Raising interest in a more sustainable lifestyle that drives
down carbon soon means you have to focus on…. how? What are the
priorities? What are the problems in practice? With these issues in
mind our Hanover10:10 Group is developing a project with our
well-used Hanover Community Centre building. This aging Victorian
ex-school currently has no insulation and struggles with the
turbulent energy market. The make-up of the building is like many
of the local hard-to-insulate houses situated in the centre of a
diverse population with a high proportion of let-to students
private housing
This is a great opportunity for a community-focussed,
educational, and practically useful project to insulate, make
adaptations, consider energy generation - and to do so that
involves the community, local householders, local students and the
local environment community group!
As part of a core Project Team I will be working to realise this
partnership as part of a team spotting those locally resident
experts that can help, create opportunities for volunteers to work
and see what can be done, and for students to work up parts of the
project while gaining practical real-world experience they can
embed into their studies.
Over the year, we will seek to demonstrate the power of community,
to act locally, but to also highlight potential to cascade the
experience throughout our community into local homes and
beyond.
