A project aimed at helping classrooms become hubs for locally-driven climate action will run additional work in three schools this academic year, thanks to BEC’s Megawatt Community Energy Fund. Green Schools Project’s Zero Carbon Schools Programme works nationwide to turn…
We’re delighted to announce that one of the South West’s largest further and higher education colleges is now home to a community-owned solar rooftop array! We finished our 180kWp installation at City of Bristol College’s Parkway Centre last month. The…
A space to listen, talk and make friends – it sounds simple, but looking after such a vital community resource can be hugely challenging as bills climb higher and government funding grows thin. In Knowle West, Bristol, lots of work…
Market-leading fulfillment and digital print specialist, Latcham, is leading the way in sustainability with a new community-owned solar array. The installation consists of an impressive 1,276 panels – saving 542 tonnes of carbon over 25 years. Thanks to a partnership…
The rich smells of a roast dinner still hang in the air as a group of people take their seats arranged in a semi-circle in a large dining area. They are here to discuss issues affecting their lives here at…
A group of men sit intent over dissembled bike parts, fixing spokes and realigning brakes. They are no ordinary mechanics. The gleaming machines hanging from the walls are the work of Bikes Behind Bars, a special programme designed by cycling…
A glow of spring sunshine illuminates the bunting at Redcatch Community Garden as people, old and young, move between polytunnels, the play area, raised beds, workshop areas and the coffee station. Whatever their purpose, all are here as part of…
BEC’s own Marianne Brown has just published her debut book, The Shetland Way: Community and Climate Crisis on My Father’s Islands, which mixes memoir and journalism to tell the story of Britain’s most productive onshore windfarm. We asked her some…
“Knitting helped me lose weight. It keeps my hands busy so I don’t eat so much,” Susan Jones says. She is tidying up years’ worth of loose ends – a ball of yarn that she’s created by tying up scraps…
Walk into the back rooms of the ceramics studio at the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft (PRSC) and you may discover the largest number of blue roses you’ve ever seen. They are sheets and sheets of transfers designed for white…