Grassroots Innovations for Sustainability: A Research Workshop Aim: critical reflection, analytical consolidation and developing research agendas 16-18th May 2012 at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. News story Organised by Adrian Smith (SPRU at University of Sussex) and Gill Seyfang (3S at University of East Anglia). Until recently, the potential role of grassroots innovations in offering … Continue reading »
Community energy: taking stock, moving forwards? A panel discussion with audience questions Thursday 8th March 2012, 6pm-7.30pm, UEA-London, Middlesex Street, near Liverpool Street station, LONDON How have recent developments in national energy policy affected community energy initiatives? Have responses to these policy proposals galvanised and/or unsettled the community energy sector? What should be the key … Continue reading »
A Thousand Flowers Blooming? Growing community energy for sustainable, low-carbon futures Over 70 activists, academics, policymakers and social entrepreneurs gathered at our project launch to ask key questions about the challenges and opportunities for community energy The energy policy of the new government is beginning to take shape, and a role for community energy is … Continue reading »
GICC held a successful workshop in London that bought together a range of practitioners and academics from the field of complementary currencies from across Europe and beyond. Here you can find outputs from the workshop, including a collection of project briefs from new and innovative projects from around the world, the biographies of all our … Continue reading »
Grassroots Innovations for Sustainable Development Conference, UCL London, 10th June, 2005 The UK government’s new Sustainable Development Strategy, Securing the Future, places greener innovation and local action at its foundation. Yet these two themes are considered apart: greener innovation is presumed to be an industrial concern, whilst local action is identified with the community dimension of sustainable … Continue reading »
