Green Communities

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Project Aims • Support people to take responsibility for their local environment and develop an effective model, through co operation, for engaging communities in the improvement and conservation of the natural environment. • Raise awareness of the overall climate change in the community • Reduce the impact of climate change through local community action • Use environmental protection actions to encourage social inclusion Project Objectives • To establish supports and promote community group action to improve the quality of the Welsh / Irish environment • To assist community groups to undertake practical environmental work, which, will lead to the improved biodiversity of the region • Improve access to green spaces and transform neglected areas to bring them back into community use • Improve social wellbeing by engaging a wide variety of individuals and groups in community action • Develop and exchange best practise for community group structures and low carbon activity between Wales and Ireland. • Provide training for volunteers • Assess aspects of carbon production ( footprinting) resource conservation and sustainability of community group activity • Identify actions to mitigate any negative aspects of carbon production of community group activity where possible. • Encourage widespread use of the carbon footprinting tool

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