This half-day event focussed on engaging with community groups and young people to reduce their carbon footprint.
Here you can find all the materials to do with the day, including presentations and delegate lists. If you need anything else, please email ned.harrison@suffolk.gov.uk.
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About the Day
Agenda
Delegates
Displays
Photos
Presentations
Workshop Outcomes
Workshops
All the main presentations from the day can be downloaded here:
8 Ways to move forward (workshop outcomes)
1) Engage audiences to show how energy efficiency can help save money
2) Encourage individuals to take responsibility and change lifelong habits through fun, educational and simple actions
3) Ensure schools are encouraged to promote sustainability and provide young people with the confidence to make their feelings heard.
4) Encourage energy efficiency from a young age – capture their enthusiasm and provide ongoing support
5) Change our values, our behaviours and pricing mechanisms to achieve sustainable development within a balanced economy
6) Ensure organisations have credible leadership to encourage change and challenge ongoing regulation
7) Be visible with any energy efficient achievements – ensure you share ideas and communicate all successes with stakeholders
8) Seek partnerships with fellow organisations for support and guidance
Over 100 people from local communities, schools, support groups, government agencies, and ANSWER partners from across Europe joined in the discussions. You can download a delegate list here. If you would like to pursue a contact or discussion you made on the day, please direct emails to ned.harrison@suffolk.gov.uk in the first instance, or join the discussion at our dedicated LinkedIn Group.
Delegates List - Day 2 102.76 kB
Display areas highlighted some of the most exciting activities from the ANSWER project. You can download any of the profiled case studies here:
Flanders - Business Centre
Germany - Business Ambassadors
Germany - Capturing the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Photos of the day, including speakers workshops and delegates, can be viewed at https://picasaweb.google.com/111637997513154384119/QuestionsForAGreenerFutureInspiringCommunities?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCLzK6cLe-bz4cg&feat=directlink.
08.30 | Arrival & networking (Coffee) |
09.00 | Welcome and ANSWER project introduction |
09.20 | Why is perception different to reality in the green agenda? |
| 09.40 | How to successfully evaluate your environmental activities Ashley Ames, Head of Behaviour Change Unit, Social Research Institute - Ipsos Mori |
10.00 | Energy efficient and sustainable communities |
10.20 | Workshop sessions (see below) |
11.20 | Refreshments & networking |
11.45 | Presentations from workshops |
How we Became Suffolk's "Greenest School" | |
| Panel Event: Question & Answer session | |
12.50 | Conclusions and Summing up |
13.00 | Lunch and Networking |
Delegates were able to choose from one of four interactive workshops on offer as follows:
- “8 steps to encouraging behavioural change”
Workshop leader: John Taylor, Suffolk Climate Change Partnership
Case Study: Green Behaviours - Jeremy Mullett, Groundwork East of England
How can you successfully engage community groups into making changes to their behaviour? What are the key influencers for young people and how do you communicate with them? - “Are children the ANSWER? What are the 8 key lessons we can take from schools”
Workshop leader: Susan Falch-Lovesey, Environmental & Outdoor Learning, Norfolk County Council
Dereham 6th Form - Cherish Watton
What are schools doing to combat climate change? How do we influence a new generation of children to think about the impact of environmental issues? Workshop attendees will be presented with case studies of ANSWER schools from Norfolk and Suffolk. - “What about China? 8 ways we can impact on a global problem”
Workshop leader: Richard Powell, Director, National Trust, East of England
Climometer - Olav Stav, Stavanger Kommune
What are the wider issues surrounding climate change and how can you replicate simple ideas in different localities across the globe? - "8 practical steps for communities to work together"
Workshop leaders: Will Hitchcock, Green Energy Nayland and Josiah Meldrum, Sustainable Bungay
Climate Idols - Pär Zars, Växjö Kommun
How can communities work together with other organisations and local governments to implement the changes needed?
It highlighted some of the most successful initiatives of the ANSWER Project and showed how these concepts can be replicated in all of our communities. Discussions looked at what the key problems faced are, and how we can look to move beyond them.
The programme featured keynote speakers and a range of interactive seminars where delegates learnt how they can take practical steps to creating a greener community.