Visit the Ashton Hayes website and learn about their collaborative approach to reducing their collective carbon footprint. A great example of a small community leading by example.
Incidentally, Tracy Todhunter (one of the residents of Ashton Hayes) came along to an event in which we discussed how ruralnet|uk should be supporting rural communities and individuals through the use of new and emerging technologies (Web 2.0, Blogs, Flickr, RSS etc).
Off the back of this focus group (and by her own admission a confirmed technophobe!), she was inspired to set up her own WordPress blog to “chart my days of living low carbon”.