CORNWALL THIRD SECTOR CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE

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We at Volunteer Cornwall are checking in on how were doing across the third sector in Cornwall on climate and ecological emergency action, especially in Covid times; and what learning we can share for the common good. Thanks for your time - this survey is extremely short ...

We're using the term "third sector" as a short hand for all third, community, voluntary, non-statutory, not for private profit groups and organisations. :)

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* 1. Ok, this won't take long. First, which area or areas is your organisation working in, and what type of organisation are you?

	informal community organisation eg committee of volunteers	group with a constitution/bank account	charity	social enterprise	network	other
health (ie physical, emotional and psychological sickness and/or wellness)	health (ie physical, emotional and psychological sickness and/or wellness) informal community organisation eg committee of volunteers	health (ie physical, emotional and psychological sickness and/or wellness) group with a constitution/bank account	health (ie physical, emotional and psychological sickness and/or wellness) charity	health (ie physical, emotional and psychological sickness and/or wellness) social enterprise	health (ie physical, emotional and psychological sickness and/or wellness) network	health (ie physical, emotional and psychological sickness and/or wellness) other
social and economic issues (poverty, housing, injustice, abuse)	social and economic issues (poverty, housing, injustice, abuse) informal community organisation eg committee of volunteers	social and economic issues (poverty, housing, injustice, abuse) group with a constitution/bank account	social and economic issues (poverty, housing, injustice, abuse) charity	social and economic issues (poverty, housing, injustice, abuse) social enterprise	social and economic issues (poverty, housing, injustice, abuse) network	social and economic issues (poverty, housing, injustice, abuse) other
environmental issues	environmental issues informal community organisation eg committee of volunteers	environmental issues group with a constitution/bank account	environmental issues charity	environmental issues social enterprise	environmental issues network	environmental issues other
a combination (please say more below)	a combination (please say more below) informal community organisation eg committee of volunteers	a combination (please say more below) group with a constitution/bank account	a combination (please say more below) charity	a combination (please say more below) social enterprise	a combination (please say more below) network	a combination (please say more below) other
something else! (please say more below)	something else! (please say more below) informal community organisation eg committee of volunteers	something else! (please say more below) group with a constitution/bank account	something else! (please say more below) charity	something else! (please say more below) social enterprise	something else! (please say more below) network	something else! (please say more below) other

Please say more!

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* 2. How would you define the issue of climate and ecological breakdown?

Not much of a problem

Quite a big problem

An emergency

The climate crisis and the ecological crisis are different and not connected

The climate crisis and the ecological crisis are different but fundamentally connected

They are a problem but not for me and/or my work

I feel I don't know enough to answer!

Did you want to say more?

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* 3. I think the climate and ecological situation will affect our work or organisation

because extreme weather events like flooding or heatwaves will affect what we do on the land

because extreme weather events like flooding or heatwaves will affect the people we support and where they live

because changes to the climate and what and where we can grow will affect food supplies for us all

because our buildings, property, infrastructure (eg heating/cooling bills etc) ability to travel for work will be affected

because we are going to change our funding or pensions to avoid eg fossil fuel investments

because it will impact on the psychological wellbeing of the people we work with and support

because it will impact on the psychological wellbeing of our staff and/or volunteers

we will be completely unaffected (please say why below)

I don't know!

other! (please say more below)

Do say more!

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* 4. How far is your organisation or group in declaring/taking action on the climate and ecological emergency?

	not yet begun	just started	making good progress	complete and in operation	could do with some guidance
declaration of emergency	declaration of emergency not yet begun	declaration of emergency just started	declaration of emergency making good progress	declaration of emergency complete and in operation	declaration of emergency could do with some guidance
development of a plan	development of a plan not yet begun	development of a plan just started	development of a plan making good progress	development of a plan complete and in operation	development of a plan could do with some guidance
started discussing with staff	started discussing with staff not yet begun	started discussing with staff just started	started discussing with staff making good progress	started discussing with staff complete and in operation	started discussing with staff could do with some guidance
started discussing at strategic level	started discussing at strategic level not yet begun	started discussing at strategic level just started	started discussing at strategic level making good progress	started discussing at strategic level complete and in operation	started discussing at strategic level could do with some guidance
reviewed our existing programmes to consider their contribution/impact	reviewed our existing programmes to consider their contribution/impact not yet begun	reviewed our existing programmes to consider their contribution/impact just started	reviewed our existing programmes to consider their contribution/impact making good progress	reviewed our existing programmes to consider their contribution/impact complete and in operation	reviewed our existing programmes to consider their contribution/impact could do with some guidance
other!	other! not yet begun	other! just started	other! making good progress	other! complete and in operation	other! could do with some guidance

Did you want to say more? For example, if this is your entire reason for existing (such as a local climate action group or partnership?)

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* 5. There are loads of new words flying around us! How confident or comfortable do you feel with these terms? ( you can choose more than one answer for each term below)

	absolutely no idea what this is	somewhat	other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	very comfortable and use it all the time	would love some help to get my head round this
carbon	carbon absolutely no idea what this is	carbon somewhat	carbon other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	carbon very comfortable and use it all the time	carbon would love some help to get my head round this
climate change or breakdown	climate change or breakdown absolutely no idea what this is	climate change or breakdown somewhat	climate change or breakdown other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	climate change or breakdown very comfortable and use it all the time	climate change or breakdown would love some help to get my head round this
carbon neutral	carbon neutral absolutely no idea what this is	carbon neutral somewhat	carbon neutral other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	carbon neutral very comfortable and use it all the time	carbon neutral would love some help to get my head round this
zero carbon	zero carbon absolutely no idea what this is	zero carbon somewhat	zero carbon other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	zero carbon very comfortable and use it all the time	zero carbon would love some help to get my head round this
net zero	net zero absolutely no idea what this is	net zero somewhat	net zero other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	net zero very comfortable and use it all the time	net zero would love some help to get my head round this
HFCs (hydro-fluoro-carbons)	HFCs (hydro-fluoro-carbons) absolutely no idea what this is	HFCs (hydro-fluoro-carbons) somewhat	HFCs (hydro-fluoro-carbons) other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	HFCs (hydro-fluoro-carbons) very comfortable and use it all the time	HFCs (hydro-fluoro-carbons) would love some help to get my head round this
degrowth	degrowth absolutely no idea what this is	degrowth somewhat	degrowth other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	degrowth very comfortable and use it all the time	degrowth would love some help to get my head round this
decarbonisation	decarbonisation absolutely no idea what this is	decarbonisation somewhat	decarbonisation other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	decarbonisation very comfortable and use it all the time	decarbonisation would love some help to get my head round this
doughnut economics	doughnut economics absolutely no idea what this is	doughnut economics somewhat	doughnut economics other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	doughnut economics very comfortable and use it all the time	doughnut economics would love some help to get my head round this
agro-ecology	agro-ecology absolutely no idea what this is	agro-ecology somewhat	agro-ecology other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	agro-ecology very comfortable and use it all the time	agro-ecology would love some help to get my head round this
sequestration	sequestration absolutely no idea what this is	sequestration somewhat	sequestration other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	sequestration very comfortable and use it all the time	sequestration would love some help to get my head round this
off-setting	off-setting absolutely no idea what this is	off-setting somewhat	off-setting other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	off-setting very comfortable and use it all the time	off-setting would love some help to get my head round this
circular economy	circular economy absolutely no idea what this is	circular economy somewhat	circular economy other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	circular economy very comfortable and use it all the time	circular economy would love some help to get my head round this
regenerative agriculture	regenerative agriculture absolutely no idea what this is	regenerative agriculture somewhat	regenerative agriculture other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	regenerative agriculture very comfortable and use it all the time	regenerative agriculture would love some help to get my head round this
organic	organic absolutely no idea what this is	organic somewhat	organic other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	organic very comfortable and use it all the time	organic would love some help to get my head round this
rewilding	rewilding absolutely no idea what this is	rewilding somewhat	rewilding other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	rewilding very comfortable and use it all the time	rewilding would love some help to get my head round this
environmental growth	environmental growth absolutely no idea what this is	environmental growth somewhat	environmental growth other people at work use this but it doesn't seem relevant to my job	environmental growth very comfortable and use it all the time	environmental growth would love some help to get my head round this

Do say more!

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* 6. In your work on the climate and ecological emergencies, what are you using to help you? If you're doing nothing yet, tick the "none at all" box. :)

	yup, all over this like a rash	significantly	a little	none at all	would love help to get started/keep moving
someone from in the organisation or group is considering the issues	someone from in the organisation or group is considering the issues yup, all over this like a rash	someone from in the organisation or group is considering the issues significantly	someone from in the organisation or group is considering the issues a little	someone from in the organisation or group is considering the issues none at all	someone from in the organisation or group is considering the issues would love help to get started/keep moving
collaboration with other organisations or groups in the third sector	collaboration with other organisations or groups in the third sector yup, all over this like a rash	collaboration with other organisations or groups in the third sector significantly	collaboration with other organisations or groups in the third sector a little	collaboration with other organisations or groups in the third sector none at all	collaboration with other organisations or groups in the third sector would love help to get started/keep moving
consultancy from elsewhere	consultancy from elsewhere yup, all over this like a rash	consultancy from elsewhere significantly	consultancy from elsewhere a little	consultancy from elsewhere none at all	consultancy from elsewhere would love help to get started/keep moving
online measuring tool that everyone can use and join in on	online measuring tool that everyone can use and join in on yup, all over this like a rash	online measuring tool that everyone can use and join in on significantly	online measuring tool that everyone can use and join in on a little	online measuring tool that everyone can use and join in on none at all	online measuring tool that everyone can use and join in on would love help to get started/keep moving

Other thoughts? And if you're already getting support from other community/voluntary/third sector organisations, who is that?

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* 7. What's your thinking/experience of online "environmental dashboard" tools? (given that isn't the best name for them! essentially an online tool to show progress, and to encourage staff to share ideas and actions)

not interested

don't know, have no experience, but tell me more...

would love an online space for all staff to be able to measure our collective efforts and add their ideas

we're using one and it's great!

we're using one and it's not doing what we want!

Can you say more?

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* 8. What areas are you including in your planning/thinking/doing? ( you can choose more than one answer for each item below)

	nope	a little	quite a lot	loads	all over this like a rash!
Internal people stuff: (eg encouraging more engagement with nature of staff, in order to improve wellbeing)	Internal people stuff: (eg encouraging more engagement with nature of staff, in order to improve wellbeing) nope	Internal people stuff: (eg encouraging more engagement with nature of staff, in order to improve wellbeing) a little	Internal people stuff: (eg encouraging more engagement with nature of staff, in order to improve wellbeing) quite a lot	Internal people stuff: (eg encouraging more engagement with nature of staff, in order to improve wellbeing) loads	Internal people stuff: (eg encouraging more engagement with nature of staff, in order to improve wellbeing) all over this like a rash!
External people stuff: (eg encouraging more engagement with nature of people we work with, in order to improve wellbeing)	External people stuff: (eg encouraging more engagement with nature of people we work with, in order to improve wellbeing) nope	External people stuff: (eg encouraging more engagement with nature of people we work with, in order to improve wellbeing) a little	External people stuff: (eg encouraging more engagement with nature of people we work with, in order to improve wellbeing) quite a lot	External people stuff: (eg encouraging more engagement with nature of people we work with, in order to improve wellbeing) loads	External people stuff: (eg encouraging more engagement with nature of people we work with, in order to improve wellbeing) all over this like a rash!
Internal environmental stuff: (eg energy/water use of our office/staff)	Internal environmental stuff: (eg energy/water use of our office/staff) nope	Internal environmental stuff: (eg energy/water use of our office/staff) a little	Internal environmental stuff: (eg energy/water use of our office/staff) quite a lot	Internal environmental stuff: (eg energy/water use of our office/staff) loads	Internal environmental stuff: (eg energy/water use of our office/staff) all over this like a rash!
External environmental stuff: (eg enabling people to have warmer homes may affect carbon emissions, eg through advice on insulation)	External environmental stuff: (eg enabling people to have warmer homes may affect carbon emissions, eg through advice on insulation) nope	External environmental stuff: (eg enabling people to have warmer homes may affect carbon emissions, eg through advice on insulation) a little	External environmental stuff: (eg enabling people to have warmer homes may affect carbon emissions, eg through advice on insulation) quite a lot	External environmental stuff: (eg enabling people to have warmer homes may affect carbon emissions, eg through advice on insulation) loads	External environmental stuff: (eg enabling people to have warmer homes may affect carbon emissions, eg through advice on insulation) all over this like a rash!
Internal financial stuff: (eg changing our energy buying, or car use, with impact on our finances)	Internal financial stuff: (eg changing our energy buying, or car use, with impact on our finances) nope	Internal financial stuff: (eg changing our energy buying, or car use, with impact on our finances) a little	Internal financial stuff: (eg changing our energy buying, or car use, with impact on our finances) quite a lot	Internal financial stuff: (eg changing our energy buying, or car use, with impact on our finances) loads	Internal financial stuff: (eg changing our energy buying, or car use, with impact on our finances) all over this like a rash!
External financial stuff: (eg buying more local, having greater benefit on local businesses)	External financial stuff: (eg buying more local, having greater benefit on local businesses) nope	External financial stuff: (eg buying more local, having greater benefit on local businesses) a little	External financial stuff: (eg buying more local, having greater benefit on local businesses) quite a lot	External financial stuff: (eg buying more local, having greater benefit on local businesses) loads	External financial stuff: (eg buying more local, having greater benefit on local businesses) all over this like a rash!
specific work on circular economy thinking	specific work on circular economy thinking nope	specific work on circular economy thinking a little	specific work on circular economy thinking quite a lot	specific work on circular economy thinking loads	specific work on circular economy thinking all over this like a rash!
specific work on radical reduction or degrowth approaches	specific work on radical reduction or degrowth approaches nope	specific work on radical reduction or degrowth approaches a little	specific work on radical reduction or degrowth approaches quite a lot	specific work on radical reduction or degrowth approaches loads	specific work on radical reduction or degrowth approaches all over this like a rash!
specific exploration of tools like doughnut economics to help us frame what we do and its impacts	specific exploration of tools like doughnut economics to help us frame what we do and its impacts nope	specific exploration of tools like doughnut economics to help us frame what we do and its impacts a little	specific exploration of tools like doughnut economics to help us frame what we do and its impacts quite a lot	specific exploration of tools like doughnut economics to help us frame what we do and its impacts loads	specific exploration of tools like doughnut economics to help us frame what we do and its impacts all over this like a rash!

What else did you want to say?

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* 9. What would you like help on in relation to the climate and ecological emergency? ( you can choose more than one answer for each item below)

	not at all, and not interested	yes please, and would like more info	yes, already started, and happy to share our learning with others!
resource management (water bills, fuel and energy bills etc)	resource management (water bills, fuel and energy bills etc) not at all, and not interested	resource management (water bills, fuel and energy bills etc) yes please, and would like more info	resource management (water bills, fuel and energy bills etc) yes, already started, and happy to share our learning with others!
helping staff get involved	helping staff get involved not at all, and not interested	helping staff get involved yes please, and would like more info	helping staff get involved yes, already started, and happy to share our learning with others!
strategy development for the organisation	strategy development for the organisation not at all, and not interested	strategy development for the organisation yes please, and would like more info	strategy development for the organisation yes, already started, and happy to share our learning with others!
finding out more about what the third sector across Cornwall is doing on this issue	finding out more about what the third sector across Cornwall is doing on this issue not at all, and not interested	finding out more about what the third sector across Cornwall is doing on this issue yes please, and would like more info	finding out more about what the third sector across Cornwall is doing on this issue yes, already started, and happy to share our learning with others!
finding out more about what the Council is doing on this issue	finding out more about what the Council is doing on this issue not at all, and not interested	finding out more about what the Council is doing on this issue yes please, and would like more info	finding out more about what the Council is doing on this issue yes, already started, and happy to share our learning with others!
figuring out how to do this in Covid19 times	figuring out how to do this in Covid19 times not at all, and not interested	figuring out how to do this in Covid19 times yes please, and would like more info	figuring out how to do this in Covid19 times yes, already started, and happy to share our learning with others!
looking at the ethics of our finances, like where our pensions are invested	looking at the ethics of our finances, like where our pensions are invested not at all, and not interested	looking at the ethics of our finances, like where our pensions are invested yes please, and would like more info	looking at the ethics of our finances, like where our pensions are invested yes, already started, and happy to share our learning with others!
general carbon and climate literacy	general carbon and climate literacy not at all, and not interested	general carbon and climate literacy yes please, and would like more info	general carbon and climate literacy yes, already started, and happy to share our learning with others!
a wider group to be part of for morale/practical support	a wider group to be part of for morale/practical support not at all, and not interested	a wider group to be part of for morale/practical support yes please, and would like more info	a wider group to be part of for morale/practical support yes, already started, and happy to share our learning with others!

More thoughts?

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* 10. Please leave your contact details below so we can let you know the results, and see if we can do something together!

Name and role

Organisation or group

Address

Address 2

City/Town

County

Postal Code

Country

Best Contact Email Address

Best Contact Phone Number