How is community ownership of renewables helping local economies to thrive? Watch our webinar on how community energy is having a real and positive impact on local, rural economies across Scotland.
Community-owned projects are punching well above their weight and returning vastly more wealth to local people than their privately-owned counterparts. So why make do with crumbs from the corporate table? We’ve just published Social Value from Renewables in the Highlands and Islands, which compares the returns to local people from different types of renewable energy…
Reclaiming our Food System: For a Just Food And Climate Transition in Tower Hamlets and Beyond
Creating an energy plan for Leeds that’s zero carbon, nature friendly and socially just.
What could our kitchens and corner shops look like in Tower Hamlets if we had a large-scale, community-led food system? If local people could be empowered by a system unbeholden to big corporations and instead led by care, abundance and justice? This food system we dream of centres love and respect between people and the…
The Oil Machine in Dumfries A sudden burst of clapping from a couple at the back of the café and a ripple of laughter through the audience. This is the first response of the evening and the humour is ironic. It is in response to comments from the panel about the challenge of getting to…
This publication was created through research from the Blueprint Architect Group, a local food justice research group coordinated by Platform in Tower Hamlets. It is a part one of a series of 3. Part 2 will be launched by July 2023. Many people, communities and organisations across the UK are responding to local issues in…
The Oil Machine in Cromarty The Stagecoach bus judders and swerves as it takes the bend past Braehead and Davidston, past the fields of stubble and grazing sheep. The driver knows these empty roads on The Black Isle intimately and is eager to reach the journey’s end. Suddenly, over the crest of the hill, Cromarty…
Medway’s resistance to an unjust transition. Down the canyon of Chatham High Street comes the march. Banner of Medway Trades Council proudly to the fore. Chants and shouts echoing off the shopfronts and the buildings above. “Enough is Enough! Enough is Enough!” Past the pound shops and the charity shops. Past the boarded up windows…