A leading social enterprise has teamed up with sustainable bank Triodos to raise £5m in bonds that will help preserve the legacy of London 2012, just...
On Brixton’s Loughborough Estate in south London, two community-owned solar energy projects – Brixton Energy Solar 1 and 2 – are providing power to social housing...
The UK’s first Community Energy Fortnight began on Saturday, hoping to inspire and engage people with the concept of community energy. Francesca Baker looks at what this means,...
Community-based tourism involves local communities in the management or control of tourism initiatives, and encourages travellers to visit projects that deliver benefits to the local environment....
The UK’s first Community Energy Fortnight, an initiative to inspire and engage people with the concept of community energy, will take place from August 24-September 8....
Action from over a dozen activists has shut down the Staffordshire headquarters of Cuadrilla Resources, the firm whose exploratory shale gas drilling in Sussex has been...
This week the Co-operative Bank revealed it is halting new investment in renewable energy, removing one of the main sources of funding for independent and community...
Not all renewable energy projects are truly ethical developments, as a couple of hydropower developments in South America show. There are plenty of good reasons to...
Alex Blackburne outlines 10 signs that suggest sustainable investment – incorporating social, environmental and financial returns – is on its way to becoming a mainstream strategy...
Private investor Catherine Ayres explains her motivations for investing £10,000 in Stockwood Community Benefit Society (CBS), a trust created to put Rush Farm and Stockwood Business Park...
The government is not doing enough for communities in the countryside, according to a committee of MPs. In its latest publication, the House of Commons environment...
Blue & Green Tomorrow caught up with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation – the world governing body for the travel and tourism industries – about...
American anthropologist Margaret Mead’s famous quote about a “small group of thoughtful, committed people” being the only thing that has ever changed the world could have...
The approach to a holiday differs widely, but generally there are two extremes, with most people dotted in between. A holiday is either a time to...
Local authorities have been challenged to make banking and investments work harder for their communities. In a new report, campaign group Move Your Money describes how...