Living Sustainably

There are lots of ways in which communities and enterprises are organising themselves to interact with their local environment and pioneer more sustainable forms of living for the future.

The Biosphere Partnership is supporting many of these initiatives and is working on a number of specific projects as well.

From local food to transport, waste minimisation, from sustainable energy production to the role of the environment in supporting our wellbeing, we can all be an active custodian of our world-class environment.

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Projects

• Green Pioneers

• Sustainable Energy Action Plan

• Walking for Health

Issues

• Our special landscapes are under pressure generally through insensitive development and long-term change arising from global warming
• Recycling targets are good, but the need for higher levels of waste minimisation are needed to counter the fact that there is no landfill capacity in the area
• Renewable energy production is increasing but so is our demand for energy
• Expenditure on energy is in the order of £300m/year (2013) but this money leaves the local economy