Campaign for the Achievement of a Sustainable Knowle (CASK)

bristol | community | announcement Wednesday February 13, 2008 22:56 by Glenn Vowles grv4 at tutor dot open dot ac dot uk 85 Somerset Rd, Knowle, Bristol 0117 9717023

...new community-based quality of life and sustainability group

With most people in the UK having a huge environmental footprint (approx equal to needing at least 2-3 planets if everyone on Earth was the same) we certainly need to act! In my view my neighbourhood and community (Knowle) is the most likely place where I will be able to have some impact and make a difference, lowering footprints and building quality of life and sustainability. As a result I decided to try to set up a new community-based group and found that the Pledge Bank website provided a medium and mechanism for the attempt.

I hope readers from Knowle, Bristol will be interested in supporting my pledge to 'start a group called the Campaign for the Achievement of a Sustainable Knowle (CASK) in my area of Bristol'. Simply by clicking http://www.pledgebank.com/yesCASK and signing up to support me you can show the world that you're ready to start making a difference, along with other like-minded people. You can find out more by emailing me (grv4@tutor.open.ac.uk) or visiting my blog site (http://vowlesthegreen.blogspot.com).

CASK would aim to assess the local area and establish exactly what changes are needed to make Knowle environmentally and socially sustainable. It would then campaign to find effective and practical ways to achieve those changes in the interest of the security, stability and quality of life.

Lobbying for far better, cheaper public transport; much better cycling and pedestrian provision; protecting, enhancing and if possible increasing Knowle's open, green, natural spaces; pushing for the retention and improvement of locally available facilities, services, and jobs; education for sustainable living; promoting local energy saving and the micro-generation of energy; arguing for more local, ethical and organic food availability; encouraging home and allotment grown food; people taking personal responsibility to be more environmentally-friendly; and promoting broad based public participation in community life, are all likely areas of work.

Text, pledge yesCASK to 60022 (UK only), or sign up at www.pledgebank.com/yesCASK .

My pledge will close on 6th February 2009 and it only needs the support of 10 people before it succeeds and goes into action.

Background information on Pledge Bank -
http://www.pledgebank.com/ is a site set up to give power to individuals and groups, by enabling them to work to ensure that others will support their actions. If you have ever wanted to make a difference, but haven't known where to start and who will join you, visit them now: http://www.pledgebank.com/

Thank you for your support!