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Stevenage Borough Council

… , creating pleasant walkways , investing in zero carbon buses and improving all public transport services. Better land use planning •The Department for Food, the Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) is calling on people to join the conversation on the National Food Strategy, which aims to address issues of environmental sustainability and nutrition across the food value chain…

… is a global issue which requires real change in the way our current globalised production and consumption systems operate. Although it can seem like a daunting task, the reality is that locally driven action will be pivotal in realising national and international targets to keep global warming to a level that can continue to sustain life on earth. The current crisis presents an opportunity…

… to prioritise a fair and just transition to a sustainable era of living. The Strategy details the evidence at both local and national levels, setting out how we as a cooperative council can address our collective impacts. Following the climate emergency declaration, The Council has been working to understand what action can be taken to not only reduce the carbon outputs of its assets and activity…

… from all background, positons, ages and interests can we collectively make the required changes to our behaviour. Biodiversityve Ensuring our biodiversity is improved as part of the carbon reduction measures will ensure we have a holistic approach to the wider sustainability impacts we as humans are having on our local ecology. Using nature’s natural way of addressing the human impact…

…. Construction & Regeneration As a leader in building new home sand regenerating the town centre the Council will have significant powers and opportunities to build better buildings and places, which are designed in sustainable ways, in sustainable locations. Waste & Recycling Reducing, reusing, then recycling need to be at the heart of what we do as a Council collecting and processing waste…