Recent resources

From Sustainable Community Action

The idea of this page is to provide an overview of resources recently added to the SCA wiki listings, especially to the Resources by topic listings within the Local Sustainability Ideas Bank. (Please note the heading dates are for when the Resource has been added to SCA wiki listings, NOT necessarily when the resource was created).

[edit] March 29 2007

• Design manual aims to put well-designed residential streets at the heart of sustainable communities, Communities and Local Government / Urban & village design UK

[edit] March 22 2007

• Public Attitudes towards climate change and the impact of transport, (UK) Department for Transport / Climate change UK

[edit] March 20 2007

• New Hedgerow Handbook to boost biodiversity UK, Defra

[edit] February 2 2007

• Environmental wellbeing - The Environment in your Pocket , 2006 (EIYP), published in October 2006. A National Statistics publication produced by Defra

[edit] January 17 2006

• Urban focus - State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future, Worldwatch Institute, January 2007

[edit] January 2 2007

• Quality of life
  • Exploration of the relationship between sustainable development and wellbeing: Project A (SD12006) DEFRA Science and Research
  • Review of evidence on the influences on personal wellbeing and its application to policy making (SD12005) DEFRA Science and Research

[edit] December 15 2006

• Climate change UK - Warm Words: How are we telling the climate story and can we tell it better? by Gill Ereaut and Nat Segnit, August 2006. ippr
• Resources - The Handy Guide to Planning - Urban Forum's guide written for community and voluntary organisations, and individuals, with limited experience of the planning process, June 2006

[edit] July 4 2006

• Urban & village design - Creating and sustaining mixed income communities: A good practice guide, Nick Bailey, Anna Haworth, Tony Manzi, Primali Paranagamage and Marion Roberts, June 2006. Available via Joseph Rowntree Foundation website

[edit] February 28 2006

• Sustainability indicators - Resources and Energy Analysis Programme (REAP), FREE set of local authority area Ecological footprint and Carbon dioxide data is available for every local authority in the UK. (Sign in required)

[edit] January 30 2006

• Avoiding dangerous climate change

[edit] November 28 2005

• Growing and gardening - personal options - Nature in the Garden. Top tips for nature-friendly gardening, from English Nature. Free PDF downloads also available via English Nature's website
• Rural issues - Taxi Voucher Toolkit from The Countryside Agency. Information and pointers to help local groups set up a simple and effective scheme in response to specific transport needs. Can be downloaded via the Countryside Agency website

[edit] November 11 2005

• Reduce, reuse, repair & recycle - Women's Environmental Network website includes a number of downloadable resources on Waste prevention, including guides on Give or Take days

[edit] October 25 2005

• Environment quality - Encams, the charity which runs the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign, have a number of downloadable publications available via their website, including Litter - Organising a Cleanup (PDF download 1.42Mb) Guidelines for community groups who wish to conduct a clean up of their area.

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