Resilience
We are seeing the impacts of our changing climate right now, and they are only set to get worse. We need to prepare our organisations and communities with the ability to bounce back and protect those most vulnerable.
Steps you can take
Engage your team - staff, volunteers and trustees
It's so important to engage and involve your staff, volunteers and trustees in what you are doing.
Add sustainability/ environmental actions to your team/ board/ volunteer meetings, encourage staff and volunteers to becoming green champions and collectively discuss and agree the changes you could make to reduce your carbon emissions.
Encourage your team to come up with and action ideas, eco-activities and challenges. Some ideas to get you started:
- hold an ethical bake off
- organise an office book/ clothes/unwanted gifts swap shop
- create monthly green challenges for employees and volunteers e.g. wear the same clothes week/ veggie or vegan no waste lunch/ no car day/week.
Case Studies
Actions from the North East and Cumbria
It’s time to get on with it. Climate Action North’s One Small Change series of roadshows inspire and mobilise communities, businesses and individuals to take action in the climate emergency. The time for talking is over, today we need to act! Join us
We've started using permaculture which is better for the environment and more sustainable long term.
We're organising a climate action day with talks, music, drama and top tips for a sustainable planet. We'll also be holding a What a Wonderful World Festival in 2022 with a variety of speakers and performers.
Have you taken action?
If you're a VCSE based in the North East and you've done something about the climate crisis, please share your action with us. We'd love to share it on this website, to inspire others.
