SSW News Archive
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Winners revealed for the South West C+ Carbon Positive Awards
02/05/2008 15:25Where are the UK green pioneers? The South West, of course!The winners of the South West C+ Carbon Positive Awards have now been revealed, demonstrating best practice examples of sustainability in the region. With almost 100 entries in their first year, the awards encourage responsible business... more
South West C+ Carbon Positive Awards Finalists Announced
04/04/2008 17:30Finalists have been selected for the South West’s first C+ Carbon Positive Awards, a region-wide award scheme that recognises the businesses, organisations and communities that are taking a proactive and innovative low carbon approach to the way in which we live and work. Over 70 entries were... more
Planting Places urban greenspace award winners announced
20/03/2008 17:08WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR TOP URBAN GREENSPACES IN THE SOUTH WEST Sustainability South West, the region’s sustainability champion, together with Natural England, today announced the winners of the South West’s first Planting Places urban greenspace awards. The Planting Places awards celebrate... more
Profiting from a low carbon economy
20/03/2008 11:45The South West C+ Carbon Positive Awards launched on Monday 14 January, a region-wide award scheme that will recognise the businesses, organisations and communities that are taking a proactive and innovative low carbon approach to the ways in which we live and work.The South West of England Regional... more
Local to Regional Sustainability Forum
07/03/2008 14:44The third annual Local to Regional Sustainability Forum for the South West was held onThursday, 6th March 2008 The Winter Gardens, Weston-super-Mare The event was aimed at local leaders, planners, officers and regeneration agencies seeking to deliver genuinely sustainable communities with a particular... more
South West MPs lead the way in the battle against dangerous climate change
31/10/2007 17:18Amidst another week of climate change headlines, MPs from around the region are supporting the South West’s flagship initiative to reduce global warming – Fair Shares, Fair Choice www.fairsharesfairchoice.comThirteen MPs (full list below) have now signed up to the principle of &lsquo... more
Brown challenged to modernise development plans by climate friendly champions
23/07/2007 13:05In a letter to the Prime Minister, the charity Sustainability South West sounds the alarm bell about the lack of proposals for regional action plans to reduce the risks and social and economic costs of runaway climate change - which would cause more extreme weather events like the current flooding.... more
Summit calls on all leaders to get on board with a '2 degree' Rescue Plan
05/07/2007 15:53Sustainability experts meeting at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth, this week debated whether the region is ‘all at sea’ when it comes to tackling big sustainability issues like climate change. Hosted by the region’s independent Champion Body for sustainable development... more
Do YOU know someone who's saving the world today?
05/06/2007 08:06To celebrate World Environment Day a charity in the South West is inviting everyone to visit www.fairsharesfairchoice.com to see which individuals, organisations and businesses are backing the principle of a 'fair world share' of carbon for everyone and leading the way on low-carbon living.&... more
Champions offer 'carbon cred' to businesses at climate change summit
30/04/2007 07:13In support of today’s May Day The Prince of Wales’s Business Summit on Climate Change, businesses are being offered free carbon coaches to help them boost their profits by creating their own Carbon Action Plans. Sustainability champions, Sustainability South West, have launched a new climate... more
Easter Eggs - how will you unwrap yours?!
06/04/2007 08:58Consumers are being egged on to choose more chocolate and less packaging in a guide launched this Easter. Hatched by Sustainability South West, the region’s Champion Body for Sustainable Development, the user friendly guide offers top tips for reducing costly, wasteful packaging at home and... more
Sustainability Champions driving motorists to a greener future
04/04/2007 13:11Sustainable Development Champions, Sustainability South West, are to support a new motor show, featuring small and sustainable cars - believed to be the first show of its kind - in a South West shopping mall next week. Five of the latest, most environmentally friendly - and cost effective - cars available... more
Region's Young Climate Change Champion helps to launch carbon budget cards in climate friendly restaurant
23/03/2007 10:20The South West’s young climate change champion will be helping the charity, Sustainability South West, to launch the first ever personal carbon budget cards in Bristol’s most sustainable restaurant, today. The cards are part of the Fair Shares, Fair Choice project which aims to help everyone... more
UK's first personal carbon budget cards launched in the South West today!
22/03/2007 08:17School children will be helping the charity, Sustainability South West, to launch the first ever personal carbon budget cards today! The cards are part of the Fair Shares, Fair Choice project which aims to help everyone to make positive choices to reduce the risk of dangerous climate change. “... more
Sustainability Champions offer a fairer, firmer alternative to the climate change bill
13/03/2007 14:38Charity Sustainability South West, the independent Champion Body for Sustainable Development in the South West of England, is offering an alternative to the Climate Change Bill published by government today. It claims to offer a fairer deal for both people and planet. The plan calculates a new 10 year... more
Women - go 'carbon zero' not size zero! Says Sustainability Champion
08/03/2007 12:07This morning, at a breakfast meeting held with Prime Minister Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street to celebrate International Women’s Day, Leslie Watson, Director of charity Sustainability South West, the region’s independent Champion for Sustainable Development, called for more action to reduce... more
SSW Deputy Director post advertised DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS MIDDAY 12th MARCH
27/02/2007 13:57Sustainability South West seeks a Deputy Director Bristol... more
Local to Regional Sustainability Forum: Achieving Genuinely Sustainable, Resilient Communities 6th March 2008
15/02/2007 19:02Thursday, 6th March 2008 The Winter Gardens, Weston-super-Mare For local leaders, planners, officers and regeneration agencies seeking to deliver genuinely sustainable communities with a particular focus on urban growth areas and the role of greenspace This event will offer the opportunity to: &... more
Unveiled! - a budget to beat dangerous climate change
13/02/2007 07:51Today charity Sustainability South West releases new figures for a ten year carbon budget plan to stop us going into the red on climate change. The region needs to reduce its CO2 emissions to help reduce the risks of dangerous global warming. The figures of the new ten year budget (circulated in a report... more
The Low Carb(on) Plan - how will you consume your 4200 kilos?
02/02/2007 09:32Are you living within your carbon budget? Sustainability South West can reveal today just how much carbon each of us can fairly consume to stop us going into the red with climate change. People in the region need to reduce their CO2 consumption to help reduce the risks of dangerous global warming... more
Surprise! We're the 'Sust Squad' - do you shape up?
11/01/2007 08:47A (masked purple) hit squad will be dropping in on a top company or council near you in the next few weeks to see how well they shape up to big challenges like climate change. Armed with a brand new, never seen in public before, purple DIY sustainability tool, the Sust' Squad will be measuring... more
New South west Housing Development is not fit for the 21st century argues Sustainability Champion
15/12/2006 10:52New government guidance released this week proposes implementing higher sustainable energy standards for new developments. Sustainability champion Sustainability South West stresses that leaders must now demand the highest standards for new development in Devon, and across the South West.The new Code... more
South West in an "excellent position" to deliver Government climate change bill
15/11/2006 14:15Sustainability South West – the region’s independent champion of sustainable development – welcomes the Government’s proposed Climate Change Bill announced in today’s Queen’s Speech and believes the South West of England can “lead the way in low carbon living... more
South West should "lead the way with a regional carbon action plan" says sustainable development champion in response to Stern Review
30/10/2006 08:12With today’s publication of Sir Nicholas Stern’s review into the economic costs of climate change, Sustainability South West - the region’s independent champion of sustainable development - argues that the South West of England is “well placed to lead the way in low carbon living... more
Jonathon Porritt to announce fair carbon shares initiative in Weston-super-Mare tomorrow
03/10/2006 12:07Jonathon Porritt, Chair of the Sustainable Development Commission and president of Sustainability South West will be announcing the region’s plans to roll out Fair Shares, Fair Choice – an initiative aimed at helping all of us choose our own ‘action plans’ to cut carbon emissions... more
South West's 20 Year Plan Favours Bigger Airports Over Tackling Climate Change
05/09/2006 08:30The Draft South West Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS), which sets out how development will be managed in the South West of England over the next 20 years is ambitious about controlling CO2 emissions and tackling climate change, but admits these ambitions will be “difficult to achieve” in... more
Government Backs South West's Big Idea to Combat Climate Change
27/07/2006 14:53The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have today backed a proposal for the South West of England to move towards becoming a low carbon region by launching an action charter to reduce carbon emissions and tackle climate change. The idea is timely, following David Miliband... more
New South West Economic Strategy Has Good Intentions, But Could Go Further
23/05/2006 08:42Sustainability South West (SSW), the region’s independent champion of sustainable development, welcomes the statement of intent in the new Regional Economic Strategy (RES) to ‘demonstrate that economic growth can be secured within environmental limits’. The strategy, to be launched... more
Private Sector Representative Heads Up Sustainability Agenda in the South West
13/03/2006 16:45Julian Dennis, Director of Compliance and Sustainability at Wessex Water - one of the South West’s major utility companies – has been appointed Chair of Sustainability South West, the region’s independent champion of sustainable development. Julian is the first SSW chair from a predominantly... more
South West Leads One Planet Economy Debate
15/02/2006 12:23Key stakeholders in the South West's future descended on Bristol last January for a regional debate looking at 'Leadership for a One Planet Economy'. The debate sought to establish how the region can deliver economic prosperity within environmental limits and, in particular, how we can inspire... more
South West Debate Prompts Further Action to Deliver a "One Planet Economy"
16/01/2006 17:09South West decision makers attended an event in Bristol today to look at the role of leadership in achieving a 'one planet economy' - prosperity delivered within environmental limits. Initial ideas included providing a regional 'one stop shop' for information and best practice, introducing... more
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