Building Community Resilience and Improving Wellbeing
The Good Life Initiative took place in New Earswick near York. The project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation held a series of activities during 2011 and 2012 which had the aim of building and sustaining community resilience.
The aim of the project was to foster low impact lifestyles in New Earswick and to galvanise community action to build a stronger and more resilient community. The New Earswick Good Life Initiative aspires to help residents to achieve a: healthier, greener, knowledgeable and sociable life.
Articles
Joseph Rowntree Foundation Blog
The Guardian Blog
Press Coverage
The Yorkshire Post
The Guardian Blog
Films
The Press
JoRios - Joseph Rowntrees Mini Earth Summit
Tea on The Green- New Earswick Good Life Initiative
JoRios Message to Global Leaders at Rio Earth Summit
The New Earswick Good Life Initiative Movie
Practical Action to Build Resilence: The Good Life Initaitive in New Earswick
This report details findings from a hands-on attempt
to build a local community’s capacity to adapt to ongoing economic, environmental and social changes. An action-research project investigated the effect of different interventions to facilitate civic engagement with the aim of motivating a transition towards a more resilient and environmentally sustainable community in a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of York.