by Geoff Barnard | Jun 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Step one for any council seeking to develop a climate action plan is to get a grip on its current emissions. But this isn’t as easy as it seems. This is where SCATTER comes in. It is fast becoming the ‘go to’ carbon modelling tool for local authorities. Geoff...
by Geoff Barnard | Jun 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
The South East has been one of the cradles of community energy in the UK. Over a hundred locally-owned clean energy schemes are now up and running. As the “Build Back Better” movement gathers pace is this the moment for community energy to really come of...
by Geoff Barnard | May 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Never let a good crisis go to waste” was a saying attributed to Winston Churchill. As organisations and governments move from emergency response mode to thinking about the post-coronavirus recovery, a wave of new thinking is emerging on how we can ‘Build back...
by Geoff Barnard | May 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
For our joint action for May, we’re launching a brand new energy switching tool that will help people save money, choose 100% green energy, while chipping in to support the work of SECA. Many of you will already be on a green energy tariff, but lots of people haven’t...
by Geoff Barnard | May 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed the lives of many people, and many more will be lost before the crisis is over. But one death that we will not mourn is the death of the “me first” society. For decades we have been told that humans are inherently selfish. We are...
by Geoff Barnard | Mar 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
With so many of our regular climate action efforts and campaigns now on hold because of coronavirus, the SECA Steering Group has been thinking how we can make best use of this lockdown period. Since meeting in person is ruled out we figured now would be a good time...
