Out Now! August issue of Sustainability Now
31/07/2009 14:49The August issue of Sustainability Now - the monthly bulletin for sustainable development news in the region and beyond - is OUT NOW!
Featuring this month:
- Holiday Reflections - Holidays are not only a time to unwind and refresh but also an all too rare
opportunity to reflect. Our critical perspective has been that there is a strong mismatch between much of the encouraging public rhetoric about ‘green recovery jobs’, ‘a low carbon economy’ and ‘the well-being agenda’ and actions which appear to based on clearly unsustainable criteria. We suspect that you know just what we mean and we would like to hear your examples. - New health module live on the region’s Sustainability Shaper
- Are you holding a screening of ‘The Age of Stupid’ or a climate change event? Contact SSW for free resources!
- New 2009 dates available: An introduction to sustainability training course
- Jonathon Porritt - end of an era for the Sustainable Development Commission
- Take a break with the Sustainable Development Framework ‘Sustainability Shaper’ Holiday Puzzle!
- Six of the best holiday sustainability reads
- PLUS - On your radar:
◦ UK Renewable Energy Strategy – what does it mean for you?
◦ South West Sustainable Procurement Network, events in September
◦ UK Climate Projections training
◦ Think Nature: How to Give Life to Sustainable Development
◦ Updated SWCCIP study on local authority action
◦ Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Self-Evaluation Tool for local authorities
◦ Launch of the 2009 DEBI Environmental Awards
◦ South West community carbon reduction projects to receive funding
◦ Rise of the Greenager
◦ Bristol recycling campaign
◦ The Green Register web page of Accredited Eco-Refurbishers
◦ Renewable energy enthusiasts invited to share their expertise
◦ Regional Voices: getting the VCS heard where it matters
◦ The Rickshaw service for Cornwall! - PLUS - Up & Coming:
◦ National Nature Reserves summer events, Somerset, Cornwall & East Dartmoor
◦ Permaculture holiday, Cornwall
◦ A Sense of Place 2009: sustainable placemaking, Cornwall
◦ Save Our Planet Day
◦ Organic Fortnight and Organic Food Festival, Bristol
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