Association of Sustainability Practitioners

Info:  ASP exists because there are increasing numbers of people who feel concerned about the mismatch between what we know about the world, and the way that we live in it. The explosion of networks, books, events, jargon and information about how things could or should change is bewildering. ASP is a response to the apparent need for a connective system dedicated to the support of people who are otherwise independent. It aims to demonstrate the potential for living more in sympathy with our environment across cultural boundaries by acting out an alternative way of working.

ASP aims to create opportunities for people to co-operate, and so benefit by:

- Combining with others to accelerate change
- Co-operating to win work
- Co-operating to win funding for research/work
- Providing a mutual Quality Assurance of work
- Offering peer to peer support and personal development
- Co-ordinating Information exchange and learning

ASP's Vision
Uniting people around world views that honour and value our place in nature.

Our Purpose
ASP promotes learning that transforms behaviour from unsustainable to sustainable practices. We create Learning Events that promote sharing, contribution and learning in all aspects of sustainability between corporations, academia, government agencies and individuals.

Our Mission
ASP brings about these transformations in as many economically active people as possible through its association and membership network.

Our Organisation
ASP is designed to work like the natural systems around us. It is shaped by its membership and is based on strong social contracts between associates and members involving a commitment of time to each other and a disciplined approach to learning and review.

Bodhi Eco-Project

Info:  Bodhi Eco-Project, a charity and company limited by guarantee, presents a positive and creative response to the ecological and social challenges we face today. It is a dynamic hub of activities and resources that empower us to live sustainably and harmoniously with each other and with this precious, living planet.

One of our main projects, in partnership with SCI (Sustainable Communities Initiative), is the design and building of an ecovillage, incorporating low impact, affordable housing; eco-friendly buildings; renewable energy technology and land stewardship practices.

Our wide-ranging educational programme addresses the need for us all to transition from an oil-dependent society to a more resilient culture. We want to show that the necessary changes are viable, life enriching and available to us now. To this end Bodhi is offering an educational programme for sustainable living based on permaculture, non-violent communication (NVC), deep ecology, mindfulness and the creative arts. This cultivation of human creativity will provide enterprise and employment within the ecovillage and throughout Scotland, reflecting peoples' wide ranging skills in areas of the arts, people orientated work, permaculture and eco-technology.

Seeing an urgent need for awakening to our involvement in the environmental crisis we take inspiration from Buddhism and the concept of ‘Bodhi’, an awareness of our interconnectedness with the living universe. Our principles of non-violence and mindful living apply as much in how we relate to ourselves and to each other, as they do to our relationship with the planet. We consider a social fabric based on compassion and skilful communication to be as important as sound infrastructure.

Brithdir Mawr Community

Info:  We are a collective of people working towards sustainability who wish to share their aim with others.

We take care of the land, recycle and conserve resources, garden and farm organically and are off the grid for electricity and water. We are 8 big people and 4 little ones who choose to live here: working, eating, meeting and laughing together. Being a community is a large part of what we do. To sum up the rest; we are striving towards a life in which our footprints are as light as they can be.

In the course of our communal and personal lives we weigh up the pros and cons of our decisions against these 3 principles:

SUSTAINABILITY - to live a lifestyle that leaves the environment - both local and global - better, or at least no worse, at the end of our lives.

PEOPLE - to live such that the benefits of collective living outweigh the difficulties; so that working together is easier and more enjoyable than working separately; so that we will all flourish and feel at home.

EDUCATION - to share and exchange skills and experience to help both others and ourselves move towards a more sustainable lifestyle.

Whatever decision we come to in the end, we have arrived there conscious of the ethical implications of that choice and that action.

Canalside Community Food

Info:  Our vision: To provide fresh, organic, seasonal, locally grown fruit and vegetables and to involve local people in the process of producing the food they eat.

We are a Community Supported Agriculture scheme for all persons who live in and around Warwick District. The scheme is based on Leasowe Farm, a family run farm adjacent to the Grand Union Canal, just outside Radford Semele. We started full scale vegetable production from Spring 2007, and are now producing weekly shares of seasonal veg for over 90 local households.

If you like fresh food and fresh air, would like to feel more connected to both the community and the countryside around you, and if you would like to become more involved in local food production, please have a look through our website and get in touch with us if you'd like more information.

CHIEF

Info:  Mission Statement:

CHIEF, led by BAME (Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic) community service users, aims to reduce health inequalities and improve the quality of life of the public, particularly the Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Communities in England & Wales.

Social Aims:

- To provide BME community with quality health information, impartial advice, linguistic & emotional support to get them involved in mainstream activities to avoid social isolation

- To empower community members with knowledge and skills to make better health choices and improve their quality of life

- To improve the BME community's access to health care, social care, and mental health care services;

- To improve the BME community's capacity building potentials and enhance their employability.

Climate Crossroads

Info:  ClimateCrossroads.org fuses social-networking opportunities with fresh environmental journalism and authoritative global warming expertise -- giving it the ability to connect users with a wealth of multimedia information, expert opinions, and each other. ClimateCrossroads.org, created by the Sierra Club, is the go-to site for people eager --after eight years of inaction on global warming -- to share ideas, information, opinions and opportunities to make real and urgent progress on climate change.