Sustainable Communities Workshop

Why you should attend

This event will be of particular interest to those interested in setting up, facilitating or joining a sustainable community. This includes individuals or groups with an interest in sustainable living/lifestyles, self-builders, landowners, and planners.

The workshop will enable you to:

• Discover how you can have low impact housing without loss of amenity
• Understand current  thinking on planning and what local authorities are doing to promote sustainable developments – How to get planning permission!
• Learn the pitfalls from a group that’s actually done it
• Dissolve some of the fears and apprehensions about communities
• Discuss ideas and plans that you have with experts in low energy housing, renewable energy systems and social structures
• Write a realistic action plan to further your ideas.
  

Programme

10.00 am	Welcome, refreshments, introductions and “why are we here?”
10.20	Defining ‘Sustainable Community’
10.40	Steps on the way
11.00	Activity: Raising finance
11.30	Activity: Creating community rules
12.00	Lunch – (Organic vegetarian buffet) Networking & HHP exhibits
13.00	Tour of HHP external services (including renewable energy & water systems)
13.45	Tour of one of the HHP eco-homes
14.15	AV presentation of house construction & organisational structure with Q&A
15.00	Refreshment break
15.15	Developing an action plan (including short session on ‘Barriers & Solutions’)
16.15	Final Q&A
16.30	Close

This programme is only a guide with approximate timings. HHP reserves the right to vary the programme

Attendance at this event is limited to 15 delegates, to ensure a truly interactive and worthwhile event for all participants.

Booking

To book your own dedicated Sustainable Community workshop for a group/organisation or to enquire about upcoming open events, please contact us at hhp@hockerton.demon.co.uk or call 01636 816902 to discuss.

Feedback

I have attended numerous workshops/events in the UK, Europe and Southern Africa. Out of all the events I have attended, Hockerton wins the award for 'most professional green enterprise' for your project, workshop presentation, effective follow-up service and commitment to green networking. Hockerton is leading the field and I wish you all the best.

Thank you for the workshop, it was wonderful. It was just what I needed to make the next step of turning a dream into reality and you guys are really inspiring.

Thanks for an inspiring and enjoyable day. The talks and tour were given with lively and warm enthusiasm. Thanks for the complimentary "The Sustainable Community, A Practical Guide" - it will be highly useful.

Facilitation was very good. Also useful to meet other people and hear their input - It was inspiring.

The workshop was well focused with excellent facilitators. Very enjoyable & informative.

Loved the set-up - houses, lake, turbines, eco loos! Excellent all round.

I enjoyed the structure of the day. Balance between sitting in groups & having a tour round site...I felt both inspired and stimulated.

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