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Towards One Planet Living in Sutton

This site is about creating a Sustainability Action Plan for Sutton.

If everyone in the world lived as we do in Sutton we would need three planets to support us. Therefore we need to reduce our impact - our ecological footprint - by two thirds to a sustainable and globally equitable level. We call this One Planet Living®.

Local environmental charity BioRegional and Sutton Council are working with residents and businesses in the London Borough of Sutton to find ways of reducing our ecological footprint while strengthening our community and improving our quality of life.

Sutton resident's green idea reaps rewards

Well done to Cheam resident David Keeble, who scooped first prize in the "Sustainable Sutton" competition with his idea for making Sutton greener. His winning idea is to "set a ‘Green space Challenge' to encourage a one per cent increase in quality green space each year in Sutton." It will go into Sutton's Sustainability Action Plan, the first version of which is is being written now.

David Keeble, who wins a £200 voucher for Pearsons Cycles in Sutton, an energy monitor so that he can keep track of home energy consumption and a Green Tomato kit of eco goodies said, "I am delighted to receive the prizes and will definitely put them to good use. I fully support the One Planet Living initiative to make Sutton a better place today and for tomorrow. I'm looking forward to seeing a greener Sutton."

Read more about David's idea and the competition on the BioRegional news page.

Sutton's ecological footprint

The average resident in Sutton depends upon 5.38 global hectares to meet their needs, from housing to food and travel. That's three times higher than our fair share of the Earth's resources, and means residents need to reduce their footprint by 65%. We aim to do this by 2025 and to reduce our CO2 emissions of about 12 tonnes per person per year by 90% by 2030. This is a hugely ambitious project but together we can make it happen. 

Hackbridge Week

We aim to make Hackbridge the UK's first Sustainable Suburb. Hackbridge Week which ran from Monday 25 February 2008 to Saturday 1st March 2008 was an opportunity for local residents, businesses and other stakeholders to contribute ideas and give feedback on the plans. There will be many more opportunities to contribute, so don't worry if you were not able to attend.

You can download the full programme for Hackbridge Week to see what went on, and read a summary of each event by clicking the links below.

Hackbridge Week Launch

Planning and Design of New Build Workshop

Community Planning Workshop

Zero Carbon Workshop

Zero Waste Workshop

Sustainable Transport Workshop

Local and Sustainable Materials Workshop

Local and Sustainable Food Workshop

Sustainable Water Workshop

Natural Habitats and Wildlife Workshop

Culture and Heritage Workshop

Equity and Fairtrade Workshop

Health and Happiness Workshop

Find out about all the upcoming events in Sutton and read reviews of past events here »