Torrs Hydro, New Mills, Derbyshire, community owned hydro electric scheme. Torrs Hydro is a community share scheme supported by local action group, H2OPE and the Co-op Community Fund. The community group of 230 members invested over £125,000 and then raised the remainder of the scheme’s full cost (£330,000) from community bank loans and grants. The scheme earns an income from the energy exported to the local Co-op supermarket. According to DECC "This is a clear example of the power of local action and the sound investment from hydro projects that can be rolled out across the UK." [1] October 28, 2010
DE4 Food, connects people with local food and drink producers through an online shop - Serpentine Community Farm on Facebook, Buxton
Open spaces
There are two nationally designated areas of outstanding natural beauty - the Peak District and the Lincolnshire Wolds [2]Groundwork in the East Midlands
Greenwood Community Forest
Wikipedia: National Forest (England): environmental project in central England run by the National Forest Company. Portions of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, 200 square miles (520 km2) are being planted, in an attempt to blend ancient woodland with new plantings to create a new national forest. It stretches from the outskirts of Leicester in the east to Burton upon Trent in the west, and is planned to link the ancient forests of Needwood and Charnwood
2017
Pioneering community energy storage project in Nottingham connects its first household battery storage system to the grid, May 11 [3]2016
Nottingham Eco-Expressway in UK electric first, Oct 3 [4]
Now Britain needs clothes banks too. What sort of society are we living in? Frances Ryan, Feb 11 [5]2015
Swadlincote to make waste history: Sainsbury's awards the town £1 million to become the pioneers of wasting less and saving more, December 1 [6]
Solar panels to be installed in 3,000 Nottingham homes, June 3 [7]
Transition Buxton take on former council plant nursery, January 14 [8]2012
How a community association can spark community action, December 4 [9]BlogsWestwick Dreaming
