Below you can find lots of examples of what organisations have done for the climate emergency, to help inspire others to take action.
We have installed a bike shed and changing facilities on our workspace site to encourage cycling.
We source food waste that is perfectly good to eat and turn it into meals for residents most in need. We've recycled 21 tonnes!
We've set up battery recycling and crisp packet recycling within the building through the eco-council.
We're installing double glazing in all of our building's windows and we've replaced old light fittings with LED equivalents.
We started using reusable water bottles to reduce waste.
We've started an eco-council in MEA House.
We're organising a climate action day with talks, music, drama and top tips for a sustainable planet. We'll also be holding a What a Wonderful World Festival in 2022 with a variety of speakers and performers.
We have installed better signage at all bins to encourage proper recycling practices.
We've made a public promise on our website to stop climate change. This includes the action plan for 2022 so we can be accountable for doing what we say we are going to do.
We now have an electrical and battery collection point in our office in partnership with Durham County Council.
Instead of sending email attachments, we use Teams as this has a much smaller carbon footprint.
We've bought new recycling bins to encourage more recycling
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We have installed air source heat pumps, hundreds of LED lights, and over 100 solar PV panels at the Linskill Centre....and there's room for more!
We gave the staff team reusable, eco-friendly water bottles for Christmas.
With support from the Energy Saving Trust, we've taken on two Energy Advisers to support households with all their energy issues in rural Northumberland.
We've changed to fully flexible and remote working without an office which significantly reduces our staff mileage and carbon footprint.
We're collaborating with partners to help Newcastle become a healthier and more sustainable food city by encouraging organisations and individuals to serve and eat more vegetables and better meat and reduce the amount of food they're wasting.
We've started using permaculture which is better for the environment and more sustainable long term.
OASES has established the County Durham Climate Action Group to bring together organisations who want to drive forward local climate activities.
We’ve reused two old baths to plant potatoes, strawberries and wildflowers in the Catalyst garden. We’re also putting in picnic tables so people can have lunch outside.
We changed to a 100% green energy tariff and our energy provider matched the tariff so it didn't cost us anything!
We've installed solar panels and LED lights to reduce our carbon emissions.
We’ve set up an internal climate action group to look at what we can change in the way we run, who we can influence and how we can make sure people with a learning disability and autistic people are involved in the climate action conversation
We're undergoing baseline assessment of carbon emissions for our large and complex VCS organisation.
We are restoring a regenerative working farm consisting of rare bread livestock, 'no-dig' fruit and vegetable growing, improved grassland, hedgerow, woodland and wetland creation. The impact of which will be the creation of new wildlife habitat, enhanced biodiversity, and contributing to tackling some of the big climate challenges we face - through carbon capture, protecting endangered species and looking after the health of our local ecosystem.
We've invested in LED lighting throughout the centre to reduce energy usage
The WEA North East is an educational charity and has an exciting programme of free environmental courses to coincide with COP26 the UN Climate Change Conference. There is a wide range of subjects including crafts, beekeeping, climate change, gardening and cookery some are taking place online and some are face to face in local venues.
We've taken corporate membership to Co-Wheels car club (electric/ hybrid vehicles) for staff to use for travel to meetings etc
We formed a climate action group - Rothbury Climate and Nature. We're doing lots of work around climate action including looking at creating more footpaths and cycleways.
We have a mix of home working and online meetings where possible. This has made our working hours more efficient and reduced our carbon footprint
We've put signs up to remind people to turn the lights off in the building through the eco-council.
We initiated an Eco-Council in our building to plan and deliver building wide initiatives.
We've installed solar panels and LED lights, undertaken an energy efficiency audit and are developing an allotment.
We've hosted a series of talks on Climate Change, including one on practical steps that our local residents can take.
We have committed to only providing vegetarian and vegan food at any in-person events to cut down on meat production.
In July we got together for a staff picnic and decided to make it as green as possible by making the food, and being plastic and meat free. We're going to do this again a future staff events.
We have installed 25kW of solar panels, that’s 100 panels, on a local primary school.
We've gone through the actions on the Going Green Together web tool and used them to develop a climate action plan for our organisation
We have installed solar panels on two of our buildings.
We've had our environmental policy approved by the board so we have a plan of what steps we can take to reduce our carbon emissions.
We've been promoting and proactively delivering more green jobs and carbon literacy training.
We've planted 400 trees and a wildflower meadow to increase the bio-diversity in the area.
We've taken the SME Climate Pledge to reduce our climate emissions
