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Hello fellow Carbon Cutters, I\u2019m\u00a0Scott Williams\u00a0, <\/strong>your new coordinator, and I’m here to help.
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Firstly a bit about me. I\u2019ve been aware of the problems created by our burning of greenhouse gases for some time, since the call to ban CFCs, and have been trying to reduce my carbon and ecological impact and leave no trace. I picked up a copy of ‘This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook’ and joined Action on Climate in Teignbridge, signing up as a Wildlife Warden. I am the founder of Turn The Tide Festival alongside Dave Hutton. In serendipity that same year ACT launched the Carbon Cutters project aiming to help communities across Teignbridge find\u00a0sustainable ways to reduce their carbon footprint.

I\u2019m also responsible for Reconnect Magazine, where we regularly provide local examples of carbon reduction, and champion reduce, repair and recycle.

Carbon Cutters can be change makers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s time to visualise a \u2018net zero\u2019 future, and how we might co-create that. I see Carbon Cutters as change makers, offering those seeking our help the opportunity to really imagine what life will be like, and offer possible pathways to get there.

A practical place we can start is by supporting local projects that already exist, or importing good ideas, and creating the conditions for low carbon ecosystems. We can educate and empower our young people with the knowledge and expertise they\u2019ll need in the coming decades. We can work with local councils to provide enabling resources, and helpful policy and intentions that inspire our communities.

As your Carbon Cutter Coordinator, I\u2019m here to help you focus on promoting the ideas and actions that offer the easiest way to reduce emissions. We can help an individual (or organisation) find for themselves the best direct action they can take, doing things within their control.

I see my role as a signpost, a community notice board, and an information centre. To signpost how to build resilience and community resource security. To find things to do, to celebrate what\u2019s been achieved and to give everyone access to the information and advice they need to determine how best they can be empowered to cut their carbon footprint. If I can\u2019t find the solutions to questions then our network can. Together we can share ideas, knowledge and cooperate on initiatives.

There\u2019s a wealth of things those in our community wanting to bring about a change for the better are doing, I feel we just need to highlight them more. To do that I’d like to know about them, no matter how small or wacky. As Coordinator I hope to spread ideas and activities, and help community involvement in them. Once I\u2019ve found my feet, I\u2019m hoping to initialise a few new Carbon Cutters projects. In the meantime please let me know what you have done, are doing, and hope to do. I\u2019d love to hear your ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our next set of\u00a0Carbon Cutters Training<\/strong>\u00a0will take place over four sessions (the first one being an introduction) and we are set to start shortly. Please send anyone interested in getting on board my contact details: email\u00a0scott@actionclimateteignbridge.org<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recommended reading<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I very much like the ideas Jay Tompt of Totnes REconomy has written\u00a0about here: Transforming the <\/a>Devonian<\/a> Economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the bottom of the piece there\u2019s a link to the Net Zero Vision book<\/a>, edited by David Sergeant and Emma Whittaker. This is a collection of essays by transition experts on key sectors of the Devon Carbon Plan\u2019 in which Jay Tompt’s article first appeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happenings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n