Here is the list of the workshops that were developed for the day:

  • Insulate, Insulate, Insulate
  • What contributions do you think land managers (farmers) can make to these issues?
  • Co Housing - what makes it work?
  • Do people in the North East care about climate change?
  • Renewing, recycling, reusing existing and future housing stock
  • Lets find ways around the regulations that prevent good items being reused by someone else.
  • Why do we think it's someone else's responsibility?
  • Why do the local authorities not provide education on the reductions and segregation of waste
  • Reducing the environmental impact of regional organisations
  • How can I know my recycling is ethical?
  • Sustainability = wanting less and needing less
  • Renewables in domestic properties
  • Preserve what we have got and be energy efficient
  • The Sustainability Conundrum
  • Transport - how? Why? Right? Wrong
  • How do we educate a consumer society to stop consuming the planet
  • What are the truly irreplaceable resources on the planet and how can they be conserved?
  • How do we get people to switch lights off?
  • Why can't all stores charge for carrier bags?
  • How do we match the scale of activity in all things to today's parameters?
  • Village/community wind turbines - how do we go about getting one?
  • Why doesn't the Alnwick Garden promote locally produced items?