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Community Action for Climate Change: Pathfinder
Programme
Eurgain PowellYmgynghorydd Cynaliadweydd / Sustainability
AdviserCyngor Sir Caerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire County
Council
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The Council’s approach
Three distinct components:
1Setting corporate framework to embed sustainable development / climate change in all services and activities
2 Leading by example in getting own house in order
3 Community Leadership & ‘seeing is believing’ – working with partners and communities to translate sustainable development into reality
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Local Service Board (LSB) Pledge - 2007:
Make Carmarthenshire a sustainable county
5 themes:1. Save energy2. Save resources3. Travel wisely4. Shop locally and ethically5. Care for your area / biodiversity
…. Getting our own ‘houses’ in order
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Engaging communities• Carmarthenshire Energy Agency –
European funding to install renewable energy technologies on community facilities in the county.
• Byw Sir Gâr – Living Carmarthenshire pilot project to explore how the Council and LSB partners can best encourage individuals and communities to live more sustainably.
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Carmarthenshire Energy Agency
www.ynnisirgar.org.uk• Developed community based renewable energy
projects and promoted renewables and energy
efficiency in Carmarthenshire (2004 – 2011) • 29 community buildings – solar hot water (2007)• Zero Carbon Communities: 13 community
buildings – PV (2010)• Studies on Grid connections, Hydro (GV) and
Planning
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Byw Sir Gâr Living Carmarthenshire
• Pilot – Ferryside (coastal village, 300 households)
• Month-long campaign (Nov 2009)
• 2 levels: – supporting 20 individual
households– community wide
activities• Ecological Footprint
(school)
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• Successful in terms of raising awareness, creating debate
• Working groups formed to take forward projects eg energy, Allotments ongoing.
• Gave them confidence – eg BIG Lottery bid for Community Asset Transfer (Education centre)
• Independent evaluation (WAG)
Lessons / legacy?
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Carmarthenshire Community ChallengeLaunched at START Festival – Botanic Gardens, September 2010
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Pembrokeshire• Minimal links with PCC & PCNPA
• PLANED (Pembrokeshire Local Action Network for
Enterprise and Development) – Sustainable Communities
– Visioning workshops and Action Plans
– SD Toolkit
– Towards One Planet Living (TOPL)
– External funding (europe, lottery, CCW)
• Community Energy Network, Community Allotment
Network, Valuing the Environment Group
• Pembrokeshire South East Energy group
• Pembrokeshire Sustainable Agriculture Network (PSAN)
• The Environmental Network for Pembrokeshire (TENP)
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Low Carbon Communities Challenge (DECC)
• Lammas Low Impact Initiatives Ltd, Pembrokeshire, WalesBuilding a “community hub” for the village, and a centre for education on low impact living for the wider world. The project will be delivered using a combination of green technologies, permaculture cultivation methods and natural building techniques.
• Cwm Arian: Glogue, Hermon and Llanfyrnach, nr Preselli Hills, Pembrokeshire:The LCCC money will be used to fund two wind turbines which are calculated to generate around £300,000 per year to be ploughed back into further energy saving projects.
• Awel Aman Tawe Community Wind Farm in Upper Amman and Swansea Valley, South Wales (Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire and Powys): Planning consent has been secured to put two wind turbines with a capacity of 4MW on the Mynydd y Gwrhyd mountain - LCCC money will help towards the costs. This will generate enough electricity to supply the annual needs of about 2000 homes and generate an income for the community - plans include zero carbon cafe, allotments and a biodiesel pump.