5th August, 2018 Lesley Griffiths, Welsh Government AM and Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, has praised an article on One Planet Development by the World Economic Forum. View full article here Good to see the Minister outwardly acknowledging this forward thinking planning policy adopted by the Welsh Government in 2011. …
The One Planet Council has created a simple briefing sheet that outlines how One Planet Development is supported by the Well-Being of Future Generations Act – and vice versa. It sets out the benefits of One Planet Developments in the Welsh legislative context. It summarises the planning policy and identifies – in the goals of the Well-Being…
The One Planet Council has published its response to the Welsh Government’s Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee’s Inquiry into the Future of Agricultural and Rural Development Policies in Wales. The Council believes that Brexit offers an opportunity to redefine Wales’ relationship with the land and to align policies and practices with the aspirations…
The Welsh government has confirmed its commitments to using ecological footprinting as a means of measuring progress under the Well-Being of Future Generations Act and to achieving its goal that the ecological footprint of the whole of Wales should be reduced to its fair share of the planet’s total ecological footprint within a generation – taken to…
The One Planet Council has launched a label to identify produce grown on One Planet Developments. Only One Planet Development business owners may use the label. The ‘One Planet Produce’ label serves both to raise awareness, and so that consumers can see the provenance of the goods they are purchasing. Consumers will have confidence that the product…
Simon and Jasmine Dale’s low impact smallholding, located within the Lammas Eco village in Glandwr, Pembrokeshire, has just featured on Channel 4’s Grand Designs. Their beautiful energy efficient dwelling, was self-designed and built with the help of volunteers for only £27,000. A remarkably achievement when you consider that a regular self-built home of similar size and spec would normally cost…
