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ACTIONS FOR "RESIDENTS"

We all have a part to play in our city's low carbon future. By changing our behaviour and lifestyle bit by bit, we can ensure we live healthier, happier lives without endangering the future of our environment. Find out all about these actions below.

• Promote active travel, through campaigns linked to key travel destinations Develop mechanisms to encourage more people to cycle and walk as part of their own travel plan.
• Develop programmes of 'carbon literacy' education and training in schools, colleges and universities; at all levels in public, private and third sector organisations; and make them available in community groups, neighbourhoods and households.
• There will be adult bicycle training to give people the confidence to travel by bicycle.
• Support the development of a Northwest food plan ensuring it meets the needs of Manchester consumers and businesses, increases the capacity of regional growers and improves the supply chain to enable residents to buy more sustainable food.
• Develop the infrastructure to enable an increase in local food production, both commercially and within the community.
• Support and extend existing community growing projects.
• Maximise the contribution of gardens and individual/household space to green infrastructure, including advice and training on grow your own schemes. Encourage more people to grow food at home organically.
• Maximise the contribution of gardens and individual/household space to green infrastructure, including advice and training on domestic composting.
• Increase education, skills and awareness among residents about sustainable food through local activity, campaigns and national programmes.
• Continue to work with the Waste & Resources Action Plan (WRAP) and support the Recycle Now and Love Food Hate Waste campaigns.
• Support the growth of repairs and servicing businesses.
• Research and implement a loyalty card scheme to encourage people to support local sustainable business.
• Save over 350,000 tonnes of CO₂ a year by 2020 through a major programme of retrofitting domestic buildings with energy efficiency and home energy generation measures. Develop and implement best practice in retrofit.
• Increase tree coverage in Manchester, including street trees and woodland cover.
• Launch a 'Two-Degree Challenge' to encourage residents to turn thermostats up or down depending on the season.
• Maximise the contribution of gardens and individual/household space to green infrastructure, including advice and training on sustainable garden management.
• Establish a range of community-based micro-generation projects where energy can be used by local users and/or fed back into national and local grids.
• Create a framework of public support, awareness, education and engagement with the residents of Manchester around the need for and benefits of GI.
• Purchase energy from 100% certified green energy supplies and encourage our suppliers and contractors to do the same.
• Everyone in Manchester to have climate change training.
• Employers and event organisers will be helping us to plan low carbon and low congestion journeys.
• Conduct climate change awareness and engagement campaigns and ensure that they are relevant to local communities and neighbourhoods.