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Crownstone Court Communi…
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West Norwood CAN
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Cleaning chemicals produ…
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Lambeth community gardens
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PACT Project - Brixton L…
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- About Me:
- Since February I have been employed as Green Communities Officer at Lambeth. My main role is to inspire people to set up green communities in their neighbourhoods, and support those groups through networking, fundraising and hand-holding/mentoring.
I am co-founder of the Hyde Farm Climate Action Network (Hyde Farm CAN), based around a Victorian/Edwardian housing estate in Balham, South London.
Hyde Farm residents have been getting together to work out how we can reduce our carbon emissions significantly. A particular focus has been how to improve the energy efficiency of our difficult-to-treat homes. I have demonstrated in my own home that at least a 40% reduction on household carbon emissions is possible by taking simple measures such as treating windows and draught-proofing, combined with behaviour change.
Hyde Farm CAN was a finalist in the Big Green Challenge run by NESTA. Hyde Farm CAN members plotted ways in which they could reduce the average carbon footprint of a Hyde Farm household by 60%. They aim to communicate this through a series of fun and practical workshops and gatherings. Examples include energy awareness evenings, draught-busting Saturdays, seed swaps, composting workshops and fruit-picking.
I believe that many people want to reduce their impact on the environment but don’t quite know how to do it. By offering practical solutions that help overcome these knowledge barriers, and other barriers, such as lack of time, Hyde Farm residents have started to take action to reduce their carbon emissions, and to talk about this, generating a buzz in the community.
We have received a lot of press interest. I ams a Green Ambassador for the Energy Saving Trust and have been featured on several news programmes to talk about household energy efficiency and food growing in small spaces. In September 2008 the Prime Minister Gordon Brown came to visit my house.
I am a 2009 London Leader and as a result of that co-founded the London Low Carbon Communities Network with Chris Church.
In March 2010 I was featured in the Society section of the Guardian - see link here http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/mar/24/sue-sheehan-lambeth-j...
- Key Interests
- Conservation, Recycling, Composting, Carbon Reduction, Wildlife, Education, Lobbying, Gardening
- Experience/Skills
- Speaking, running workshops, home energy efficiency advice with particular expertise on measures that can be taken that do not involve major building work, networking, organising events, particulalry social events, composting, bokashi composting, food growing, making preserves, baking, making curtains, reskilling.
Sue's Blog
Cold December
Posted on January 5, 2009 at 3:29pm —
London Leader 2009
London Leaders is a voluntary programme, but I want to use it to ffurther the momentum that is already gathering in South London especially. I don't know exactly what I will be doing yet, but something along the lines of supporting people to set up low car… Continue
Posted on December 9, 2008 at 12:13pm — 3 Comments
Just found out I do have a place to blog after all
We had the second Balham Green Drinks last night - another great show. So many interesting new people to meet.. and a real sense that we can support one another to take action. Looking forward to getting low energy light bulbs in the BBC bar and to our next drinks on 8th January when we are going to focus on brainstorming an ESCO for Balham - what might it look like?, what models could we learn from?, what resources would we need?, is… Continue
Posted on December 5, 2008 at 12:31pm — 1 Comment
Events
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Hospital Build India
September 3, 2010 at 10am to September 5, 2010 at 7pm – Bombay Exhibition Centre
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Herbal Medicine
September 4, 2010 from 10am to 5pm – Hackney
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Volunteer Morning
September 4, 2010 from 10am to 12pm – Ruskin Park
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Container Growing
September 4, 2010 from 10:30am to 1pm – The Regent's Park Allotment
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Great would really love to meet up.
I just spent the last three days on the reuse london scheme at Hampton court. I managed to work well with Lesley. She is a very strong personalty and managed to keep up with her. I have a big van and at the moment my garden is full of plants that once they are nursed will be going to some of the community gardens that have be selected. I'd also like to talk about the future of this project as it appears there is 8 million being given for this project to be run all over London. This is interesting as i would say thats a very large amount of Money. Lesley is still on site but Money i'll be taking the plants to there new home. I will aim to get more concrete info on the reuse scheme. Lesley wishes to run through further details with me next week if she's still standing. She did say she knew you. Lesley from Southwark .
Also i have been asked to go over to a land site in Tooting Bec tomorrow to look at ideas for putting forward for a community garden and further project idea. Talk soon.
I will need to talk to you about putting together something very special. it's the called 'The local Community Connect Group' one of it's main objectives is to build up a residents volunteer agency's, that will support people who either need to get support to get back to work or help with getting into action. Or just wish to sign-up with the Connect group to further there understanding of how to work within there local community. Connect can bring together teams of resident from a multicultural back ground not just people with green knowledge. The Connect group can offer to bring there members along to support and further projects that can be run in community centres or garden. Everyone can benefit from this agency We can offer our support to help make projects run smoothly. The list and idea i have for this are not on paper. I have dyslexic qualities and think in a lateral way. So sometimes i need to get help to get everything back in the box. My desire is very strong sis. Localism for me is the only ism.
Best wishes, Nick
Thought I had responded to your request. Apols if not received. If you would like to talk about doing something with earth, please let me know. With best wishes
Linda
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I've restarted the project with new membership settings so you should be able to join up now!
We are still waiting to be put in touch with Lambeth College, true. Well anyway we are going to hold a few taster courses on Monday at the Loughborough centre. Would be good to see you there.
Best,
Sibylle
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