Sustainable Development
Vision
"Staffordshire will seek and adopt innovative and locally appropriate solutions to halt and, if possible, reverse environmental resource depletion and consequential problems such as climate change, caused by the collective failure to account for the non-human elements of the economy, the aim of which will be to find more sustainable ways to meet the economic, social and environmental needs of present generations that will not compromise the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
Partnership Chair
The Chair of the Sustainable Development Partnership is Stephen Brown who is the Chief Executive of Cannock Chase District Council.
Best Practice and Good News Stories
Moorlands Connect is a demand responsive service that will cover the Rural Leek area and will start on 6th September 2010. The Moorlands Together partnership have been working together to develop services that will provide a friendly and convenient 'gold service' for all residents.
Same day telephone booking will make it easier for people to get around. In fact requests will determine transport routes, getting people right to where they want to go, and connecting with existing bus services.
From youngsters wanting to get into town to older residents staying in touch with friends, it will be flexible enough to cover everyone's needs making life easier.
For more information, please see:
http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/transport/publictransport/connect/
- Whittington and Fisherwick Environment Group (WFEG) win Regen WM 'Environment and People' award
The WFEG was established in 2007 to help the 1200-strong household parish to understand how they can lower their carbon footprint.
Practical projects already delivered include a light bulb library with over 20 different types of low energy light bulb, a series of energy audits, the first community online carbon footprinting facility and assistance to secure funding for energy saving improvements.
The latter has already seen insulation improvements to the village hall, doctor's surgery, church hall and pavilion, with annual carbon savings of over 40,000kg alone.
For more information please click here: 
Lichfield projects RegenWM awards
Sustainable Development Partnership Meeting - 30th July 2009
The papers for the Sustainable Development Partnership meeting on 30th July 2009 can be found below:
Sustainable Development Partnership Event - April 2008
Forty people attended a successful Staffordshire LAA Sustainable Development Partnership event on Friday 25th April 2008 at the Forest of Mercia Innovation Centre, Chasewater. The theme of the event was "A Protected, Enhanced and Respected Environment" which is one of four priorities in the Sustainable Community Strategy for Staffordshire and, of course, a priority area in the Staffordshire LAA 2008-11.
Stephen Brown, Chief Executive of Cannock Chase District Council, gave a warm welcome to partners and thanked all those whose efforts had led to the successful delivery of the sustainable development targets in 2007-8. Stephen then went on to outline the agenda and set the scene. He also thanked Staffordshire County Council for hosting the event.
Christina Webb, Staffordshire Strategic Partnership Manager, followed by giving a brief overview of the 'new' LAA 2008-11, and a summary of the current activity - setting base-lines and targets and identified Delivery Leads developing delivery plans for each indicator or cluster of indicators.
Delivery Leads (or colleagues) for each of the four National Indicators agreed for inclusion in the 35 indicators for Staffordshire's LAA, gave presentations (below). Mike Kinghan from the Whittington and Fisherwick Environmental Group, also gave a presentation on the Whittington and Fisherwick Low Carbon Community. There is clearly much we can learn from their experiences.
NI 175 - Transport
NI 186 - Carbon Emissions
NI 191 - Waste
NI 197 - Biodiversity
Contact Officers for the four indicators are:
NI 175 Access to services and facilities by public transport, walking and cycling – Nicola Swinnerton, Staffordshire County Council (Delivery Lead – Charles Soutar
NI 186 Per capita CO2 emissions in the local authority area – Steve Potter (Delivery Lead), Staffordshire County Council)
NI 191 Residual household waste per head – Kevin Glaze, Staffordshire County Council (Delivery Lead - Paul Wilcox)
NI 197 Improved local biodiversity – active management of local sites – Dave Cadman (Delivery Lead), Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
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05/05/2010 11:14:53
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