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  • Greener Together

    Posted on August 20th, 2010

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    Speaking with the Eco-Operator for Total Coverage Design

    Linda Bratcher is the eco-operator for Total Coverage, a worker co-operative based in Southampton.

    Total Coverage is a graphic design workers’ co-operative. Promoting sustainable design has always been part of Total Coverage’s ethos and one of the company’s unique selling points. “We’ve been promoting recycled paper and vegetable inks long before it became mainstream”, says [...]

  • Greener Together

    Posted on August 20th, 2010

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    The Challenge of Being Green …

    Argyle Street Housing Co-operative (ASH) is a purpose-built, government-funded housing co-operative in Cambridge, set up in 1981. The co-op offers shared accommodation and consists of houses and flats, surrounding three communal gardens. There are currently 86 co-op members. Bryony Vickers is 31, a member of ASH and the Development Co-ordinator. She is responsible for looking [...]

  • Greener Together

    Posted on July 30th, 2010

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    Be Inventive! – Generate your own Pledge!

    Help others pledge to save the planet!
    What is your favorite way to help save the planet? Got an idea that could help others to do their bit to tackle climate change? The Greener Together – the co-operative way wants to capture your ideas to help everyone live a greener lifestyle.
    Whether your idea is to snuggle [...]

  • Greener Together

    Posted on July 30th, 2010

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    Collective Actions – Fun for all the Family!

    Brockweir & Hewelsfield Village Shop Association – Community Recycling Day – 20th June 2010
    The Brockweir and Hewelsfield Village Shop Assocoation (BHVSA), is a non-profit making community enterprise based in South Gloucestershire, on the border with Wales. Volunteers staff the shop and café, and a management committee, composed of elected members from the associatino, manages the [...]

  • Greener Together

    Posted on July 30th, 2010

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    Greener Together – A Pioneers Tale

    Sally’s Story
    Sally is based in Richmond, North Yorkshire. She’s signed up for Greener Together through Abundant Earth, a community supported agriculture project based in Durham. Sally is a member of a local transition town group and it was through a fellow member of that group that she heard about Greener Together.
    Sally was already interested in [...]