Overview
SPAN is an exciting project funded by the Environmental Action Fund.
There are five partner organisations who are working together to:
- Find creative new ways to increase local productivity and reduce overall consumption levels.
- Provide a more integrated service to the public.
- Work with ten pilot areas to develop the toolkit using an action research approach.
The five partner organisations have a wide range of written materials, accredited courses, schemes, processes and tools that are currently in use. This project will make them more accessible, see how they can be used together and fill any gaps in provision, either by the development of new work, or by identifying useful tools already created by others.
Initial research indicates that what people need more than anything else is... other people, and that making the networks of activists, designers, community workers and advisors accessible and available is the key to supporting local sustainability.
This website has been developed in Drupal (http://drupal.org/), an open source content management system. This fits well with the ethos of the project and is another aspect of our partnership learning.
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