One Planet Vision

Bike the Earth

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:17:18 +0000

Earth Partners Foundation has launched “Bike the Earth” to showcase and champion One Planet Living in the run up to the London Olympics and United Nations Earth Summit 2012.

Find out more, including how you can get involved at www.biketheearth.net

Vale of Glamorgan Council

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:10:57 +0000

The Vale of Glamorgan Council has signed up to the Welsh Assembly Government’s Sustainable Development Charter, which is based on the principles of One Planet Living.

Leader of the Vale Council, Gordon Kemp, said: “We are pleased to join the Assembly in its commitment to One Planet living. The council is working hard to be as environmentally friendly as possible in its day-to-day business. Local councils are responsible for many environmental issues and we want sustainability to be at the heart of our services.”

Green Ochre

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:46:31 +0000

Green Ochre is an environmental performance improvement company, based in Adelaide, Australia. Green Ochre works with organisations to review their operations, and advise on and recommend measures to help implement better practices and systems that lead to savings in both business costs and to the environment.

Green Ochre have recently used the free One Planet Action Plan toolkit. Their summary One Planet Action Plan has been published on the United Nations Environment Programme website. (PDF file)

2012 Imperative

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:54:42 +0000

The 2012 Imperative aims to embed ecological and sustainability literacy in design education by 2012. The project was launched with a Teach-in October 2009 at the Victoria & Albert Musuem in London.

One Planet Living is a key concept of the 2012 Imperative, and the website states that: “In the UK we must move from our three planet lifestyles to a One Planet future, and the design industry must understand this challenge as the most important part of every brief.”

One Planet Reno

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:19:45 +0000

One Planet Reno is a deep green retrofit of an old home in a Canadian urban neighborhood: “The One Planet Living framework is our guide: we’re striving for carbon neutral operations, using healthy and sustainable building materials and much more. We know it won’t be perfect, but we hope you’ll learn from us as we grapple with site, budget and timing constraints. In the spirit of growing the green building movement, we want to share our progress with you as we break new ground.”

City of Charles Sturt

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:32:42 +0000

The City of Charles Sturt is a Local Government Area in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. ‘Towards One Planet Living: Greening the Western Suburbs‘ is a 5 year plan that sets out what the Council intends to do to reduce its ecological footprint. The plan lists a range of strategies and actions under four key themes: climate change, water, biodiversity and waste.

‘Towards One Planet Living: Greening the Western Suburbs’ was developed with input from over 30 external organisations and community feedback from a series of public workshops held in early 2009. It was formally endorsed by Council in June 2009, and the Council is now working to implement the plan.

Ronneby

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:42:06 +0000

The town of Ronneby in Sweden has published a brochure ‘Future Living Ronneby‘ – which it describes as “part of the municipality’s residential planning strategy to create the society we want to hand over to our future generations.”

The brochure shows three examples of what it hopes will be the start towards a future planning model for the municipality, representing a local call to action.

Ronneby adheres to the goals of One Planet Living. The ten guiding principles of One Planet Living serve as a framework to help the municipality examine the sustainability challenges it faces – and to develop appropriate solutions.

Hab Oakus

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 21:54:48 +0000

Hab Oakus is a joint venture between development company Hab and housing association group Green Square. Hab is a residential development company established by design guru Kevin McCloud. Its aim is to raise standards by building well-designed environmentally-friendly housing in provincial or suburban locations where the quality of new-build housing is particularly poor.

Hab Oakus subscribes to the ten One Planet Living principles and works closely with a wide range of organisations which are committed to enabling people to live sustainable lives.

Bicycle City

admin — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:33:35 +0000

Bicycle City is a planned car-free community in South Carolina, USA, where people live, work and visit. Its eco-friendly design is healthy, sustainable and could be applied to urban or non-urban areas. Residents who own a car can conveniently park it on the edge of the community nearest their home.

Bicycle City’s Sustainability Goals are based on the ecocity definition as outlined by Ecocity Builders and Urban Ecology Australia, with inspiration from the One Planet Living 10 sustainability principles.

Cardiff University

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 22:05:42 +0000

Cardiff has become the first Welsh university to join businesses and local authorities to make a landmark commitment to future proofing lives and communities across Wales.

Cardiff is among the first to sign the Welsh Assembly Government’s Sustainable Development Charter which makes One Planet living a key commitment of the Assembly Government.

The Welsh Assembly Government has made a commitment to becoming a one planet nation – to only use our fair share of resources to sustain our lifestyles.