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Hello  Welcome to the Sustainable Swansea site.
Here you will find all the information you need about our project  and what we aim to do.
The Sustainable Swansea initiative was established in 2004 and aims to help make Swansea a more sustainable place to live, work, and visit. Some of the projects we are working on include:
  • Get Sust! working with communities and groups on how to be more sustainable, attending and organising events.
  • On the Trail; a collection of locations which forms the Swansea Sustainability Trail.
    Projects include, Swansea Community Farm, The Environment Centre, Down to Earth Project, Rosehill Quarry, Bishops Wood Nature Reserve, Llys Nini and Penllergare Woods - all of which show sustainability in action.
  • Digital Media Training; a great informal way of gaining skills with digital photography and editing. 
  • Green Map Series: A growing collection including a Swansea-wide map, community green maps for Penlan, Castle, Townhill, Morriston and Pontarddulais. A Gower Green map will be produced by the spring.
  • Sustainable Swansea Awards Scheme; rewarding sustainable action by schools, businesses, community projects, public agencies, and individuals.
Sustainable Swansea is managed by Swansea Environmental Forum in partnership with the City and County of Swansea, Swansea CVS and the Environment Centre.
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Pontarddulais volunteer litter pickers
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The Gower Wildflower Cafe on the Sustainability Trail
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2010 Award Ceremony

News Items

Job Vacancy  Community Green Space Development Officer.
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic community engagement specialist, who will be able to work alongside 5 communities over the four years building their confidence and skills at the same time as supporting them to improve the environment.

For further details please download the full job advert and job description:
Job Advert (English)      Job Description (English)                      Job Advert (Welsh)        Job Description (Welsh)

New Clear Streams project starting

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The second of our trips to explore the Tawe is starting on May 17th.

The project will take the group out on four trips to photograph various locations on the river with a final day learning to use Photoshop to edit them. At the end of the project there will be an exhibition of the work produced.

The project offers a fun and friendly way to learn about digital photography, to get outdoors and to find out about the rivers that affect you!

Email dai@environmentcentre.org.uk to book your place or for more information click here

There are only a few places left so get in touch now!

2012 Sustainable Swansea Awards Scheme

This year we received 32 entries in eight categories for the Awards scheme and the award ceremony took place on 22nd March.

Click here to read more about the finalists and winners.
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The 2012 Awards ceremony

Digital Streams- Photographic Exhibition!

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This project in the Pontarddulais area has ended. It aimed to teach people basic digital photography by taking them out to photograph the streams and rivers that flow through their neighbourhood, getting them involved with a part of the environment that can have a big impact on their lives. The course was run twice, once over the summer and they went  out again to see the rivers in  autumn.

A photographic exhibition from the course has been on view at the library in Pontarddulais recently and will shortly be at the Environment Centre in Pier Street, Swansea.

So why not pop along to see it and be inspired!

Email Dai Power  for more information.  

The Swansea Sustainability Trail 2012

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The Sustainability Trail brings together a collection of local projects and organisations to give practical examples of how we can look after our world and the resources it provides. Each project is happy to welcome visitors (some by prior arrangement only) and provide tours of their site to show how they are contributing to a more sustainable world.

Click here to download the new trail leaflet.


The Pontarddulais Green Map

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This latest community map shows the environmental, community and social features of the Pontarddulais area. Many thanks to all those involved in helping to create it.

You can download the new map here or look out for the printed maps which have been distributed widely throughout Pontarddulais.

Trailblazers 2012

Trailblazers 2012 was a great success. Read on to find out more...
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Woodland Adventures on Trailblazers 2012

Our funders and partners

Sustainable Swansea would like to thank our funders and partners for all their support.
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