Sustainable Community Action:Community Portal

• Watchdog's estimates of oil reserves inflated says top official, 9 November ^[1] topic

• Climate deal 'unlikely' this year, 5 November ^[2] topic

• People who use modern information and communication technologies have larger and more diverse social networks, Nov 4 ^[3] topic

References

1. ↑ The Guardian, 9 November 2009
2. ↑ BBC News, 5 November 2009
3. ↑ Pew Internet & American Life Project, Nov 4, 2009

• We only have months, not years, to save civilisation from climate change. International agreements take too long, we need a swift mobilisation not seen since the second world war, Lester Brown, 3 November ^[1] topic

• Bolivia: water shortages due to melting glaciers. The disappearance of glaciers in the Bolivian Andes Mountains is causing a concern because the future water shortages will affect the availability of suitable drinking water for a vulnerable migrant population. November 2 ^[2]

• Transition towns or Bright Green Cities? Article looking at "The Dark Side of Transition Thinking" and "What We Need Instead: Bright Green Citizens", Alex Steffen, 27 Oct ^[3]

References

1. ↑ guardian.co.uk, 3 November 2009
2. ↑ globalvoicesonline.org, November 2, 2009
3. ↑ www.worldchanging.com, 27 Oct 09

November 2009 28 Buy Nothing Day 30 November - December 11 COP-15, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Copenhagen, Denmark [1]

Open local carbon accounts - Request & campaign

Green picnics

• Forum:Government as a platform
• Forum:How to go beyond politics-as-usual
• Forum:Will Gordon Brown be remembered for fiddling with community involvement while the planet burns?

• Transport for London has installed 10,000 cycling parking spaces across the capital in the past two years, August 9 2007. Source: GLA

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"Sustainable development is never going to materialise as a result of edicts from New York or Geneva. It needs to be constructed, shared and implemented in a truly global way that takes account of traditional, local and non-Western approaches." Steve Bass, senior fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development and former chief environment advisor at the UK government's Department for International Development. / Sustainability for all - Inspiring Quotes 15

• Recycling rate (England) up to 37.6 per cent in the last year from 34.5 per cent in 2007/8 - continued improvement from 11.2 per cent in 2000/2001 (household rubbish recycled by local authorities), 5 November ^[2] Waste sent to landfill down by 1.2 million tonnes. Highest household recycling/composting/reuse rate was 61.58 per cent in Staffordshire Moorlands District Council (last year) topic, place

• Top govt advisor attacks Big Power, 30 Oct ^[3] topic

• Thames Gateway eco-quarter cosultation open to residents. Closing date: 8 January 2010. 15 October 2009 ^[4]

References

1. ↑ Press announcement
2. ↑ Defra, 5 November 2009
3. ↑ off-grid.net, 30 Oct 2009
4. ↑ Communities and Local Government, 15 October 2009

• Why the last thing London needs is more Clouds, Rob Hopkins, 11 Nov ^[1]

• Greenhouse gas emissions created by Britons probably twice as bad as figures suggest, says the government's new chief energy scientist, September 30 ^[2] Reductions since 1990 "an illusion". topic

• Low Carbon Transition Plan a missed opportunity to involve all communities, as Local Agenda 21 offered, not just a few pilots, Philralph @sca21 17:56, 15 July 2009 (UTC) topic, topic

References

1. ↑ Transition Culture, 11 Nov 2009
2. ↑ news.bbc.co.uk, September 30, 2009

• endorse the Open Declaration on Public Services in the European Union here before November 19, 2009 Open collaborative effort by a group of citizens working to encourage European Governments to embrace transparent, participative and empowering public services.

• We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Encourage the Royal Mail to offer a free postcode database to non-profit and community websites. Submitted by Stuart Harrison – Deadline to sign up by: 06 January 2010 Sign the petition

• Say No To Phonebooks, Deadline to sign up by: 29 March 2010