Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age

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When we are told we must cut carbon emissions by 80%, “Where’s the story in that? Where’s the ‘I have a dream’ in that? What would that smell like?” Hopkins asks. “What communities can do so powerfully is to tell stories.” His new book, From What Is to What If, offers many inspiring stories of practical action, from the National Park City movement to the Bristol streets that have banned cars to allow children to play. Hopkins argues that we are “frogs in the boiling pan of imaginative decline” and we can and must leap free. As Paolo Lugari, the founder of a Colombian experiment in sustainable living, put it: “We are not confronting an energy crisis, but one of imagination and enthusiasm.” We are social creatures living in a time that is trying to stop us from being that Rob Hopkins Through its own activities and through those carried out with the #CohesionAlliance, the Committee is committed to making sure that economic, social and territorial cohesion is fostered and respected in all EU policies. It is understood that there are practical health care solutions; in combating loneliness, debt anxiety and stress about finance for example, to be found in the heart of communities, rather than through prescriptive medicine, with many GPs often stretched, without the time to fully explore the many complex underlying social needs of their patient. The legislative work of the European Committee of the Regions is carried by six thematic commissions and cover a broad range of areas which are relevant to local and regional authorities.

As the EU's assembly of local and regional representatives, the European Committee of the Regions is a political institution whose work involves maintaining close relations with senior representatives at European, national, regional and local levels. Access to documents The Treaty of Amsterdam introduced a new Article 255, which provides for a right of access for citizens to documents of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. These three institutions have adopted Regulation (EC) 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, and subsequently, in a joint declaration, have asked the other European agencies and bodies to adopt similar rules on the matter.

Advertising with goinlocal made a measurable impact on our business’ - Mathew Pike, Pikes Water Lilies Eastern Partnership (CORLEAP) Set up by the CoR in 2011, the Conference of Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern Partnership (CORLEAP) i The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the voice of regions and cities in the European Union (EU). It represents local and regional authorities across the European Union and advises on new laws that have an impact on regions and cities (70% of all EU legislation). The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is launching a new call for best practices to its members and alternates, Young Elected Politicians (YEPs) and members the CoR network of local and regional councillors to collect and promote low-carbon and sustainable projects as well as climate commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from local and regional authorities across the EU. Does your region or city have a specific project that targets the objectives of the European Green Deal? Has your region or city set a target to reduce GHG emissions by 2030 or 2050? Then this new call is right for you.

The Caird Bardon Community Programme Grants available for qualifying local community and environmental projects, The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) intervenes at several stages of the EU law-making process. CoR commissions draft opinions on EU legislative proposals and members gather in plenary to vote and adopt those opinions.EuroPCom, the European Public Communication Conference, is an annual conference and networking event for communication experts from local, regional, national and European authorities, as well as private communication agencies, NGOs and academia. Since its launch in 2009, EuroPCom has featured high-level speakers from the world of public communication, workshops, participatory ideas labs and training sessions, plus a EuroPCom Market Place for participants to network and engage with exhibitors. The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) holds up to 6 plenary sessions each year. Plenary sessions give the opportunity for CoR Members (or Alternates) to voice their opinions on EU law that may have an impact on regions and cities in the 27 EU countries. Kippax Halloween Trail is almost complete with over two dozen entries. Visit the spooktacular displays around the village from 29th October - 31st October.

Tree is now inundated with requests for help and talks. Knepp hosted 2,000 people on special “safaris” in 2017; this year it will host 6,000; 31 farmers from the area around Knepp have signed up to join a neighbourhood “cluster group” to improve the wider landscape for nature. “The loveliest thing is that they are all responding to that message of hope. There’s so much eco-gloom out there, the feeling that we can actually turn things around is what people are grabbing on to … Great white egret flying over!” Tree interrupts herself, as she spots one of Knepp’s latest exciting arrivals.The key is to assess supply chain risks in terms of dependency, quality, environmental and social impact, while importantly risk assessing for ‘abnormal events’ by looking at alternative sourcing, shortening supply chains where possible, and monitoring risk indicators. The Conference of Presidents (CoP) consists of the President, the First Vice-President and the Presidents of all political groups. The CoP prepares the work and facilitates the search for political consensus on decisions to be taken by the other constitutive bodies (the Plenary Assembly, the Bureau, and the commissions).The CoP meets ahead of each Bureau meeting, usually on the same day. Extraordinary meetings are also organised in Brussels or abroad, notably twice a year in the EU country holding the Presidency of the Council of the EU. There will be a Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary?s Church, South Milford on Saturday 9th December from 10am to 3pm. Entry is free. Goinlocal would like to wish all its readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for your continuing support in 2015. We look forward to seeing you all in 2016 SEDEC (Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment, Research and Culture) The SEDEC commission is in charge of employment, social policies, education, training (including lifelong learning), sports and culture related dossiers. SEDEC is also responsible for equality, social economy and youth files, as well as research, innovation and artificial intelligence.