1. Sustainability Partnership 9 February 2012

2. AGENDA 1. Apologies 2. Minutes of meeting of 2 November 2011 3. Matters arising 4. SOA review – now feeding into a new Community Plan 5. SCCD report 6. Presentation for Board 7. Suggested how to event for charities / SSDF proposal 8. Earth Hour 2012 9. Chair’s update – recent meetings and news items 10. Biodiversity survey 11. AOCB 12. Next meetings: 13. Diary for 2012 SP dates – 13 June am, 5 September am, 5 December am

3. 4. SOA review – now feeding into a new Community Plan Sustainability Partnership agreed focus on indicator development in 3 areas from our work last year: ◦ Climate Change ◦ Biodiversity ◦ Community Engagement (behaviour change) Development work on indicators still ongoing New Board level aim of draft Community Plan to be discussed at February Community Planning Board Meetings with theme lead officers and third sector undertaken so far Opportunity now for all Sustainability Partnership members to have their say

4. 5. SCCD report

5. 2010/11Actual CO2 tonnes Previous years progress (2009/10) 2010/11 CO2 savings (2005/06 baseline) 2012/13 Target savings ENERGY 20,339 6.7%8.8%22.2% STREETLIGHTING 4,587 -5.5%-5.3%12.4% TRANSPORT 4,185 6.1%14.3%10% WASTE 19,769 9.1%14.2%25.7% TOTAL 48880 6.7%10.4%20.6%

7. 6. Presentation for Board South Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership Lunchtime Seminar 22 nd February, 12.45 – 1.55pm, County Hall DRAFT PROGRAMME Part One Scotland’s Climate Change Declaration What does this mean? What commitments have partners signed up to? What information have we already gathered? Our Annual Report Part Two Workshops Small Group Discussions - how can we more effectively work together to deliver our Climate Change Declaration commitments?

8. 7. Suggested how to event for charities / SSDF proposal The Scottish Sustainable Development Forum (SSDF) / Climate Challenge Fund Community Action Support Programme (CASP) are organising three regional events leading from the Climate Challenge Fund Gathering in 2011. Main objectives: to raise awareness about the Earth Summit, create realistic visions of individual communities and how to plan for it, to record participant’s aspirations for the future of their community to feed into the Green Dreams initiative and to offer an opportunity for community groups in the local area to network with one another. These half-day events will be held in 3 different locations across Scotland and will contain the following: ◦ Case Studies – from a community group who have completed the visioning process and have come up with a sustainability plan for the future of their community. ◦ Adaptation Scotland Workshop – Discovering the physical and environmental effects of climate change in your respective communities ◦ Visioning Workshops – An opportunity for community groups to develop their own sustainability plan for their individual communities with the support of Adaptation Scotland and SSDF ◦ Green Dreams Recording – Your opportunity to answer the question ‘What is your dream for a sustainable future in Scotland and the World?’ Agenda 9.30 – 10amRegistration with tea and coffee 10-10.05amWelcome 10.05-10.35amPresentation from community group explaining their visioning process and how they created their sustainability plan 10.35-11amAdaptation Scotland Workshop 11-11.15amBreak 11.15 – 12.30pmVisioning workshop 12.30 – 1.30pmLunch and Green Dreams recording

9. 8. Earth Hour 2012 ◦ Posting on CoP events page, You tube clipCoP events pageYou tube clip

10. Earth Hour switch off list 2012 1. Floodlighting at Alloway Kirk 2. Floodlighting at St Nicholas Church Ruin in Prestwick 3. Floodlighting at Fish Cross sculpture, High Street, Ayr. 4. Floodlighting at Poet & Scholar sculpture, High Street, Ayr 5. Feature lighting in Loudoun Hall Courtyard 6. Floodlighting at Auld Brig, Ayr 7. Floodlighting of Burns Statue, Burns Statue Square, Ayr 8. Kirkoswald church ruin floodlighting, Kirkoswald 9. Floodlighting at Stumpy Tower, Girvan. 10. Dundonald Castle Floodlighting (in consultation with Historic Scotland) 11. Ayr, Newmarket Street feature lighting (in consultation with Ayr Renaissance) 12. Ayr Town Hall floodlighting 13. Maybole Town Hall floodlighting 14. Wallace Tower, Ayr, floodlighting 15. St John’s Tower, Ayr, floodlighting

11. Earth Hour – other actions Communications – press releases, website, intranet, communications bulletins, emails to contacts (community planning, business contacts etc), tweets, email signatures (procurement suppliers), street banners Schools model building competition Under development: event and additional actions for green champions

12. Earth Hour 2012 - resources Posters - these are now available to download at http://scotland.wwf.org.uk/how_you_can_help/earth_hour_201222/eart h_hour_resources/ http://scotland.wwf.org.uk/how_you_can_help/earth_hour_201222/eart h_hour_resources/ Toolkits – available for local authorities, trade union branches, businesses, iconic buildings and church congregations - if you would like any of these to forward onto contacts in your area please do just let me know Competition to find WWF's Earth Hour Champion Community for 2012. WWF UK is giving one community, be that a school, workplace, street, village, pub or club, the chance to lead the UK switch off and win a grant of £1000. This may be something you want to send round your networks. For more information and details on how to apply visit http://earthhour.wwf.org.uk/get-involved/competition- to-lead-uk-switch-off Please note the deadline for entries is Feb 27th.http://earthhour.wwf.org.uk/get-involved/competition- to-lead-uk-switch-off

13. Your Earth Hour 2012 action Take back to your organisation Seek their sign up log with WWF Let us know what your organisation will do (we can publicise, include in reporting and also let WWF know)...and don’t forget to sign up personally!

14. 9. Chair’s update – recent meetings and news items Biosphere Variable lighting

15. 10. Biodiversity survey Ayrshire Biodiversity Update: ◦ Ayrshire Local Biodiversity Action Plan ◦ Central Scotland Green Network Please complete quick survey before you leave today: ◦ To help is with ongoing development of LBAP ◦ To inform our Service Planning work in relation to biodiversity

16. 11. AOCB Openspace strategy and associated environmental report consultation reminder

17. Date of next meeting Diary for 2012 SP dates – 13 June am 5 September am 5 December am