Community Climate Actions
This whole website is devoted to encouraging communities to take localised actions in response to the climate and biodiversity crises we face.
You might form a group, join a group or persuade an existing group to start doing things – even if that isn’t what the existing group was intended to do. Here we are presenting a range of things that other groups have already done to spark your imagination. Try one, or try a variation on one of these ideas, or just make up your own ideas and tell us how you get on.
Case Studies
Greener Greenhill has held four free ‘Bike MOT’ events outside their local community library. Local people competent in bike repair have volunteered their time to give bikes a once over, make minor adjustments or repairs...
Modeshift STARS scheme recognises organisations that have shown excellence in supporting cycling, walking and other forms of sustainable and active travel and many schools across South Yorkshire have been taking part in the challenge. One...
Greener Greenhill has taken a number of initiatives to encourage people to think of walking more, and thereby to hopefully think more about walking rather than driving. This started during covid when people were keen...
Hoylandswaine Bee Plus nature garden, beside Hoylandswaine Village Hall, is all about helping bees and other pollinators. It is a community garden tended by volunteers on a previously mown ‘turf desert’ now managed to improve...
Bentley Urban Farm uses reclaimed materials to repair and maintain a former horticultural training centre in the former mining community of Bentley, just north of Doncaster. The use of reclaimed materials cuts down overheads and...
City of Doncaster Council and St Leger Homes have been helping resident groups deliver environmental improvement projects through ‘Environmental Pride’. The kind of support community groups can request includes grant funding, volunteer support and business...
very year, tonnes and tonnes of fresh, organic, local fruit goes to waste. This is because people who are lucky enough to have an apple tree in their garden are not always able to harvest...
Bordering South Yorkshire is the Hope Valley Climate Action group. To encourage interest in home insulation measures HVCA obtained a thermal imaging camera (TIC) that shows heat loss from properties through the use of infra-red...
In February 2022 Greener Greenhill were conscious of warnings about energy costs rising and wanted to help those least able to cope with this (for obvious reasons) and to show how reducing energy consumption and...
One of Upper Don Community Energy Group’s aims is to support people in fuel poverty through their ‘Community Warming Project’ . They have sourced funding to buy a Thermal Imaging Camera and offer a free...
High Storrs Environmental (HSE) organised and publicised a public meeting in a local school to hear from an architect about retrofit surveys, planning and improvements. This addressed questions such as whether it all has to...
Booth Brothers is a carbon negative business site in Barnsley. The mill is a mixture of carbon neutral offices, industrial units and hybrid workspace. Over 15 companies are based there, comprising a wide range of...
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