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Teen

Posted 2010-10-08 13:45 (#393)
Subject: Community renewables

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...from this week's Senscot bulletin

Wherever communities around Scotland have successfully taken responsibility
for their own futures - there will be found a locally owned 'anchor'
organisation - with the confidence and skills to provide leadership. These
organisations mostly have sustainable income from their own assets - so
that they can, when necessary, dispute with the Council and still operate;
without such independence - so called empowerment is tokenistic. The
Scottish Govt/Cosla concept of empowerment is for the community to have a
more effective 'voice' - not the capacity to act independently. Local
ownership of renewable energy production offers a 'never
before' opportunity for communities to get serious - a new generation of
high level community development trusts. It was most encouraging to hear
Richard Lochead speak last week about the Govt's commitment to assist this
process. See here, http://www.senscot.net/view_art.php?viewid=10292
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http://www.senscot.net/view_art.php?viewid=10292

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