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Gary Topp Development Manager (freelance)

Brief history Established in 2007 by BCC Small initial group of ‘green’ organisations ‘Green Capital’ name Delivered reports, events, grants and networking. Part of the bid team for EGC 2015 Resourced until 2013 by BCC

‘Back the Bid’ Campaign The Bid team Report commissione d by Bristol Green Capital Partnership – Joy Carey, co-chair of Food Action Group

2014 Year of transition and change Move to an independent CIC Developing relationship with B2015 company Exponential growth in pledge membership- now at 800 members. Action Groups: energy, resources, food, water, resilience, new economy etc.

Supporting the 2015 year Communications – 800 members/ 4000 individual subscribers Projects and collaborations Supporting grant programmes Monthly mingles/ quarterly gatherings Leadership, expertise and advice

Partnership Gatherings Anson Rooms, February 2015

Place & Sustainable Building Group Resilience Spotlight: Resilience AG Fairtrade International Towns Conference & Green Capital Partnership Pocket Plazas: Transport AG Food Routes: Food Action Group one day : Day One : Small grant funded arts project

Looking forward an independent civil society leadership organisation for the city ‘futures’ not ‘green’ a powerful legacy vehicle post 2015 an extraordinary opportunity for Bristol to be a global leader

Leo Hollis: Cities are good for you In 1994, PJ O’Rourke calculated that if the world’s population were gathered together in one place with the same density as Manhattan ‘everyone on earth can live in the former Yugoslavia’... Today the world’s population might need slightly more wriggle room, but no more than Nicaragua. Therefore, living together in a crowded place is clearly not the problem: how we live, and how we are allowed to live together, is what matters most.

Naomi Klein: This Changes Everything Germany’s program mirrors one implemented in Denmark in the 1970s and 80’s which helped switch more than 40 percent of the country’s electrical consumption to renewables…roughly 85 % of Danish wind turbines were owned by small players like farmers and co-ops..the best track record for spurring renewable energy turnarounds..it’s communities, co-ops and farmers working within an ambitious, well designed national framework…

KPMG: Magnet cities City government alone cannot reposition a city. It also takes a city’s business leaders, opposing political parties, academics and educational leaders, investors, community groups and residents to buy-in to the need for change. This holds equally true for cities not in crisis, but hoping to further increase their magnetic pull.

What are we working towards? A refreshed ‘intellectual’ foundation A determined approach to ‘reach’ A commitment to ‘cross cutting’ and ‘collaborative’ working A ‘service’ based organisation

Our challenges Creating a new business model Bristol is a very busy market place Mission creep Developing a consortium approach Leadership impact