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Community Wood Fuel Programme is under way!

Last updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2012

The Oxfordshire Community Woodfuel Programme is a new initiative run by the Trust for Oxfordshire's Environment and several partner organisations including ORCC. It aims to help local communities to ... read more...


Energy training workshops for village halls and community centres

Last updated: Friday, July 13, 2012

Would you like your community hall to be more energy efficient? Are you worried about energy bills spiralling out of control? The Environmental Information Exchange (EiE), funded by the Trust for Ox... read more...


Low Carbon Communities Handbook Launched

Last updated: Wednesday, May 09, 2012

New resource from Community Action Groups Oxfordshire and the Oxfordshire Low Carbon Hub read more...


New Government Community Energy Fund

Last updated: Thursday, December 08, 2011

The Local Energy Assessment Fund (LEAF) is designed to provide funding for community groups to carry out energy efficiency assessments and renewable energy feasibility studies. read more...


New ORCC Policy and News Bulletin

Last updated: Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Keep up to date with government policy and local and national developments of direct relevance to rural communities. read more...


Big Carbon Challenge Competition Winners Announced!

Last updated: Thursday, June 23, 2011

And the winners are... read more...


Oxfordshire Climate Action Update: June 2011

Last updated: Friday, June 03, 2011

News, events, communities updates, eco-renovation.... read more...


Climate Challenges- Local Councils, Carbon Budgets and the Energy Bill

Last updated: Monday, May 23, 2011

The UK’s ability to positively and robustly and meet the challenges of climate change will be influenced by ongoing developments at national and local level. read more...


Renewable Energy Guide for Rural Communities

Last updated: Monday, March 28, 2011

Time to Get Generating! read more...


Human Induced Climate Change and Extreme Weather: New Evidence

Last updated: Monday, March 28, 2011

For the first time, scientists have quantified the impact of human-induced climate change read more...


Big Carbon Challenge Launch

Last updated: Wednesday, January 19, 2011

The weekend of 15/16 January saw the official launch of the Cottsway Housing Association sponsored competition read more...


Greening Wallingford Wins Empowerment Award

Last updated: Thursday, January 13, 2011

Wallingford Greening Campaign, part of the Sustainable Wallingford group, has taken first prize of £1000 in The Oxfordshire Community Empowerment Awards 2010. Overall the judges were very impressed wi... read more...


Beyond the Cancun Climate Conference

Last updated: Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Despite the continued absence of a legally-binding commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions climate action in Oxfordshire must continue read more...


The Runaway Climate Challenge- Oxfordshire's Community Climate Conference

Last updated: Tuesday, November 23, 2010

The conference took place on Saturday 13 November. A full report on what proved to be an informative, engaging and inspiring day will be available on the ORCC website in early December read more...


Oxfordshire Climate Action Update: October 2010

Last updated: Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Latest communities news read more...


Oxfordshire Climate Action Update: October 2010

Last updated: Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Latest climate change news and resources read more...


Royal Society Clears the Air on Climate Change

Last updated: Tuesday, October 05, 2010

A new, short guide 'Climate Change- a summary of the science' explains the areas of wide consensus and continuing debate among climate scientists read more...


Big Carbon Challenge Competition 2010

Last updated: Thursday, September 30, 2010

Want to help reduce carbon emissions and win some cash for your climate action group? read more...


Runaway Climate Challenge

Last updated: Friday, August 27, 2010

Oxfordshire's Community Climate Conference. SAVE THE DATE: Saturday November 13 2010 read more...


Oxfordshire Climate Action Update: August-September 2010

Last updated: Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Latest communities news read more...


Oxfordshire Climate Action Update: August-September 2010

Last updated: Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Latest climate change news and resources... read more...


£99 Home Insulation Deal

Last updated: Friday, August 06, 2010

And the catch is there is no catch read more...


New Climate Action Handbook!

Last updated: Thursday, August 05, 2010

ClimateXchange, together with ORCC and Community Action Groups Oxfordshire, has launched a Do It Yourself guide to getting active in stopping climate change read more...


Community Central- a web-based tool and forum to help enable sustainable communities

Last updated: Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Community Central can provide you with the support and contacts you need to make a real difference. read more...


Inspired by Creation

Last updated: Thursday, July 15, 2010

A little patch of earth. A quiet spot to reflect. A view that stops you in your tracks read more...


Oxfordshire Climate Action Update-July 2010

Last updated: Thursday, July 15, 2010

Latest low carbon news, events, courses, campaigns- its all here... read more...


'Step Change' Needed to Meet Carbon Reduction Targets

Last updated: Wednesday, June 30, 2010

The government's Committee on Climate Change has warned that the pace of reductions in carbon emissions has to speed up. read more...


Low Carbon Arkadia

Last updated: Friday, June 25, 2010

If you were sailing away on an Ark to a low carbon future, what would you take with you and what would you leave behind? read more...


Low Carbon Communities Programme Update

Last updated: Friday, June 18, 2010

As part of the LCC project, ORCC is working hard to help communities build climate action groups. Read the first LCC update here! read more...


Oxfordshire Climate Action Update- June 2010

Last updated: Friday, June 18, 2010

From Swap Shops to Eco-Fairs to talks and workshops, there's a lot going this month... read more...