Comments on: Stockland Stores – plans for the new community run shop http://www.sharonpavey.org/stockland-stores-plans-for-the-new-community-run-shop/ East Devon Green Eco Type Person! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:05:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: sharon http://www.sharonpavey.org/stockland-stores-plans-for-the-new-community-run-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-321 sharon Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:14:33 +0000 http://www.sharonpavey.org/?p=613#comment-321 Thanks Michele, love the bicycle idea! Perhaps they could have some lovely Stockland Stores hessian/linen bags made up. Thanks Michele, love the bicycle idea! Perhaps they could have some lovely Stockland Stores hessian/linen bags made up.

]]> By: Michele Seymour http://www.sharonpavey.org/stockland-stores-plans-for-the-new-community-run-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Michele Seymour Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:34:15 +0000 http://www.sharonpavey.org/?p=613#comment-312 The "greenness" of the build and running of the proposed store is crucial and you were right to highlight this at the meeting, Sharon. Other suggestions I have are to do with the goods offered for sale. I would hope that items chosen would have a minimum of wrapping and be produced by companies that had ethical standards - Nestle and Proctor and Gamble would be excluded for instance. Plastic bags should not be offered at the point of sale and customers encouraged to bring their own containers and recycle cartons, including egg boxes, back to the shop. A bin could be provided close to the entrance to educate children (and their parents!) about responsible disposal of litter. An outlandish idea, although not necessarily idiotic, would be to have a static bicycle on the premises linked in to generate electricity at the same time as giving folk a workout... The “greenness” of the build and running of the proposed store is crucial and you were right to highlight this at the meeting, Sharon.

Other suggestions I have are to do with the goods offered for sale. I would hope that items chosen would have a minimum of wrapping and be produced by companies that had ethical standards – Nestle and Proctor and Gamble would be excluded for instance. Plastic bags should not be offered at the point of sale and customers encouraged to bring their own containers and recycle cartons, including egg boxes, back to the shop. A bin could be provided close to the entrance to educate children (and their parents!) about
responsible disposal of litter.

An outlandish idea, although not necessarily idiotic, would be to have a static bicycle on the premises linked in to generate electricity at the same time as giving folk a workout…

]]> By: Michael Horsnell http://www.sharonpavey.org/stockland-stores-plans-for-the-new-community-run-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Michael Horsnell Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:19:03 +0000 http://www.sharonpavey.org/?p=613#comment-311 A community shop is a superb idea, and as you say Sharon an ideal opportunity to add energy efficient measures and renewable energy solutions, where possible. It of course makes both financial and environmental sense to think of energy efficiency and sources of energy at the beginning of the build. It will need the steering committee to push for this from the architect. Devon Association for Renewable Energy ( DARE) can of course help. There are numerous local examples of renewable energy in the community. EG The Branscombe village hall have recently installed a ground source heat pump and a solar pv panel array to supply the electricity needed. See http://www.branscombevillagehall.org/page12.html Seaton Primary School is an excellent local example http://www.seatonprimary.co.uk/PageEnergyResources.html As many people are aware a good return can be made due to the government’s new initiative of Feed in Tariffs. Installing both energy efficient measures and renewable energy technologies really is a no brainer at the moment! This is a good example of a community shop in East London www.hornbeam.org.uk Together with an associated local food coop.... www.organiclea.org.uk A community shop is a superb idea, and as you say Sharon an ideal opportunity to add energy efficient measures and renewable energy solutions, where possible. It of course makes both financial and environmental sense to think of energy efficiency and sources of energy at the beginning of the build. It will need the steering committee to push for this from the architect. Devon Association for Renewable Energy ( DARE) can of course help.

There are numerous local examples of renewable energy in the community.

EG The Branscombe village hall have recently installed a ground source heat pump and a solar pv panel array to supply the electricity needed. See
http://www.branscombevillagehall.org/page12.html

Seaton Primary School is an excellent local example http://www.seatonprimary.co.uk/PageEnergyResources.html

As many people are aware a good return can be made due to the government’s new initiative of Feed in Tariffs. Installing both energy efficient measures and renewable energy technologies really is a no brainer at the moment!

This is a good example of a community shop in East London http://www.hornbeam.org.uk
Together with an associated local food coop…. http://www.organiclea.org.uk

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