Recognising that Brighton & Hove City Council has declared its “recognition of global climate and biodiversity emergencies.”
Proposed aims:
- A community that minimises harmful impacts upon the environment, and promotes sustainable living.
- A healthy and accessible neighbourhood, with a focus on community well-being and the environment.
- A community which promotes nature, and increased biodiversity in its streetscape, parks and gardens.
Potential Partners: City Council Sustainability Team, Hanover Action: towards a sustainable community, CityClean, Magpie recycling, Plastic-free Brighton & Hove, Freecycle, the Brighton & Hove Food Partnership, the Universities, the Hanover Community Association, and Electric Brighton.
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Aim 1: A community that minimises harmful impacts upon the environment, and promotes sustainable living.
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2018-2020 | ||
| Actions | Contributing Partners | Indicative timeframe | |
| Action 1 | Enable the community to work with the Council and other agencies to achieve a carbon neutral City by 2030. | Brighton & Hove City Council, Hanover Action, | 2019-20 |
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Promote wider action on sustainability through engagement with the Hanover Action’s One Planet Living Action Plan: – Resident summary – Full Plan |
Hanover Action | 2018-20 |
| Action 3 | Develop and adopt a Charter that promotes the principles of sustainable living and encourages all residents, landlords and businesses to reduce adverse impact on our environment. | Brighton & Hove City Council, Hanover Action, The Universities, local landlords and letting agents. | 2020 |
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Aim 2: A healthy and accessible neighbourhood with a focus on community well-being
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2018-20 |
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| Action 4 | Promote access to local green space and parks, such as The Level and The Patch. | The Patch, the BHCC Sustainability Team, and Elm Grove School | 2018-20 |
| Action 5 | Bring people together and develop sense of pride in area and to combat loneliness, by developing ‘Hanover in Bloom’ events, monthly community clean-up days, and school environmental initiatives. | Local Action Team, Hanover Community Association, Hanover Action, and Rubbish Friends. | 2018-20 |
| Action 6 | Encourage the shift to healthier modes of transport by encouraging walking, cycling and public transport. | BHCC Health Walks Team, Bike Hub, Sustrans, The Big Lemon, Brighton & Hove Buses, and Bus Watch. | 2018-20 |
| Action 7 | Enable safe and easy walking in an improving streetscape (dropped kerbs, fewer wheelie bins on pavements, etc.) that has accessible pavements free from obstruction. | Local estate agents, landlords, City Clean and the Universities. | 2018-20 |
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Action 9 |
Increase cycling via the provision of well-distributed cycle stands, secure covered cycle parking, two-way cycling in one-way streets and promotion of the BTN BikeShare and use of the Brighton Bike Hub.
Enable equitable access to a convenient residential network of plug-in car charging points; and highlight resources at Electric Brighton |
Brighton & Hove City Council, The Bike Hub, and Hanover Action.
BHCC Sustainability Team, Electric Brighton and Hanover Action. |
2018-19 |
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Aim 3: A community that promotes nature and increased biodiversity in its streetscape, parks and gardens.
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2018-2020 |
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| Action 10 | Improve the natural environment and contribute to carbon neutrality through increased tree planting, replacing dead street trees (via use of crowd-source funding), planting shrubs in green spaces, adopting street planters and the creation of meadow areas in open green space. | BHCC Sustainability Team, Hanover Action, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. | |
| Action 11 | Increase biodiversity in the environment and promote an environmentally-responsible approach to insects, birds, and animals in our urban environment; ending pesticide use in the streets and green spaces. | Hanover Action, and the BHCC Sustainability Team. | 2018-19 |
| Action 12 | Support initiatives to turn tarmac into planted areas, green space and raised beds throughout the community. | Local Action Team, Hanover Community Association, and Hanover Action. | |
| Action 13
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Develop initiatives to reduce plastic use and subsequent pollution of the natural environment. | Plastic Free Brighton & Hove, and Hanover Action | |
COMMUNITIES FORUM 