About
The Eco Centre formed when a group of like-minded people with the same concerns for climate change came together and asked what can we do to? Our mission became to empower people to take practical action against climate change and to the preserve the natural environment, by:
Our approach is to focus on providing practical help, advice and promote action, by creating pathways for individuals, communities and businesses to take steps to reduce carbon emissions and waste, whilst delivering positive impact on our environment.
How we achieve this:
Eco Centres
Our longer-term aim is to help facilitate a network of Sustainability Hubs to support communities, businesses and organisations to take practical action on climate change and environmental protection. The Hubs will provide advice, training, resources and hands-on activities that help people and organisations reduce carbon emissions, cut waste, save energy and live or operate more sustainably. Each centre will be co-created with local partners and communities to build community skills, promote greener lifestyles and ways of working and strengthen local sustainability
Through the co-location of these facilities and services we will encourage shared insight, exploration, co-creation and innovation.
Community Climate Action
The Eco Centre takes its work into community settings - to where people live, learn and work - to help people reduce their carbon footprint, live more sustainably, but also save money at the same time. We want to bring about a real impact on climate change and environmental action - at the individual and community level.
Our current programme work focuses on two key elements:
Our current programme work focuses on two key elements:
1. Delivering practical workshops, events and outreach activities to help people live more sustainably.
2. Building community sustainability infrastructure to support local groups and projects.
Looking ahead our plans include:
Eco-Save App
Eco-Save is an innovative application that helps people cut household carbon emissions, waste and water usage, and save money. It provides users with tips and ideas to help people live more sustainably and protect the environment. The aim is to be good for the planet and the purse, helping it to appeal to people who are struggling with bills.
Key features and benefits
Key features and benefits
The Eco Centre is crowdsourcing the development of the app. We have now released a prototype that is being field tested, thanks to a great team of volunteers.
Making it happen
The challenge for all of us is addressing climate change, and living and working sustainably. Between us, we have the knowledge and the tools to reduce our impact on the environment. We can a make a difference if we’re prepared to be open to living and working differently.
The success of the Eco Centre, and importantly our aims, will rest of the enthusiasm and engagement of a broad collation of people and organisations from all sectors.
Eco Centre is Charitable Community Benefit Society. As a Charitable CBS we are a non-profit-making membership organisation, with charitable aims, and we are answerable to our members. We choose to be a membership organisation because:
It’s time to work work together and take action: to live and work smarter.