One Planet Sutton

Sutton is seeking to become a "One Planet Borough" by 2025, in other words to be living within the resources and capacity of the one planet on which we all live.

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If everyone in the world lived as we do in Sutton we would need three planets to support us. Therefore we need to reduce our impact - our ecological footprint - by two thirds to a sustainable and globally equitable level. We call this One Planet Living®.

Local environmental charity BioRegional and Sutton Council are working with residents and businesses in the London Borough of Sutton to find ways of reducing our ecological footprint while strengthening our community and improving our quality of life.

The average resident in Sutton depends upon 3 planets to meet their needs, from housing to food and travel. That's three times higher than our fair share of the Earth's resources, and means residents need to reduce their footprint by 65%. We aim to do this by 2025 and to reduce our CO2 emissions of about 12 tonnes per person per year by 90% by 2030. This is a hugely ambitious project but together we can make it happen.

For more information visit http://www.oneplanetsutton.org/ or view our pdf icon One Planet Action Plan [1002kb]