Sustainability Sustainability PartnershipPartnership

9 February 20129 February 2012

AGENDAAGENDA 

1.Apologies2.Minutes of meeting of 2 November 20113.Matters arising 4.SOA review – now feeding into a new Community Plan5.SCCD report6.Presentation for Board7.Suggested how to event for charities / SSDF proposal8.Earth Hour 20129.Chair’s update – recent meetings and news items10.Biodiversity survey11.AOCB12.Next meetings: 13.Diary for 2012 SP dates – 13 June am, 5 September am, 5 December am

4. SOA review – now feeding 4. SOA review – now feeding into a into a new Community Plannew Community Plan Sustainability Partnership agreed focus on indicator

development in 3 areas from our work last year:◦ Climate Change◦ Biodiversity◦ Community Engagement (behaviour change)

Development work on indicators still ongoingNew Board level aim of draft Community Plan

to be discussed at February Community Planning Board

Meetings with theme lead officers and third sector undertaken so far

Opportunity now for all Sustainability Partnership members to have their say

5. SCCD report5. SCCD report

5. SCCD report5. SCCD report2010/11 Actual CO2

tonnesPrevious years progress (2009/10)

2010/11 CO2 savings (2005/06 baseline)

2012/13 Target savings

ENERGY 20,339 6.7% 8.8% 22.2%

STREETLIGHTING 4,587 -5.5% -5.3% 12.4%

TRANSPORT 4,185 6.1% 14.3% 10%

WASTE 19,769 9.1% 14.2% 25.7%

TOTAL 48880 6.7% 10.4% 20.6%

6. Presentation for Board6. Presentation for Board

South Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership

Lunchtime Seminar

22nd February, 12.45 – 1.55pm, County Hall 

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Part One Scotland’s Climate Change Declaration What does this mean? What commitments have partners signed up to? What information have we already gathered?  Our Annual Report

Part Two Workshops Small Group Discussions - how can we more effectively work together

to deliver our Climate Change Declaration commitments?

7. Suggested how to event for 7. Suggested how to event for charities / SSDF proposalcharities / SSDF proposal

The Scottish Sustainable Development Forum (SSDF) / Climate Challenge Fund Community Action Support Programme (CASP) are organising three regional events leading from the Climate Challenge Fund Gathering in 2011.

Main objectives: to raise awareness about the Earth Summit, create realistic visions of individual communities and how to plan for it, to record participant’s aspirations for the future of their community to feed into the Green Dreams initiative and to offer an opportunity for community groups in the local area to network with one another.

These half-day events will be held in 3 different locations across Scotland and will contain the following:

◦ Case Studies – from a community group who have completed the visioning process and have come up with a sustainability plan for the future of their community.

◦ Adaptation Scotland Workshop – Discovering the physical and environmental effects of climate change in your respective communities

◦ Visioning Workshops – An opportunity for community groups to develop their own sustainability plan for their individual communities with the support of Adaptation Scotland and SSDF

◦ Green Dreams Recording – Your opportunity to answer the question ‘What is your dream for a sustainable future in Scotland and the World?’

Agenda

  9.30 – 10am Registration with tea and coffee

10-10.05am Welcome

10.05-10.35am Presentation from community group explaining their visioning process and how they created their sustainability plan

10.35-11am Adaptation Scotland Workshop

11-11.15am Break

11.15 – 12.30pm Visioning workshop

12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch and Green Dreams recording

8. Earth Hour 20128. Earth Hour 2012◦Posting on CoP events page, You

tube clip

Earth Hour switch off list Earth Hour switch off list 201220121. Floodlighting at Alloway Kirk

2.   Floodlighting at St Nicholas Church Ruin in Prestwick

3.   Floodlighting at Fish Cross sculpture, High Street, Ayr.

4.   Floodlighting at Poet & Scholar sculpture, High Street, Ayr

5.   Feature lighting in Loudoun Hall Courtyard

6.   Floodlighting at Auld Brig, Ayr

7.   Floodlighting of Burns Statue, Burns Statue Square, Ayr

8.   Kirkoswald church ruin floodlighting, Kirkoswald

9.   Floodlighting at Stumpy Tower, Girvan.

10.  Dundonald Castle Floodlighting (in consultation with Historic Scotland)

11.  Ayr, Newmarket Street feature lighting (in consultation with Ayr Renaissance) 

12. Ayr Town Hall floodlighting

13. Maybole Town Hall floodlighting

14. Wallace Tower, Ayr, floodlighting

15. St John’s Tower, Ayr, floodlighting

Earth Hour – other actionsEarth Hour – other actionsCommunications – press releases,

website, intranet, communications bulletins, emails to contacts (community planning, business contacts etc), tweets, email signatures (procurement suppliers), street banners

Schools model building competitionUnder development: event and

additional actions for green champions

Earth Hour 2012 - Earth Hour 2012 - resourcesresources

Posters - these are now available to download at http://scotland.wwf.org.uk/how_you_can_help/earth_hour_201222/earth_hour_resources/

Toolkits – available for local authorities , trade union branches, businesses, iconic buildings and church congregations - if you would like any of these to forward onto contacts in your area please do just let me know

Competition to find WWF's Earth Hour Champion Community for 2012 . WWF UK is giving one community, be that a school, workplace, street, village, pub or club,  the chance to lead the UK switch off and win a grant of £1000. This may be something you want to send round your networks. For more information and details on how to apply visit http://earthhour.wwf.org.uk/get-involved/competition-to-lead-uk-switch-off  Please note the deadline for entries is Feb 27th.

Your Earth Hour 2012 Your Earth Hour 2012 actionactionTake back to your organisationSeek their sign up log with WWFLet us know what your organisation

will do (we can publicise, include in reporting and also let WWF know)

...and don’t forget to sign up personally!

9. Chair’s update – recent meetings 9. Chair’s update – recent meetings and news itemsand news items

•Biosphere•Variable lighting

10. Biodiversity survey10. Biodiversity survey

Ayrshire Biodiversity Update:◦ Ayrshire Local Biodiversity Action Plan◦ Central Scotland Green Network

Please complete quick survey before you leave today:◦ To help is with ongoing development of

LBAP◦ To inform our Service Planning work in

relation to biodiversity

11. AOCB11. AOCB

Openspace strategy and associated environmental report consultation reminder

Date of next meetingDate of next meeting

Diary for 2012 SP dates – 13 June am 5 September am 5 December am