Sheffield Sustainability Network

Clearly we are in the right room today! An incredibly engaged audience this morning as Ecofit director Jonathan Hind talked about our exciting and ambitious Our Sheffield Farm community energy and community wealth building project. Our project with partner Sheffield Renewables is taking off and we’ll be doing lots more talking about it as we transform a Sheffield dairy farm (the locally beloved Our Cow Molly) into a dairy plus energy-producing farm. We’re talking wind, solar and anaerobic digestion. And we’re talking about it being community-owned energy production. Thank you to the North East & Yorkshire Net Zero Hub for funding the feasibility study that has developed our plans – and also for hosting today’s event focused on community energy creation. Not only will we be introduced to potential funders – but we’ll get to learn from regional community peers which let’s face it – will save us money and mistakes (ahem, learning moments.) Read more about our project in our project website or by Googling for our article in the Yorkshire Post (both are linked in the comments but we’re very proud to be newsworthy outside the energy press so it's worth celebrating here.) And if you can teach us anything then get in touch! We’ll share where we’re talking about this next and until then you can watch the video explainer on the project website. Thanks as always to our project partners and our peers working towards net zero in our region and beyond! Pure Leapfrog The University of Sheffield Logan Energy Limited Jack Thompson-Hall, Ceri Batchelder; Karen Oliver-Spry Sarah Slowther Nathan Robinson Helen Todd Judi Greenwood Sarah Galligan Julia Smyrnowa (PhD, MSc, MIOA) Alex Jude Dave Berry Hannah M. Claire Taylor #teamecofit #retrofit #sustainability #southyorkshire #Sheffield #Sustainability #WarmHomes #decarbonisation #retrofit #GreenSkills #NetZero #CommunityBuilding

Why are paper towels so damaging for the environment? Because we can’t recycle our way out of this. 3 billion trees are cut down every year for paper. Earlier this week I posted the answers to our pub mini game. Again and again, the answer of paper towels usage shocks people. But should it? We focus a lot on recycling. We don’t stop and think about how stuff gets made. Water Energy Packaging Commuting Logistics and transport These are all processes that anything we use once goes through. Or, we could: Reuse Replace Redesign The below video is the perfect example of WHY anything single use, especially paper, is bad. Next time you grab a paper towel, think of every step it takes to become one. Thanks to Vojtech Vosecky for the reminder of this video, and to Environmental Paper Network for producing it. 

As part of Colleges National Green Week, we are running a free Climate Fresk workshop for employers. This is a great collaborative workshop to introduce your team to climate change issues and inspire action. Bookings open here: https://lnkd.in/eYTXHrm4

I wholeheartedly wish everyone would take 2 minutes to read this, especially those that might have inwardly (or outwardly) cheered at Rachel Reeves comments 🦇 🚆 🌳

Attention creative freelancers! As part of Culture Sheffield's strategy activation, they've partnered with RivelinCo for a freelancer skills workshop series. Sessions include: 💷 Fundraising support: https://lnkd.in/esmEijKY 🌻 Sustainability: https://lnkd.in/eRXHyTHT 💡 Creative facilitation: https://lnkd.in/eNki2JXQ And more... The workshops in the series are based on feedback in the strategy engagement work and are supported by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

I'm really excited to be building a new cohort of EQM award holders in the Sheffield / South Yorkshire / Chesterfield area. We have a few already awarded and I'd love to see some applications from more of the amazing businesses in the area that I know are doing great things around sustainability (doing better for people + planet). Take a look and reach out if you have any questions... #SheffieldBusiness #SustainableBusiness #SouthYorkshire #GreenAccreditation

Climate Jobs, Climate Justice - One Day Conference Saturday 9th November, at SHU, S1 1WB, from £3 More info and to book: https://lnkd.in/eQMrs-8g    The jobs we do in South Yorkshire need redesigning for the Climate and Nature Crisis. Join SYCA and trade union and community activists for a day of learning and organising together. We need Climate Jobs that make our lives zero carbon, and that care for people and planet.  We must not push the costs onto workers and communities in the Global South.   We need secure, well-rewarded work for all who want it, that builds real wealth for communities.  Join us for a day conference and a year-long process, to organise for the changes we need.  Book here: https://lnkd.in/eQMrs-8g

I'm delighted that my first post here in LinkedIn is to announce a great new report from the Evidence Team at The Wildlife Trusts. Please take a look at the report and its accompanying blog and let us know what you think. You can find them here: https://lnkd.in/e3p4Rr-S Wild Science 2024 reviews a range of data, research and evidence work that we've been doing with partners and tells some of the stories about how good data and evidence is the foundation of our efforts to protect and restore the natural world. As the nature and climate crises deepen, I'm sure you'll agree that we all need to be better at collecting and sharing data, comissioning and doing research that answers the most important qustions and building the collection and analysis of data into everything we do (so we can constantly learn, improve and achieve more).

The UK needs to finally come to terms with its economic problems: not enough production, too much consumption, too little savings and too much debt. Read my latest paper here: https://lnkd.in/emrcYYFS #sustainableeconomy #macroeconomics #savings #debt #consumption #production #infrastructure #regulation #ukeconomy