Forest
Forest
Community
ACE is run by volunteers and seeks to involve
people across all communities in Ashburton
and the surrounding villages in practical
actions that connect us, create community,
combat social isolation, teach new skills and encourage healthy and sustainable lifestyles
and resilience.
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Meets regularly to coordinate policy, communication, financial issues and
partnerships
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Sends out a regular newsletter, hosts
the Facebook page and this website
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Runs Community meetings (post Covid)
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Offers support to projects
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Coordinates Partnerships, responses to consultations and lobbying
Hub
Action Circles
The Wild Side
Food Farming & Forestry
Agriculture accounts for 7% of CO2 emissions nationally.
Transport
Transport accounts for 27% of CO2 emissions nationally.
Energy
Transport accounts for 26% of CO2 emissions nationally.
Resilience
Repair, Reuse & Recycle
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Meet to develop projects
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Organise public theme-based meetings to encourage interest, offer hands on experience, education and individual involvement
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Draw on the considerable professional and user experience of local residents
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Seek to learn from other local and national groups
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Produce topic-based local directories
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Seek views of local people through questionnaires and dialogue
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Research existing ideas, projects, data and policies
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Encourage and welcome new volunteers
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The Transport and Energy groups fell into abeyance in Covid. Anyone want to restart one or both of them?