Graphics for Class Resources, as Prepared by Linda Beamish Eco-Designs’ Consultant

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SustainablE-CommunityRunning on “Green” Energy(?)

Key Words Explained:-

Sustainability - according to Wikipedia - www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability = :

Sustainability is the capacity to endure. In ecology, the word describes how biological systems remain di-verse and productive over time. Long-lived and healthy wetlands and forests are examples of sustainable biological systems. For humans, sustainability is the potential for long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions.

Sustainable Development - according to Wikipedia -

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Development

Sustainable development (SD) is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while pre-serving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come (sometimes taught as ELF-Environment, Local people, Future). The term was used by the Brundtland Commission which coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development as development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."[1][2]

Sustainable Communities - according to Wikipedia -

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_communities

Sustainable communities are communities planned, built, or modified to promote sustainable living. This may include sustainability aspects relating to development, water, transportation, energy, and waste and materials.[1] They tend to focus on environmental sustainability (including development and agriculture) and economic sustainability. Sustainable communities can focus on sustainable urban infrastructure and/or sus-tainable municipal infrastructure.

Communities - according to Wikipedia -

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communities

In biological terms, a community is a group of interacting organisms sharing a populated environment. In human communities, intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness.

In sociology, the concept of community has led to significant debate, and sociologists are yet to reach agreement on a definition of the term. There were ninety-four discrete definitions of the term by the mid-1950s.[1] Traditionally a "community" has been defined as a group of interacting people living in a common location. The word is often used to refer to a group that is organized around common values and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household. The word can also refer to the national community or international community.

Graphics for Class Resources, as Prepared by Linda Beamish Eco-Designs’ Consultant

The Government is planning to give citizens

more rights to decide what is built in their

communities, including housing, local shops

and community facilities.

Proposals for the Community Right to Build

are currently before Parliament as part of

the neighbourhood planning framework

in the Localism Bill. If the Bill becomes law

any successful proposal will need to be:

from a community group such as a

community interest company or a

community land trust, etc

independently assessed to see whether the

proposals meet specific key criteria; and

• supported by more than half of the

community that vote in a referendum.

If you’re interested in a community-led

development you should talk to your neighbours

to get an idea about what sort of development

the whole community would want to see. You

may also want to talk to your local council,

housing association or other community groups.

You may also find it useful to get advice from

people who already have experience of taking

forward community-led schemes.

To find out more about the Community Right

to Build visit: www.communities.gov.uk/righttobuildfor further information.

If your community group is interested in using

the Community Right to Build and wants to be

kept in touch, tell us about your plans at:

righttobuild@communities.gsi.gov.uk

For information on community led

developments, visit:

Community Land Trust Network –

www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk

Locality – www.locality.org.uk

UK Cohousing Network –

www.cohousing.org.uk

Action with Communities in Rural England –

www.acre.org.uk/our-work/community-led-planning

Confederation of Co-operative Housing –

www.cch.coop

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Community

Right to Build

An Opportunity in the Making

SustainableCommunities

Across the UK (& beyond), ‘Agents’ have worked in partnering with Local Authorities (LA) to provide a range

of affordable, sustainable & low impact housing, (perma-nent & temporary).

Sustainable & Resilient Communities have been allowed the freedom to develop & grow, to allow their members to live with-

out any utility bills, in true sustainability.(Saving LA’s £millions of top-ups.)

Caring, supportive & inclusive ‘exemplars’ are hailed as “Beacons” by their LA’s.

E.G. The Lammas Project (Eco-Village community) - who are currently building their own homes from just £3k each

- using natural, Ecological & Sustainable materials.

Temporary Eco-Homes (in flood risk zones), could

solve the housing crisis in East Anglia - overnight.

E.G. Temporary & Permanent Accommodation for homelesspeople in Shipping Containers

via the Housing Justice Organisation

(Showcase) ExemplarsShowing ZERO cement/CO2 constructions & Sustainable Community Exemplars hailed as “Beacons’ to follow:

Low Impact Sustainable Communities - PDF’s to be listed online & via College/s.

Building with Earth, Lime & other natural materials, absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere & allows affordability.

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CoHousingCommunities

The Eden Project Permaculture

Fife & Brighton(Brighton & Hove LA = zero carbon)

New Forest Study Centre (see

www.blueforest.com)

Findhorn Eco-Village

Eco-Villages The Lammas Pro-ject Eco-Village

C.A.T. (Centre for Al-ternative Tech-nology), Wales

The LAND project is funded by:

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aculture.org.ukchange your world

In the mid 1970’s two Australians - Bill Mollison & David Holmgren - started to develop ideas that they hoped could be used to create stable agricultural systems.

This was in response to the energy crisis and the rapidly growing use of destructive industrial agricultural methods that were poisoning the land and water, reducing biodiversity and removing billions of tones of soil from previously fertile landscapes.

A design approach called ‘permaculture’ was the result. In 1978 the concept was launched with the publication of Permaculture One.

By the mid 1980’s many of the early students had become successful practitioners and began teaching. In a short period of time, permaculture groups, projects, associations and institutes were established in over 100 countries.

Since then many thousands of people have been trained in cities and the countryside, on small Scottish islands, and remote villages in Nepal, as part of national programmes and by small groups setting up their own courses.

Permaculture is a successful approach to designing sustainable systems. It can be used in every climatic and

cultural zone on planet earth.

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Edible cities, Leeds, West Yorkshire

EarthShipBiotechtureby Architect

Michael Reynolds

Low-Zero Impact Eco-Homes(Based on Previously Approved Beacons - Exemplars of sustainable design, organic & without bills)

Sustainable Community Living Projects

Based on Previously Approved Exemplars of Sustainable Designs for the Provision of Affordable Housing

Tree Houses Holiday Chalets Log Cabins

Cob, Reed & Stone Earth Building Traditional

Turfed Roofs Turfed Walls Low Impact

Alternative Travel-PlansLinking Sustainable Communities & Eco-Resorts Across Each Region - as shown by www.PictureTheUK.com

(Possible Partnering Programs - E.G. East Anglia)

Aim: Zero Carbon/Zero GreenHouse Gas Emissions + Regeneration & Employment

Across the UK, Grants have been awarded to communities offering support for alternative travel schemes

Oxen Driven Multi-Terrain (Running on Chip

fat or Methane)

‘Green’ Electric

Rowing Boats Canoes & Kayaks “The Albatros”

Pony Trekking Bicycles Horse & Carriage

Eco-Tourism & Employment

EarthShip (www.Earthship.org - Biotechture) Community Centers (E.G. Fife &

Brighton), are hailed as ‘beacons’ local authorities see as exemplary designs of sustainability - which they

promote for rebuilding elsewhere, based on their findings in terms of

low-to-zero impact, (& the re-use of waste materials).

The New Forest Study Centre is

similarly acclaimed (www.BlueForest.com - Architects)

Eco-Tourism supports alternative

travel plans & responsible tourists. Yurts & Tipi’s provide communi-

ties with temporary accommodation while they build their own low-impact & sustainable housing.

“Glamping” (Glamorous Camp-ing) schemes have won grant

awards & Local Authority acclaim across the UK, as have schemes promoting alternative travel plans.

Invariably “Holiday Resorts” are near lakes, rivers or ‘the sea’ - ergo,

the bulk are located in Flood Zones.Effectively, the network of em-

ployment which is provided through

tourism, means that employees need to reside in Flood Zones too, and in

these sites people could quite simply live in zero-impact ‘movable’ struc-tures themselves.

(Plus, where these are organic, & offer ‘raw’ food, they can harvest

free energy through all their organic waste, via anaerobic digestion.)

Aim: Zero Carbon/Zero GreenHouse Gas Emissions + Regeneration & Employment

Across the UK, Grants have been awarded to communities offering support for alternative travel schemes

Market House, King’s LynnAn “Exemplar of Sustainable De-sign” by Linda Beamish, (Eco-

Designs co.uk & .net) - this project will be used by the College of West Anglia in King’s Lynn, to teach sus-

tainable construction practices.A private project for clients How-

ard & Jill Leftley, who were con-cerned that their investment did not get sunk under the North Sea.

The clients asked Linda to work on their behalf to design a removable

Ecological Design, as they already knew of her environmental

interests.They

knew they had to have a design which

could be re-moved at the

end of the life of their site.

According

to the Envi-ronment

Agency maps, its quite easy to determine the severity of the flood risk for King’s Lynn (&

everywhere else in the UK).

Local Employment & Regeneration

One part of the clients’ brief, was their requirement to source local construction materials, fixtures & fit-

tings, in order to benefit the commu-nity of King’s Lynn -(and save Carbon

Dioxide Emissions).The clients also wanted to ensure

the ethical manufacture of the com-

ponents, as they did not want to use anything which had been manufac-

tured or mined by any children any-where.

Effectively, using local employ-

ment ensures both requisites.

Removable Timber Frame & Screw Pile Fixings.

Working closely in partnering with John Jewell & Associates, Structural Engineers, a sectionally

removable timber frame will be de-signed.

The frame itself will be cut to size & constructed using sustainably sourced timber, (ideally transported &

delivered without CO2 emissions).Screwed steel piles can be re-

moved as easily as they are installed, allowing for zero cement

in the con-struction.

The timber frame will be infilled with

straw bales, & rendered with

“Glaster”, (a mix of lime putty &

ground, recy-cled glass),

subject to ap-proval of the Local Authority for the colour & texture of sample finishes.

PartneringWorking closely with the Local

Authority/s at the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk, this project will also be partnered with

Sandra Kass of Kass & Beard, who aims to help achieve the highest

codes for thermal insulation, using natural materials wherever possible,

All equipment, windows etc, will

be surface fixed, & Ron Peach (Eco-Designs), is preparing designs for

quick-release mechanisms.All will be filmed for class re-

sources for the College of West An-

glia, & all resources made available.

Aim: Zero Carbon/Zero GreenHouse Gas Emissions + Regeneration & Employment

Across the UK, Grants have been awarded to communities offering support for alternative travel schemes

Market HouseTuesday Market Place

King’s Lynn, Norfolk:-is in a ‘Medium-to-High’

category flood zone.& is designed to follow

Planning Guidelines to suit the predicted effects

of ‘climate change’ .

3D Graphics by Richard Smith Architects, www.richarch.co.uk

Zero Carbon = East (Anglia ±)

Community Land Trusts (CLTs) CoHousing & Co-Op Housing Organisations

Based on Previously Approved Exemplars of Sustainable Design

(Free for educational purposes)Flood Risk Graphics from www.GlobalWarmingArt.com

East Anglian Examples:CLT + CIC + Co-Housing + Co-

Op HousingEco-Towns/Villages/Hamlets

Permaculture@ Flood Risk Zones

Essex eco-resort sites(See Phil Rose, Foundation East

for ‘Community Land Trusts’)+ similar possible at

Hollesley Bay Open Prison Site (Grove Farm Dairy ± Suffolk

Punch Trust)Horsey Gap, Poppylands &

Horsey MillHappisburgh

WaxhamKing’s Lynn

(Replicable Inclusively)

Sustainable Communities‘Ark (charity & I.T.) Cafes & Campus, “Green ‘I.T.’ (Eco-Co-Op) Sustainable

(ECO-COmmunity & Community “Centers”, @ Schools, Colleges & Universities

What CAN be built (temporarily) - Where (?) Eco-Ark community project proposals

on any or all sites as shown.

Hunstanton

Happisburgh

Walcott

The most important building for any community, is a ‘Community

Centre’ with shared use of commu-nity resources & facilities.

Based upon the basic principals of The CoHousing Organisation, the community centre would accommo-

date things like a community laundry - and a shared kitchen & dining area/

s for group meals, internet etc.N.B. Grant funding ‘may’ be

available for this building.

Sustainable Communities

First, you need to have a com-munity - which is liable to benefit

from shared interests & community values. See www.cicassoc.ning.com

Second, you’ll need to have a

formal structure. (EG. CoHousing or CoOp Housing)

Third, you will need to find a site upon which to build your communi-ties sustainable homes.

Forth, you need seed funding events (E.G. Transition Towns).

Whether your community is a showcase, open to the public, or

gated & private, the essence is the same, and essentially, you will start to work together co-operatively to

help one another - and to protect the children & other vulnerable/

dependent members of that com-munity.

Employment opportunities on

site, need to match the communities own key skill areas, and effectively,

this needs as much diversity as the environment for regeneration.

Zero Carbon = East (Anglia ±)

Community Land Trusts (CLTs) CoHousing & Co-Op Housing Organisations

Photograph includes many environmentalists & humanitarians who gave their voices to ‘Arks community proposals, (With Thanks)!‘Ark community research used for this presentation.

Eceni Village, Wellswww.EceniWells.co.uk

Copyright AliLone

Organic Community Gardens (Fruit & Veg.)

Email: info@Eco-Designs.co.uk to arrange a presentation or to order a presentation pack as prepared for the ‘Subsidiary Diploma in Environmental Sustainability’.

Linda Beamish (Eco-Design Consultant) & ‘Ark (Community) Building Social Entrepreneur.

Sustainable Community Opportunities, Based on previously approved ‘Exemplars’ of Sustainable Design:Affordable (Community) Housing - via CoHousing, Co-Op Housing, Housing AssociationsAnaerobic Digesters/Other Renewable Power GenerationArts & Crafts (Especially from Free/Re/cycling)Bee-Keeping (Apiaries providing honey, candles, mead, pollination, etc)Bicycle, Canoe & Kayak HireCenters for Alternative Technologies showing InnovationsCitizens Advice Bureaux Community Facilities (Community Radio, Recording Studios etc)Community Interest Companies & (Eco-Organic) Co-OperativesCommunity NewsPapers (made of recycled paper, vegetable ink)Community Transport Vehicles (converted to run on non-fossil fuels)Concerts, Films, Plays, Talks & LecturesEco-Ethical Co-Operative (Net)Eco-FestivalsEco-ToiletsEco-Villages & HamletsEducation (Qualifications)Employment (Training - Pottery, Stained Glass, Bee-Keeping etc)Ethical Causes (All net profits re-distributed to help others)Franchises (Supplying /Links to Renewable Power Providers)Free Homes (for community workers)(Free Houses - serving organic food & drink)Galleries (& Open Studios)Holistic (Healing) CentersInns - Horses & Carriages (E.G. Adnams Brewery Example)Juice BarsLaundry & Other Community AssetsLearning Advice CentersLecture HallsLibrary & Reference Resources (online ± offline)Local Community Police OfficeNO Utility BillsOffices & Community OfficesOrganic (Community) Food ProductionPermacultureRenewable Power GenerationRestaurantRural Retreats & Eco-ResortsSafe Places & Spaces for Children, Youths (& Adults)Sports Halls (Physical & Non-Physical, X-Box Tournaments etc)Sustainable Community /s (@Grassroots Survival)Theaters & Youth TheatersTourist Advice CentreToiletsTransition TownsOrganic (Community) Food ProductionVisitor CentreYouth Centers (& more, as dependent upon local community interest & resources.)