Recent references Jul-Sep2005

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The idea of this page is to provide an overview of recent references, especially to the topics in the Local Sustainability Ideas Bank and Sustpedia

August 27 2005

 * Community & voluntary action - Start with People Demos, 2005. How community organizations put citizens in the driving seat.

August 19 2005

 * Climate change - Climate change and a European low-carbon energy system, EEA Report No 1/2005, June 2005

August 5 2005

 * Sustainability indicators - The Audit Commissions Quality of Life Indicators

August 4 2005

 * Local Strategic Partnership - LSP Evaluation: Interim Report (Executive Summary), August 2005, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

August 1 2005

 * Rural issues - The state of the countryside 2005, The Countryside Agency

July 18 2005

 * Community involvement, Urban & village design - Participatory Planning for Sustainable Communities, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (It is difficult to find a date on this publication, but a rerefence in the appendices suggests the research was done in 2003)

July 14 2005

 * Green Purchasing - Design & Sustainability scoping report, The Design Council, RED, document available via the Design council website

July 11 2005

 * Community involvement - Possibility Handbook: Ten Years of Imagination in Action, by Bliss Browne and Shilpa Jain, download (large) PDF file via Imagine Chicago

July 4 2005

 * Food - Resources related to WEN’s Local Food Project
 * Climate change & energy - Impacts of Europe's changing climate, European Enviroment Agency, EEA Report No 2/2004
 * Reduce, reuse, repair & recycle - 50+ top tips for cutting waste, from Friends of the Earth
 * Opportunities for all - LA21 and employment - ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability have produced a free introductory training module "Local Agenda 21, Sustainable Development and Employment", which although aimed mainly at local authority staff, may also be of interest to community activists. It can be accessed via the ICLEI in Europe website
 * Urban & village design - 'Planning for vital communities' is a publication from the Countryside Agency to help bridge gaps between community-led Parish Plans and Market Town Action Plans and Community Strategies. The publication can be downloaded via the Countryside Agency website

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