Suscom

Welcome to the Suscom website. This website covers and supports the work of

Community Environment Associates(CEA), a consultancy specialising in policy and practice work on environmental and sustainable development issues at the local level;

Chris Church, Co-Director of CEA

Jan McHarry, Co-Director of CEA

There is a summary of Chris's current work here. It also covers and links to a range of relevant organisations and materials on local social, community and sustainable development in the UK and elsewhere. You can download a range of materials and subscribe to relevant newsletters

Some recent materials that you may find useful include:

Changing Lives and Cutting Carbon: Challenges for Truly Sustainable Communities - a paper delivered by Chris Church, at the recent regeneration and Wellbeing conference at Bradford University.

Thirty-three ways forward? Climate change in London: Action by local government. A survey of local councils by the London 21 network (written by Chris Church) January 2008

A general set of recommendations on what councils and voluntary sector bodies should be doing to build engagement and activity around climate change can be accessed in a shorter document here.

Action on Climate Change: From a Divided Europe to a Common Purpose by Chris Church and Tamara Malkova, Director of Green Dossier, looks at the role of NGOs in tackling climate change across Europe

See our Climate Change page for more information

Better Places, Better Planet

By Chris Church

Local action is vital if we want our neighbourhoods to be better and stay better. Acting locally is also an important part of tackling global climate change. One of the biggest questions for any community or local organisation is "How can what we do really make a difference?" This new guide shows how any group can take effective action on both local and global issues.

Better Places, Better Planet

Reflects and explains the new and fast-changing environmental agenda
Provides ideas for action, and shows you the changes you can make, whatever the resources you have
Includes case studies and examples to show you what's worked for other community groups
Explains how to get your voice heard by people in power
Shows how improving your local neighbourhood can have the biggest possible impact
Help you to integrate looking after the environment into the work of your community group.

Published June 2008 by CDF - get a copy by email: <info@suscom.org>

You can access:

Biographical information on Chris Church and information about his current work
Information on Environmental Justice and Equality
Information on the work of Community Environment Associates and the services they offer in Training and Facilitation
Suscom documents – a range of material that can be downloaded
The London 21 website - London 21 is a charity working on sustainable development issues in London; Chris Church is Chair of Trustees
The ANPED (Northern Alliance for Sustainability) website. ANPED is a network of NGOs working on sustainable development across Europe and Chris Church is on the Board
Links to sites on Sustainable Communities issues
You can subscribe to:
- The Sustainability, Climate and Local Action list - a source of current information on issues and events
- The Switch - the ANPED news letter on sustainable consumption and production. This is a really useful monthly summary. To join go to the ANPED website
- The London 21 Sustainability Network email list
You can email Chris Church with feedback, suggestions etc.

For current updates and ideas, check (or subscribe to) the Localglobalgreen blog - We use this to post new ideas and news etc.