purchasing and projects to improve energy efficiency. Exeter Community Energy https://www.ecoe.org.uk, Stoke Newington Stokey Energy; http://www.hertfordenergynow.org.uk/
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Reducing waste and sharing skills at Repair Cafes: Home | Repaircafe; (12) Repair Cafe Tiverton | Facebook
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Redistributing unwanted food through Community Fridges. Community Fridges | Hubbub Foundation
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Creating kind, confident and connected communities through growing and celebrating local food: Incredible Edible – If you eat, you’re in
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Creating shared spaces to plant, grow and harvest native fruit trees: Thundridge Community Orchard (near Ware) Award Winning Thundridge Community Orchard History (jeansorchard.uk) and Trumpington Community Orchard About us | Trumpington Community Orchard (trumpingtonorchard.org)
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Improving children’s health, building community and challenging the ‘streets are for cars’ culture through Playstreets: About - Playing Out
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Encouraging walking, building community and supporting local businesses with Parklets: Parklets | Living Streets; parklets_tool_kit.pdf (livingstreets.org.uk)
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Making car use more efficient through Community Car Sharing A new model for car sharing in the local community — Possible (wearepossible.org)
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Community Composting: Community composting – Brighton and Hove Food Partnership (bhfood.org.uk); Community composting - Suffolk Recycling