Norfolk

Norfolk community action

Sustainability initiatives

Local sustainability initiatives

Please see our Local communities in Norfolk pages, where of course you can share any more information you may have about local sustainability initiatives.

Biodiversity

  • felbecktrust, "Helping to restore and improve the Norfolk countryside for the benefit of wildlife and to provide places of peaceful enjoyment for local communities and visitors alike." (added 15:56, 17 January 2020 (UTC))
  • Norfolk Wildlife Trust

Coasts

Coastal concern action group, Happisburgh

Food activism

  • Eves Hill Veg Co., community market garden, based just outside the village of Reepham, 10 miles north of Norwich. (added 15:54, 17 January 2020 (UTC))
  • Hunstanton Community Orchard on facebook

Localism

Produced In Norfolk

Open spaces

wikipedia:Norfolk Coast AONB

Rural sustainability

Norfolk Rural Community Council, supports communities across Norfolk

Social inclusion

Norwich Soup Movement on facebook (added 15:51, 17 January 2020 (UTC))

Sustainable transport activism

Walking: Wikipedia: Recreational walks in Norfolk, Footpaths in Norfolk (category)

Waterways: The Broads, a well known network of rivers and lakes, is located towards the county's east coast, extending south into Suffolk. The area has the status of a National Park and is protected by the Broads Authority. [1] - The Broads Society - Broads Authority

News and comment

2021

Farmers lead plan to reintroduce white-tailed eagle to Norfolk, Jan 22 [2]

2019

Riba Stirling Prize: Norwich council estate wins architecture award [3] Oct 8

2016

Norfolk now has one million solar panels - enough to power one fifth of all our homes, Jun 17 [4]

2008

Norfolk's low-lying land and easily eroded cliffs, many of which are chalk and clay, make it vulnerable to the sea, the most recent major event being the North Sea flood of 1953. The low-lying section of coast between Kelling and Lowestoft Ness in Suffolk is currently managed by the Environment Agency to protect the Broads from sea flooding. Management policy for the North Norfolk coastline is described in the North Norfolk Shoreline Management Plan which was published in 2006 but has yet to be accepted by the local authorities. The Shoreline Management Plan states that the stretch of coast will be protected for at least another 50 years, but that in the face of sea level rise and post-glacial lowering of land levels in the South East, there is an urgent need for further research to inform future management decisions, including the possibility that the sea defences may have to be realigned to a more sustainable position. Natural England have contributed some research into the impacts on the environment of various realignment options. The draft report of their research was leaked to the press, who created great anxiety by reporting that Natural England plan to abandon a large section of the Norfolk Broads, villages and farmland to the sea to save the rest of the Norfolk coastline from the impact of climate change. [5]

2006

In March 2006, Diss became the third town in the UK to join Cittaslow, an international organisation promoting the concept of 'Slow Towns' [6]

Local communities in Norfolk


References

  1. ↑ wikipedia:Norfolk
  2. ↑ theguardian.com
  3. ↑ BBC News
  4. ↑ edp24.co.uk
  5. ↑ wikipedia:Norfolk#History
  6. ↑ wikipedia:Cittaslow
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