Prepared as a draft presentation document to 'put on the table' to open negotiations. (My ex-tutor wants to buy my research material to use as class resources to teach Environmental Sustainability.) As it went, the Government's restriction on Level 3 recruitment prevented this invaluable course from running! If decision makers had qualifications in Environmental Sustainability, maybe we'd end up with a world which could sustain life tomorrow... Instead of being completely

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SustainablE-Community
Running on “Green” Energy(?)
Graphics for Class Resources, as Prepared by Linda Beamish Eco-Designs’ Consultant

2. 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

3. nity
mmu uild
Co
Right to B
An Opportunity
The Government is planning to give citizens
more rights to decide what is built in their in the Making
communities, including housing, local shops
and community facilities. To find out more about the Community Right
Proposals for the Community Right to Build to Build visit:
are currently before Parliament as part of www.communities.gov.uk/righttobuild
the neighbourhood planning framework for further information.
in the Localism Bill. If the Bill becomes law If your community group is interested in using
any successful proposal will need to be: the Community Right to Build and wants to be
from a community group such as a kept in touch, tell us about your plans at:
community interest company or a righttobuild@communities.gsi.gov.uk
community land trust, etc
For information on community led
independently assessed to see whether the developments, visit:
proposals meet specific key criteria; and
Community Land Trust Network –
• supported by more than half of the www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk
community that vote in a referendum.
Locality –
If you’re interested in a community-led www.locality.org.uk
development you should talk to your neighbours
to get an idea about what sort of development UK Cohousing Network –
the whole community would want to see. You www.cohousing.org.uk
may also want to talk to your local council, Action with Communities in Rural England –
housing association or other community groups. www.acre.org.uk/our-work/community-led-planning
You may also find it useful to get advice from
people who already have experience of taking Confederation of Co-operative Housing –
forward community-led schemes. www.cch.coop
Crown
design and typographic arrangement rests with the
© Crown Copyright 2011. Copyright in the content,
Sustainable
Communities

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E.G. Temporary & Permanent
Accommodation for homeless
people in Shipping Containers
via the
Housing Justice Organisation
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.

5. Low Impact Sustainable Communities - PDF’s to be listed online & via College/s.
(Showcase) Exemplars
Showing ZERO cement/CO2 constructions & Sustainable Community Exemplars hailed as “Beacons’ to follow:
EarthShip
Biotechture
by Architect
Michael Reynolds
Fife & Brighton New Forest Study Findhorn Eco-
(Brighton & Hove Centre (see Village
LA = zero carbon) www.blueforest.com)
C.A.T. (Centre for Al-
Eco-Villages The Lammas Pro-
ternative Tech-
ject Eco-Village
nology), Wales
Origins of permaculture
Edible cities, Leeds, West Yorkshire
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.

6. 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.
www.permaculture.org.uk
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.
The LAND project is funded by:

7. change your world
CoHousing
The Eden Project Permaculture
Communities
Building with Earth, Lime other natural materials, absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere allows affordability.

8. Sustainable Community Living Projects
Low-Zero Impact Eco-Homes
(Based on Previously Approved Beacons - Exemplars of sustainable design, organic without bills)
Cob, Reed Stone Earth Building Traditional
Turfed Roofs Turfed Walls Low Impact
Tree Houses Holiday Chalets Log Cabins
Based on Previously Approved Exemplars of Sustainable Designs for the Provision of Affordable Housing

9. Aim: Zero Carbon/Zero GreenHouse Gas Emissions + Regeneration Employment
Alternative Travel-Plans
Linking Sustainable Communities Eco-Resorts Across Each Region - as shown by www.PictureTheUK.com
(Possible Partnering Programs - E.G. East Anglia)
Rowing Boats Canoes Kayaks “The Albatros”
Pony Trekking Bicycles Horse Carriage
Oxen Driven Multi-Terrain ‘Green’ Electric
(Running on Chip
fat or Methane)
Across the UK, Grants have been awarded to communities offering support for alternative travel schemes

10. Aim: Zero Carbon/Zero GreenHouse Gas Emissions + Regeneration Employment
Eco-Tourism Employment
EarthShip (www.Earthship.org - Biotechture) Invariably “Holiday Resorts” are
Community Centers (E.G. Fife near lakes, rivers or ‘the sea’ - ergo,
Brighton), are hailed as ‘beacons’ the bulk are located in Flood Zones.
local authorities see as exemplary Effectively, the network of em-
designs of sustainability - which they ployment which is provided through
promote for rebuilding elsewhere, tourism, means that employees need
based on their findings in terms of to reside in Flood Zones too, and in
low-to-zero impact, ( the re-use of these sites people could quite simply
waste materials). live in zero-impact ‘movable’ struc-
The New Forest Study Centre is tures themselves.
similarly acclaimed (www.BlueForest.com - Architects) (Plus, where these are organic,
Eco-Tourism supports alternative offer ‘raw’ food, they can harvest
travel plans responsible tourists. Yurts Tipi’s provide communi- free energy through all their organic
ties with temporary accommodation waste, via anaerobic digestion.)
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.
Across the UK, Grants have been awarded to communities offering support for alternative travel schemes

11. Aim: Zero Carbon/Zero GreenHouse Gas Emissions + Regeneration Employment
Market House, King’s Lynn
An “Exemplar of Sustainable De- Removable Timber Frame Screw
sign” by Linda Beamish, (Eco- Pile Fixings.
Designs co.uk .net) - this project Working closely in partnering
will be used by the College of West with John Jewell Associates,
Anglia in King’s Lynn, to teach sus- Structural Engineers, a sectionally
tainable construction practices. removable timber frame will be de-
A private project for clients How- signed.
ard Jill Leftley, who were con- The frame itself will be cut to size
cerned that their investment did not constructed using sustainably
get sunk under the North Sea. sourced timber, (ideally transported
The clients asked Linda to work delivered without CO2 emissions).
on their behalf to design a removable Screwed steel piles can be re-
Ecological Design, as they already moved as easily as they are installed,
knew of her allowing for
environmental zero cement
interests. Market House in the con-
They Tuesday Market Place struction.
knew they King’s Lynn, Norfolk:- The timber
had to have a frame will be
is in a ‘Medium-to-High’
design which infilled with
category flood zone.
could be re- straw bales,
moved at the is designed to follow rendered with
end of the life Planning Guidelines to “Glaster”, (a
of their site. suit the predicted effects mix of lime
According of ‘climate change’ . putty
to the Envi- ground, recy-
ronment cled glass),
Agency maps, its subject to ap-
quite easy to determine the severity proval of the Local Authority for the
of the flood risk for King’s Lynn ( colour texture of sample finishes.
everywhere else in the UK).
Partnering
Local Employment Regeneration Working closely with the Local
One part of the clients’ brief, was Authority/s at the Borough Council
their requirement to source local of King’s Lynn West Norfolk, this
construction materials, fixtures fit- project will also be partnered with
tings, in order to benefit the commu- Sandra Kass of Kass Beard, who
nity of King’s Lynn -(and save Carbon aims to help achieve the highest
Dioxide Emissions). codes for thermal insulation, using
The clients also wanted to ensure natural materials wherever possible,
the ethical manufacture of the com- All equipment, windows etc, will
ponents, as they did not want to use be surface fixed, Ron Peach (Eco-
anything which had been manufac- Designs), is preparing designs for
tured or mined by any children any- quick-release mechanisms.
3D Graphics by Richard Smith
where. All will be filmed for class re-
Architects, www.richarch.co.uk
Effectively, using local employ- sources for the College of West An-
ment ensures both requisites. glia, all resources made available.
Across the UK, Grants have been awarded to communities offering support for alternative travel schemes

12. Zero Carbon = East (Anglia ±)
Hunstanton
Happisburgh
Walcott
What CAN be built (temporarily) - Where
(?) Eco-Ark community project proposals
on any or all sites as shown.
Flood Risk Graphics from
www.GlobalWarmingArt.com (Free for educational purposes)
East Anglian Examples:
CLT + CIC + Co-Housing + Co-
Op Housing
Eco-Towns/Villages/Hamlets
Permaculture
@ Flood Risk Zones
Essex eco-resort sites
(See Phil Rose, Foundation East
for ‘Community Land Trusts’)
+ similar possible at Based on Previously Approved
Hollesley Bay Open Prison Site Exemplars of Sustainable Design
(Grove Farm Dairy ± Suffolk
Punch Trust)
Horsey Gap, Poppylands
Horsey Mill
Happisburgh
Waxham
King’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
Community Land Trusts (CLTs) CoHousing Co-Op Housing Organisations

13. Zero Carbon = East (Anglia ±)
Sustainable Communities
Photograph includes many environmentalists humanitarians who
gave their voices to ‘Arks community proposals, (With Thanks)!
‘Ark community research used for this presentation.
First, you need to have a com- Whether your community is a
munity - which is liable to benefit showcase, open to the public, or
from shared interests community gated private, the essence is the
values. See www.cicassoc.ning.com same, and essentially, you will start
Second, you’ll need to have a to work together co-operatively to
formal structure. (EG. CoHousing or help one another - and to protect the
CoOp Housing) children other vulnerable/
Eceni Village, Wells
Third, you will need to find a site www.EceniWells.co.uk dependent members of that com-
upon which to build your communi- munity.
ties sustainable homes. Employment opportunities on
Forth, you need seed funding The most important building for site, need to match the communities
events (E.G. Transition Towns). any community, is a ‘Community own key skill areas, and effectively,
Centre’ with shared use of commu- this needs as much diversity as the
nity resources facilities. environment for regeneration.
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. Organic Community
N.B. Grant funding ‘may’ be Gardens (Fruit Veg.)
Copyright AliLone available for this building.
Community Land Trusts (CLTs) CoHousing Co-Op Housing Organisations

14. Sustainable Community Opportunities,
Based on previously approved ‘Exemplars’ of Sustainable Design:
Affordable (Community) Housing - via CoHousing, Co-Op Housing, Housing Associations
Anaerobic Digesters/Other Renewable Power Generation
Arts Crafts (Especially from Free/Re/cycling)
Bee-Keeping (Apiaries providing honey, candles, mead, pollination, etc)
Bicycle, Canoe Kayak Hire
Centers for Alternative Technologies showing Innovations
Citizens Advice Bureaux
Community Facilities (Community Radio, Recording Studios etc)
Community Interest Companies (Eco-Organic) Co-Operatives
Community NewsPapers (made of recycled paper, vegetable ink)
Community Transport Vehicles (converted to run on non-fossil fuels)
Concerts, Films, Plays, Talks Lectures
Eco-Ethical Co-Operative (Net)
Eco-Festivals
Eco-Toilets
Eco-Villages Hamlets
Education (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) Centers
Inns - Horses Carriages (E.G. Adnams Brewery Example)
Juice Bars
Laundry Other Community Assets
Learning Advice Centers
Lecture Halls
Library Reference Resources (online ± offline)
Local Community Police Office
NO Utility Bills
Offices Community Offices
Organic (Community) Food Production
Permaculture
Renewable Power Generation
Restaurant
Rural Retreats Eco-Resorts
Safe Places Spaces for Children, Youths ( Adults)
Sports Halls (Physical Non-Physical, X-Box Tournaments etc)
Sustainable Community /s (@Grassroots Survival)
Theaters Youth Theaters
Tourist Advice Centre
Toilets
Transition Towns
Organic (Community) Food Production
Visitor Centre
Youth Centers
( more, as dependent upon local community interest resources.)
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.