Renewable energy « Localise West Midlands

Doctor prescribes localisation

By localise2, on June 14th, 2013%

. Dr Mansfield, after surveying Macmillan Support’s analysis, continues:

Macmillan’s spokesperson acknowledges that cancer survivors are usually weakened in some way by the treatment.

This is likely to make them more vulnerable to the other kinds of disease which will eventually carry them off. But not before yet more medical services and long-term support. . . . → Read More: Doctor prescribes localisation

Community energy groups developing local initiatives in Britain and Germany

By localise2, on June 13th, 2013%

. DECC Call for Evidence on community energy

A reader pointed out this passage in Hansard (Written answers):

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with community energy co-operatives and other community energy groups on developing such local initiatives; what assessment he . . . → Read More: Community energy groups developing local initiatives in Britain and Germany

Community currencies

By localise2, on May 10th, 2013%

There are local or community currencies in several British towns, including Bath, Stroud, Totnes, Calderdale, Bristol and Brixton – and in many countries around the world. The most recent reports have come from India and South Africa.

Jeremy Williams writes that with the financial system in disarray and the economic downturn, local currencies . . . → Read More: Community currencies

Is the priority to expand world trade or to build on the resilience of communities?

By localise2, on April 30th, 2013%

Fleming, second left, discussing the working of an experimental rocket stove – to capture heat with clean combustion – at Transition Town Louth, Lincolnshire (The Times)

In Lean Logic, David Fleming asks:

“Is the priority to expand world trade, to push ahead with the global market, or to build on the resilience of . . . → Read More: Is the priority to expand world trade or to build on the resilience of communities?

Does supporting local business build resilient local economies – and a more peaceful world?

By localise2, on April 16th, 2013%

Judy Wicks, a board member of the NEI – featured recently on this site – thinks that it does.

Looking around for more information, evidence of a very adventurous and constructive life – including living with the Eskimos and working with the Zapatistas – was easily found online.

Her unusual slant on localisation was . . . → Read More: Does supporting local business build resilient local economies – and a more peaceful world?

Plunkett Foundation forms partnership with Land Settlement Association

By localise2, on March 19th, 2013%

Horticulture smallholdings: a crucial contribution towards higher employment, a reliable, home-grown food supply and a diverse, more ecologically healthy countryside

The Plunkett Foundation newsletter reports a new partnership with the Land Settlement Association Charitable Trust. Plunkett hopes to identify ‘pioneering approaches to co-operative horticulture across the UK’ to ‘share and develop further’. Shaun Chamberlin . . . → Read More: Plunkett Foundation forms partnership with Land Settlement Association

The Financial Times reports a co-operative revival

By localise2, on March 17th, 2013%

Andrew Bounds has reported ‘a co-operative revival’ in the Financial Times – a trend first noted in this blog in 2010. He notes that the number of share offers and co-operative members in new societies doubled between 2009 and 2012 as the economic downturn has continued, according to figures from Co-operatives UK, the umbrella . . . → Read More: The Financial Times reports a co-operative revival

Solving fuel poverty – an update

By localise2, on January 1st, 2013%

Chart 4.3 in a 2011 DECC report showed that the West Midlands had highest rate of fuel poverty with around 26% of households requiring to spend more than 10% of their income on fuel to maintain an adequate level of warmth. A Chamberlain Forum article confirms that this position has been maintained, with . . . → Read More: Solving fuel poverty – an update

Update: Co-operative Energy, founded by Midcounties Co-operative

By localise2, on December 6th, 2012%

In June last year Localise West Midlands’ board member Phil Beardmore, an environmental consultant, circulated news of the launch of the Confederation of Co-operative Housing, which is forming a partnership with Co-op Energy.

LWM was set up in 2002 by a group of individuals who ‘recognise the need to propose positive models for . . . → Read More: Update: Co-operative Energy, founded by Midcounties Co-operative

Wind energy and justice for disadvantaged communities

By localise2, on November 7th, 2012%

The last copy of the NATTA newsletter reported that the Joseph Rowntree Trust has published ‘Wind energy and justice for disadvantaged communities’, which appears to resonate with LWM’s MCED research project.

NATTA Review

This study, Wind energy and justice for disadvantaged communities, examines how commercial, large-scale schemes can be more embedded in . . . → Read More: Wind energy and justice for disadvantaged communities

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