Sustainability Now
Since June 2007 Sustainability South West has produced news e-bulletin Sustainability Now. Sustainability Now supports our championing role and helps us to act as a critical friend by:
- Focussing on the most urgent sustainability issues, including climate change
- Encouraging sustainability champions
- Cheering on real progress
- Highlighting moves that are taking us in the wrong direction
- Providing a healthy dose of honesty about the state of sustainability in our region!
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Latest issue:
Issue 42 - The Autumn 2011 issue of Sustainability Now features:
- Meet SSW's new Chair - Editorial by Mike Birkin, Campaigns Coordinator, Friends of the Earth SW
- 'Sustainable Development, I presume?' - SSW Director Leslie Watson's response to the Draft National Policy Framework
- SSW's new service packages announced - be one of the first business to benefit
- Sustainability Now readers survey - win a hamper of sustainable prizes
- Thanks for sharing - SSW's donation from ShareGift
Click here to open Sustainability Now issue 42, Autumn 2011.
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You can download the most recent back issues below. Please visit our Archive page for all older editions:
Issue 41 - The bumper Spring 2011 issue of Sustainability Now features:
- A sustainability bungee cord! - Editorial by Sustainability South West Chair, Dr Julian Dennis:
"We have to provide leadership in implementing a more sustainable approach to business and life. This is not about making businesses uncompetitive, it’s about making them better. I heard leadership described as a bungee cord that we use to drag others along." Read in full...
- The Sust’ometer
- Business: SMEs struggling to adopt sustainability practice
- Water: Water – plan and prepare
• Get your bathers on!
- Climate Change: Fair Shares, Fair Choice (FSFC) Climate Change Campaign update
• 2027 UK Emissions Target announced
• Only 1/4 of Town Halls have effective plan for cutting emissions this decade
• Emissions effect on extreme rainfall and flooding
- Energy: £10,000 Green Deal loans to improve energy efficiency in homes
- Food: A guide to modern eating • Healthy eating improves school inspection results
- Education: SSW Member interviewed for Journal of Sustainability Education
• First Year students: Attitudes towards Sustainable Development
Plus regular features:
- Space for Greenspace
- On your Radar? – South West
- On your Radar? – National
- Up & Coming – June events around the region
Click here to open Sustainability Now issue 41, Spring 2011.
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Issue 40 - 
The Winter 2011 issue of Sustainability Now is a tourism special featuring:
- Which Way Now For Sustainable Tourism? - Editorial by Neil Warren, SSW’s newly appointed Tourism Associate
- Sustainability South West steps in to ensure support for tourism continues
- The South West tourism industry fights back
- Soft is Smart shows transport research Review
- Hotel chains welcome sustainability
- Space for Greenspace: • STOP PRESS - Planting Places Award winners announced! • Year of the Forest • U-turn for UK forest sell-off • NHS Forest Tree Sponsorship Scheme
- Free resources for your climate change event
- Work for a council? Time running out for subsidy
- Sust’ometer
- On your Radar?
- Up & Coming – events around the region
Click here to open Sustainability Now issue 40, Winter 2011.
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Issue 39 - New Year issue, January 2011, of Sustainability Now features:
- Guest editorial from Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, 'Commonsense and Sustainability'
- Your sustainability Hopes and Fears for the future…
- Battle for the Forest of Dean – special report from Nigel Costley
- Big Society: Is size everything?
- Work for a council? Training and support subsidy from SSW – ending soon
Plus regular features:
- Space for Greenspace
- On Your Radar?
- The Sust'ometer
- Up and Coming...events around the South West
Click here to open Sustainability Now issue 39, January 2011.
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Issue 38 - The November 2010 issue of Sustainability Now features:
- ‘Laissez Faire’ – green and fair?: ‘The Big Society’ demands DIY localism in a new ‘Age of Austerity.’ But will all this lead us to a more sustainable future?
- Planting Places Awards – now open for applications!
- New online Green Infrastructure resources available
- Volunteer opportunities at Sustainability South West
- Sustainability decision-making DIY packs available
- Sustainable Tourism project work
- Work for a council? Training and support subsidy from SSW
Plus regular features:
- On Your Radar?
- Sust'ometer
- Up & Coming…events around the region
Click here to open Sustainability Now issue 38, November 2010.
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Issue 37 - The October 2010 issue of Sustainability Now features:
- Look before you LEP? - Editorial about Local Enterprise Partnerships and their assessment criteria.
- A healthy nomination - Sustainable Health South West project nominated for national award!
- Free climate change educational resources - including means to work out your carbon footprint.
- The launch of this years Planting Places greenspace awards
- Work for a council? Training and support subsidy available from SSW
Plus regular features:
- On Your Radar?
- Open Consultation
- Up & Coming…events around the region
Click here to open Sustainability Now issue 37, October 2010.
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Issue 36 - The September issue of Sustainability Now features:
- How ‘green’ does our region grow? - Editorial from Planting Places, still cultivating local green space
- Work for a council? Training and support subsidy available from SSW
- New SustNav decision making workplace pack available
- Awards season
- Free resources for your climate change event
Plus regular features:
- The Sust’ometer
- On Your Radar?
- Open Consultation
- Up & Coming…events around the region
Click here to open Sustainability Now issue 36, September 2010.
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Issue 35 - The Summer 2010 issue of Sustainability Now features:
Sustainability – it’s not just about the environment, stupid – a personal editorial by Leslie Watson who has been Director of Sustainability South West since 1999- SustNav full website launched – free online sustainability tools
- Energy saving footprint competition – winners announced
- Surge of support for ‘globally fair and safe carbon shares’
- Climate change survey results
- Free resources for your climate change event
- Quango cuts
Plus regular features: - The Sust’ometer
- Open Consultation
- On Your Radar?
- Up & Coming…events around the region
Click here to open Sustainability Now issue 35, Summer 2010.
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Issue 34 - The May 2010 issue of Sustainability Now features:
- Leaders must navigate a genuinely sustainable path through the cost cutting - free cost-cutting tool.
- How Sustainable Are We? Defra funded SSW project findings
- Tougher Climate Change Targets?
- Masterclasses from Sustainability South West, 24 June, Bristol
- Do One Thing…Make a Pledge to Help Biodiversity
Plus regular features: - The Sust’ometer
- SW Consultations
- On your Radar?
- Up & Coming…events around the region
Click here to open Sustainability Now issue 34, May 2010.
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Issue 33 - The April 2010 issue of Sustainability Now features:
Decision time…on sustainability - Sustainability Now takes a look at the three main party manifestos through the lens of the 10 SustNav Sustainability Principles.- SustNav endorsement – join the list
- Main parties launch their 'green manifestos'
- Top decision makers asked ‘to what extent sustainability influences their decision making?
- ’Under Pressure… Sustainability South West conference presentations available
- Natural Economy: Unlocking the economic value of the natural environment in the South West region, 10 May, Exeter
- Government Micro-Renewables Feed in Tariff
- Agenda for Action on Climate Change
- Threats of air pollution on our health
Plus: - The Sust’ometer
- SW Consultations
- On your Radar?
- Up & Coming…events around the region
Click here to open Sustainability Now issue 33, April 2010.
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Issue 32 - The March 2010 issue of Sustainability Now features:
Which way leads to a sustainable future? Introducing SustNav…- Unspent Budget? Get Sustainability Training for Next Year
- New Indicators on Regional Progress towards SD
- 'Future Prosperity for the South West? - on yer bike!
- Fair Society: Healthy Lives - The Marmot Review
- ‘Planting Ideas for a Better Green Infrastructure’ Master class series
- South West Ecotown
- Plus: On your Radar?
- Up & Coming…events around the region
Click here to download Sustainability Now issue 32, March 2010.
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Issue 31 - The February 2010 issue of Sustainability Now features:
LUV sustainability? Carbon is not the only fruit!! - Planting Places greenspace awards – Winners announced
- Sustainable Valentine’s Day
- Renewed urgency on securing international treaty called for by Environment Agency chief
- National Trust to green its country houses
- On your radar,
- Up and Coming: Events around the region
Click here to download Sustainability Now issue 31, February 2010.
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Issue 30 - The January 2010 issue of Sustainability Now features:
New Decade – Next generation - As we move into the second decade of the 21st century, how can our young people engage with big sustainability issues like their future food and energy security in an era of climate change? - New faces at Sustainability South West – welcome to our new Board Members
- Government Food strategy launched
- Planting Places awards – applications deadline extended to 1st February
- Free personal Carbon Card
- On your radar
- Up & Coming - Events around the region
Click here to download Sustainability Now issue 30, January 2010.
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Please visit our Archive page for older editions.
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