Banter 11: Carbon Copy, 20Mar24, Ric Casale

Ric Casale is a trustee of Carbon Copy, a UK climate action charity that “focuses on the power of big-thinking local action to protect us from climate breakdown and to defend nature”. Geographically, they look at things at a local authority level and across different stakeholder groups (councils, community groups, local companies, etc). They have built a self-publishing platform and amassed a thousand climate action stories which they promote across their media channels to inspire further action. In this session, Ric provides an overview of Carbon Copy, talks about the opportunity for us to use this platform, and discusses a potential new research project!

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Presentation:

No presentation - Ric drove us via his website, so everything that you see in the video is on his website: https://carboncopy.eco

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Chat text:

00:16:42 Amanda Davis: Hello Andrew

00:17:03 Amanda Davis: Are you involved in SLCC's cabon literacy qualification?

00:20:50 Andrew Maliphant: Replying to "Are you involved in ..."

Not me personally

00:22:43 Amanda Davis: Replying to "Are you involved in ..."

Do you know who is? Belinda and I were discussing this after the last banter. I'm booked on, at the moment, for June for my parish council

00:22:52 Amanda Davis: Reacted to "Not me personally" with 👍

00:24:23 Andrew Maliphant: Replying to "Are you involved in ..."

It's Save Our Shropshire - see www.slcc.co.uk/event/carbon-literacy-11-06/

00:24:56 Amanda Davis: Replying to "Are you involved in ..."

Thank you. Really helpful

00:38:17 Amanda Davis: RIC, absolutely blooming LOVE IT ❤️🙏

00:38:28 Jacky Lawrence: Reacted to "RIC, absolutely bloo..." with 👍

00:39:41 Belinda Bawden Lyme Regis & Charmouth: This is fantastic, Ric. I wish I'd known about you when I delivered Carbon Literacy training recently. Can we include a link to your website in the CL training and on the Dorset Climate Action Network website?

00:39:44 Amanda Davis: Ric, how much engagement with co-operatives? Please do promote / recommend this model as it fits so well with community action

00:50:18 Cllr Stuart Withington. Great Dunmow TC, Essex: Thanks Ric, great work, sorry I have to leave!

00:52:11 Mike E - Hay Community Resilience: Hello - I’m Mike Eccles form Hay on Wye in Wales -

In Wales we are organising through Race to Zero Cymru, both nationally, regionally and locally and signing up all of Wales’ County Councils. It’s a co-ordinated initiative between Climate Cymru - Race to Zero Cymru - Wales Net Zero by 2035 Group and our Future Generations Commissioner using our Well-being of Future Generations(Wales)act..

For example I live in Hay on Wye, so we are working within the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Race to Zero group. We have now been joined by Powys County Council for a full Powys Race to Zero Group.

00:52:16 Mike E - Hay Community Resilience: We are working actively together to understand our motivational messaging using Intrinsic language - which works - when marketing community initiatives. We are working with a series of ‘Models’ generated from within communities to address Carbon Reduction, but not by even mentioning carbon targets - again which works.

We are developing models that resonate specifically with ‘communities’ and their desire to take action, but need facilitation. We are using Community Assemblies to do this introducing facilitated deliberative democracy to bring about Systems Change.

In my community we have a three pillar approach as follows:

01:01:20 Garry Ford - Corsham Town Council: Thanks Ric, useful website, I need to go.

01:08:29 Mary Moore Tiverton, Devon: Thanks for an interesting session. Sorry,I needto go

01:09:33 Belinda Bawden Lyme Regis Town Council; Dorset Council and DCAN: Bridport Town Council, Mountfield, Bridport. Dorset. DT6 3JP Phone: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Will Austin is the town clerk. Tell him I recommended BTC as a model of good practice!

01:10:54 Kirsten Newble - Cambridge Carbon Footprint: Great talk. Thank you!

01:11:18 Mike E - Hay Community Resilience: Great to meet you all