Achieving a Sustainable Bristol

The Green Capital Partnership has launched its Vision for an Environmentally Sustainable Bristol.

It lays out practical actions and timescales on: energy, food, nature, resources and transport. These were established through the collaborative work of specialists within the Partnership and aim at achieving a sustainable city with a high quality of life for all.

The document features 25 key areas for action for each of energy, food, nature, resources and transport. Examples of what is included are:

> expanding renewable energy generation

> increasing the amount of land used for community food growing

> doubling the abundance of wildlife

> reducing residual household waste

> increasing the number of journeys made by active modes

 

Greening Bristol

Sustainable Knowle was for several years a member of the Green Capital Partnership because we shared their aim of building a 'sustainable city with a high quality of life for all' (see the wording of our aims here and you'll see the clear coming together).

For various reasons Sustainable Knowle activity decreased a good deal in the last few years and our membership of the partnership ended. However, there is now a concerted effort to revive activity and we have re-joined the partnership with a firm intention to be as involved as possible.

We have re-joined not least because of the recent proposals to create a zero carbon city by 2030 - a radical and challenging notion that requires a lot of work to achieve a practical action plan, its implementation and its ongoing monitoring and adjustment.