This year ECOE made £4,100 available via its community fund, and we allocated it in January, as previously discussed in this post. We granted £1,400 to Art and Energy for creative solar workshops making renewable energy both fun and inspirational. In May they told ECOE that ‘This project is underway and is going according to plan.’ […]

On May 23rd our director, environmental social scientist Patrick Devine-Wright, chaired a public event that asked the above question at the University of Exeter. The University’s new Global Systems Institute organised the event, together with ECOE and Transition Exeter. As a result of this topic’s importance, the largest lecture theatre in the University – with another […]

ECOE’s roots were Transition Exeter, and the Transition movement has always had the twin goals of the environment and social justice. However, the environment has perhaps often been the priority. When ECOE was founded we wanted to install lots of community-owned solar PV on community buildings. This was to help with the transition to a […]

The last few months have seen quite a lot of comings and goings at ECOE. We’re gradually introducing the new faces to you so that you don’t wonder who they are when you meet them. Next up is Alan Denbigh, who joined as our project officer in December 2018. You can follow him on Twitter […]