Green Infrastructure, Energy and Water in the Community

Keeping in line with the Draft London Environment Strategy, we are looking for a voluntary and community sector organisation to

• i)build community capacity in order to embed the Mayor's environmental ambitions in Kingston's residents' aspirations, such as Friends of Groups.
• ii)reach beyond the traditionally environmentally aware groups to enable the wider community to gain skills and a sense of ownership around nature resources we all use.
• iii)identifying and develop potential projects which demonstrate:
• water friendly solutions in private and public open spaces such as green roofs, storm ponds, sustainable urban drainages, rain harvesting systems and permeable cycle lanes
• people using less water from the main for uses other than drinking, personal hygiene and cooking
• connected and rich in biodiversity green infrastructure such as green corridors, tree lined pedestrianised roads,riparian river vegetation, wildlife overpasses over large road links like the A3 and many more.
• opportunities reducing people's exposure to poor air quality such as vegetated cycle lanes, strategically placed and maintained species-rich hedgerows and stone walls
• decentralised energy networks and smart energy systems reducing people's vulnerability to energy security fluctuations

Additional information: The opportunity is published on ProContract