A presentation to Frome businesses about Sustainable Frome

1. Sustainable Frome
and the
Energy Descent Action Plan
who are we / what is it?
Katy Duke & Peter Macfadyen
of Sustainable Frome, town in transition
www.sustainablefrome.org.uk

3. Meetings & food!

4. Structure of SF
Elders CORE GROUP Communications Group
keeping an eye main point of contactcomms internal/external comms Events
meets ocassionally meets monthly meets monthly
Transport Energy Transition Food & Land Greener Buildings
Electric car Methane digester Spirituality SCC Permaculture Waste Solar Projects
Lift share Solar Earth healing V4F Vallis Veg Make & Mend Green Club
LDF Apple group Dig with Des
.... and more

5. Creative solutions to power Frome in the future
DRAFT mission statement is;
To create a vibrant and sustainable community
unleashing the collective genius of Frome to face the
twin challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change.
We believe a town using much less energy and
resources than at present will be more resilient and
can also be more abundant and pleasurable.
Please join us and help to make this vision a reality
.

6. Interest groups
Vallis Veg

7. Website & forum
www.transitionfrome.org.uk

8. The oil problem

9. The Transition Network group
Who we are….
What we are focussing on:
• Links to Transition Network
• Links to government
• Sustainable Communities Act
• Energy Descent Action Plan

11. Transition Towns12 steps
1. Set up a steering group and design its demise from the outset
2. Awareness raising
3. Lay the foundations (networking with existing groups and activists)
4. Organize a Great Unleashing
5. Form sub groups
6. Use Open Space meetings
7. Develop visible practical manifestations of the project
8. Facilitate the Great Reskilling
9. Build a bridge to Local Government
10. Honour the elders
11. Let it go where it wants to go…
12. Create an Energy Descent Plan (target Sept 2010)

12. Boundary for study

13. Targets from the community
SMART and aspirational targets to take us to 2035….
eg. Increase in community buses
Decrease in shoppers at supermarkets
Percentage of children eating locally produced school dinners
Increase in fruit trees planted on public land
Percentage of houses with solar panels
Increase in woodland, etc.
Do it step by step:
Vision for 2035 leads to…..
Targets for 2035
Then set targets for 2015,
2020,
2025,
2030

14. Mendip emits 934kt of CO2 pa
Mendip CO2 emissions 2006
26%
44% Industry and Commercial
Domestic
Road Transport
30%
domestic 30%
AEA data for DEFRA, Sept 08

15. Domestic emissions for 2006
Mendip Domestic CO2 emissions
1%
0%
1%
18%
O. Domestic Electricity
P. Domestic Gas
44% Q. Domestic Oil
R. Domestic Solid fuel
S. Domestic House and Garden
Oil
T. Domestic Products
36%

16. How it might look
NB. current Mendip C02 emissions are 8.6t per capita, of which 30% is domestic

17. FEDAP matrix
Frome Energy Descent Action Plan - DRAFT OVERVIEW
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Policy YR 1 YR 2 YR 3 YR 4 YR 5
1 Planning LDF core strat LDF action plans
V4F merged w
2 Vision for Frome V4F adopted FEDAP
3 Energy Descent Transition training FEDAP drafted FEDAP adopted
Sustainable Frome
Key Actions Carbon Footprint Land Audit FEDAP
*** NB these are
just suggestions at LIFELONG FROME SLOW FOOD SUSTAINABLE
KEY PROJECTS this stage *** LEARNING CENTRE CENTRE FROME CENTRE ENERGY CENTRE
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
FEDAP drafted FEDAP adopted YR 1 YR 2 YR 3 YR 4 YR 5
carbon footprint of Identify sites, land Funding, design, First energy project Secong project Energy Centre
ENERGY whole town negotiations planning completed commenced wind turbine no. 1 opens 2GW
2 ecohomes built, 50% of target
energy reduction sites for new build 40 homes have 50 new, 1500 properties have
HOUSING identify targets plan schemes energy makeovers 8 new, 280 existing existing been improved
Youth Café finds
YOUTH key projects permanent home expand into LLC
ELDERS key projects expand into LLC
identify strategy, land management
LAND MANAGEMENT Audit existing Frome Forest, etc. training courses
Audit existing, FETE
adopts Trust status, Lifelong Learning LLC opens, with Sustainable Frome
EDUCATION new classes at FETE Centre designed LLC constructed low energy focus Centre opens
sites for biofuel, campaign for low
Projects identified, car club formalised, methane, LPG, energy public
TRANSPORTATION car club set up audit existing waste to fuel transport
energy reduction sites for new health
HEALTH & WELLBEING Audit existing plan facilities expand into LLC
Food Frome
expands, food miles Slow Food Centre
FOOD identified key projects awareness raising in food training at LLC opens
identify good identify new local business, site for
ECONOMY & practise, time opportunities, RE Frome Energy
LIVELIHOODS banking, NEF, etc. companies Centre
reduce, reuse, sites for waste to waste to energy
WASTE recycle identify options energy schemes scheme completed

18. Increase in renewables

19. Ideas for the next 12 months
• General awareness raising through;
 Film Shows, posters, leaflets, events, etc.
• Keep in touch with TN & local authorites
 training & presentations
 Influence policy
• Programme of events to create the FEDAP, inc.
 Events at Frome Festival (Rob is coming!)
 Transition Timeline project (2010 - 2035)
 Transition Tales (what is life like in 2020/2035?)

20. Summary actions
Putting together the Energy Descent Action Plan
Needs: Carbon Footprint, your ideas/targets, community buy-in and
awareness raising
Tie in with:
Local government
Local businesses
Sustainable Communities Act
Transition Somerset
Transition Network
Linking with Sustainable Frome
and whole community.
We need your help us make this happen!

21. Proposed Frome Forest
Existing woods
Proposed woods

22. Detail near Buckland Dinham
Existing
Proposed

23. North Frome generation
Wind
Water
Waste
Solar

24. North Frome detail

25. NW Frome ideas
Water turbine
Methane digester
Vallis Veg
Allotments
Allotments
New woods
Solar at Oakfield

26. NW with satellite photo

27. Asda area - solar, allotments & fish farm
Allotments
New woods
Wallbridge Mill
Solar B&T Fish Farm
Solar Asda
Market Garden

28. Frome overview

29. keep talking!