Project Aims

• Support people to take responsibility for their local environment and develop an effective model, through co operation, for engaging communities in the improvement and conservation of the natural environment.
• Raise awareness of the overall climate change in the community
• Reduce the impact of climate change through local community action
• Use environmental protection actions to encourage social inclusion

Project Objectives

• To establish supports and promote community group action to improve the quality of the Welsh / Irish environment
• To assist community groups to undertake practical environmental work, which, will lead to the improved biodiversity of the region
• Improve access to green spaces and transform neglected areas to bring them back into community use
• Improve social wellbeing by engaging a wide variety of individuals and groups in community action
• Develop and exchange best practise for community group structures and low carbon activity between Wales and Ireland.
• Provide training for volunteers
• Assess aspects of carbon production ( footprinting) resource conservation and sustainability of community group activity
• Identify actions to mitigate any negative aspects of carbon production of community group activity where possible.
• Encourage widespread use of the carbon footprinting tool