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Tag Archives: Behaviour change

Journal article: Connecting regimes and practices in innovation for sustainability

March 2, 2013by Gill Seyfang

The multilevel perspective and social practice theory have emerged as competing approaches for understanding the complexity of sociotechnical change. The relationship between these two different camps has, on occasions, been […]

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Academic papers, CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Publications, Theory

Carbon Rationing Action Groups: An Innovation History

February 1, 2013by sabineh77

January 2013, Sabine Hielscher. Carbon Rationing Action Groups (CRAGs) are community-based groups who agree to reduce their carbon emissions through the creation of carbon targets. The members of each CRAG […]

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CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Community Energy, Innovation history, Publications

Hyde Farm Climate Action Network: An Innovation History

December 21, 2012by Gill Seyfang

December 2012, Mari Martiskainen. Hyde Farm Climate Action Network (CAN) was set up in 2007 to raise awareness climate change and energy consumption across households in the Hyde Farm estate, […]

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CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Community Energy, Innovation history

Bristol Green Doors: An Innovation History

November 26, 2012by tomhargreaves22

November 2012, Tom Hargreaves.   Bristol Green Doors is a community interest company that promotes energy efficiency through retrofit measures on existing homes. It does this by organising eco-open homes […]

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CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Community Energy, Innovation history

Student Switch Off: An Innovation History

October 24, 2012by tomhargreaves22

October 2012, Tom Hargreaves. Student Switch Off is a behaviour change campaign that uses small prizes and competition between student halls of residence to encourage students to undertake small energy-saving […]

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CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Community Energy, Innovation history

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Grassroots Innovations

Grassroots innovations are community-led solutions for sustainability. Here we present news and updates from a series of research projects on grassroots innovations, based at the University of East Anglia and University of Sussex. Our research aims to better understand how these innovations develop and grow, and how they can be harnessed to meet sustainability policy objectives.

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