The structures of localism are the preserve of pensioners and wealthy volunteers. It’s time to engage a new group of residents. Young people are often too busy with family and work commitments to take part in the business of localism. Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian Having previously pondered the impact of localism on low-carbon development and how young people
Since its launch Green Impact has provided the opportunity for staff in Colleges and Universities to become engaged in Environmental issues in the workplace. As most people have an opinion about the environment this has created the opportunity for staff to provide innovative ideas to the problems set out by the Green Impact workbook. The Green Impact Program is designed
Northamptonshire County Council (NCC) in partnership with Northampton Borough Council has recently been successful in being awarded a grant of £70,000 from the Department of Health under the Warm Homes Healthy People (WHHP) fund 2011-12. The funded project, called Northampton’s Energy Saving Service (N.E.S.S.), aims to organise and promote a community based volunteer energy saving service which will assist most
Like many post graduate students, as soon as my studies had finished I was thrown head first into the real world without a clear sense of direction and more importantly, how to begin my working career. I knew little about what CHANGE AGENTS UK were doing for students, let alone the fantastic opportunities offered by the organisation. Last November, an
We’re borrowing some words I wrote for our Transition Rutland blog as we feel this an area so many people are getting their teeth into (pun fully intended). We’ve worked with organisations on food issues, for example, to deliver a Love Food Hate Waste campaign in Lincolnshire. At CHANGE AGENTS UK we are very much a set of foodies, with