Set-up in 1997 by our director Margaret Minhinnick Sustainable Wales is Wales’ oldest sustainable development practitioner.

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Aims

The charity aims to influence societal consumer behaviour: to promote one planet living to try to ensure survival of the planet and to lobby for policy change to achieve more sustainable lifestyles that support the local economy.

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Objectives

1. To encourage and increase use of local, green, and ethical goods and services by society.
2. To reduce waste of resources and level of waste disposal, providing support for durable products, reuse and recycling
3. To save energy and promote renewable energy to combat global warming.
4. To protect biodiversity to maintain the planet’s life-support systems.
5. To fundraise to do the above.
6. To involve volunteers.

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Actions

1. Promote, educate and advance awareness of sustainable development - via various media activities, PR/marketing, information/resource production, public events or festivals.
2. Offer information, advice, support, facilitation to help Welsh citizens/organisations/networks work towards sustainable development via their activities, projects, policies and practices.
3. Organise training, workshops, seminars, conferences.
4. Encourage and develop community-based activities that are replicable.
5. Collaborate to influence other sectors.
6. Involve volunteers, local people and politicians.
7. Fundraise via grants, sponsorship, consultancy and training fees.

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Location

Sustainable Wales is based in Porthcawl.

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Ownership

Sustainable Wales is an unincorporated charitable trust (registration number 1065789/0) managed by an elected board of Trustees who appoint a full-time director and other staff.

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