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SEEDA Diamonds No Nonsense Guide to reducing your footprint

Welcome to the South East Diamonds No-Nonsense Guide to Footprint Reduction.

This guide is designed to

• Help Council leaders and other busy top decision takers in the South East Diamonds make effective strategy to reduce their carbon footprint and ecological footprint
• Signpost practical expertise in depth to help practitioners deliver this strategy
• Identify the help the Diamonds will need to achieve the targets.

The site is designed to help readers go in to the material at whatever level they wish, from quick overview to strategic decision to practical detail. Each section has a top level page offering an overview and links to further pages, in the site and/or externally, which give progressively more specialised and detailed information.

• Section 1 gives background on footprint and reasons and targets to reduce it.
• Section 2 lists the ‘big hits’ for footprint in the Diamonds.
• Section 3 suggests ideas for reducing energy use in buildings
• Section 4 covers lower footprint energy production
• Section 5 looks at reducing water use
• Section 6 tackles transport emissions
• Section 7 deals with waste management
• Section 8 looks at food
• Section 9 presents ways to raise awareness and motivate people to act
• Section 10 outlines resources available for footprint reduction and sources of finance
• Section 11 investigates pathways to footprint reduction action planning

Either click on the relevant section links above or navigate using the sidebar on the left.

You are also encouraged to contribute comments and content to this Guide.