Largely self-sufficient communities, determining their own priorities, funding allocations etc. It may vary from one area to another in style / priority

More local focus, less physical travel, more internet-service dependent, especially healthcare

Much greater environmental consciousness / protection

Controls on second homes in rural areas (sustainability = 48 weeks hols for 48 families before 1 family 2/3 times per year)

Greater tourism / city escape role for countryside

Less overseas travel, more foot / pedal power holidays

Sue Boyce

Chris Dimond

A vibrant, friendly, inclusive community that is self sufficient in terms of local food and energy production, well connected and is regarded as sustainable by retaining and supporting local businesses, services, education, transport and protecting a high quality environment for residents and visitors alike.

A community that will actively encourage and create opportunities for its residents to take their visions forward and enable them to proactively implement community projects that are planned delivered and owned by its residents – local empowerment and grass-roots development in action.

Mandie Berry

• Access to high-quality, fresh, good-value food for local people, from local food producers

• Meaningful, fairly-paid employment

• Sharing of resources LETS schemes

Swap a skill

Tool share schemes

• Re-emergence of land-based skills for a time when utility bills force us to look for heating and energy alternatives

• Wide-ranging and effective training available to all

Metalwork

Carpentry

Agricultural skills

Forestry management

• Local energy supplies

Village wind farms

Micro-hydro

Anaerobic digesters

• Credit unions, localized, more of them

• Rural projects

• Complete self sufficiency (or as near as!)

Kirstin Glendinning

Swillington Community Supported Agriculture

Sustainable communities that work together using local resources and skills to make their environments happy places to live, work and play. To use those local resources to produce power to enable us to be self sufficient in energy and to produce that power collectively as a community.

Polly Webber