Opportunities

The following projects can be undertaken through the Open Platform, please contact us if you would like to know more. Many more are coming soon so please check back.

Hamilton House - Coexist - Various Projects
sennen@coexistuk.org

Hamilton House at the heart of Stokes Croft in Bristol is home to Coexist, where art, music, enterprise and innovation cluster as a community rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow...

Gridlights
Daphne (daphne@schumacherinstitute.org.uk)

The concept of Gridlights includes a traffic light-like device which informs the general public about the real-time electricity demand on the national grid.  It offers a way of democratising the managment of the electricity generation network by inviting the public to participate by altering their electricity usage patterns.

Open Platform
Daphne (daphne@schumacherinstitute.org.uk)

This Open Platform programme provides a ‘home’ for people in transition looking to develop a future career, project in the field of sustainable change/development.

Ecoshow - Project Evaluation
Tim (tim@schumacherinstitute.org.uk)

Ecoshow is a project that links grass-roots organisations and groups working on carbon reduction projects with environmental arts practitioners with the aim of engaging and inspiring the wider Bristol community.

The Changing Minds Guide
Emmelie (miniem_@hotmail.com)

The Changing Minds Project is writing a booklet with the desire to open peoples' minds to new ways of thinking about the world. The project aims to show the importance of reducing our impact upon the environment but also the aspects of culture and society that will need examining if this change is going to happen.

Conference Carbon Calculator
martin@schumacherinstitute.org.uk

The Conference Carbon Calculator is a spreadsheet-based suite of software designed for conference and event organisers to use to calculate the carbon dioxide emissions of their events.