Town Planning Northwich Town Council engaged us in to help develop their town plan. This involved working with a disparate group of stakeholders over two sessions. We built trust and got the group working together to develop a sustainable solution to overcome issues facing the town. [I liked the] interaction with people that you [...]
Project-HCM
Behavioural, Behavioural Change, Partnerships, Project-HCM, Supply Chains
An action research project in partnership with the University of Chester and funded by the UKCES UK Futures Programme Project-HCM undertook more than 60 activities with over 100 individuals from 20 companies in food and drink supply chains. The project made use of iterative action research. We were able to test the applicability of Transactional [...]
Defra and MWDA
Capacity Building, Case Studies, Defra, Engagement, Partnerships, Simulations, Sustainability
Raising awareness of waste management across Merseyside Defra and Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority engaged Pixel Fountain to deliver a programme of workshops using our Planit Waste learning simulation. Need With all local authorities facing stringent targets for increasing the volume of waste that can be recycled and reducing the amount that goes to landfill sites, many are [...]
Planit Sefton
Capacity Building, Partnerships, Planit-Sefton, Simulations, Sustainability
Raising awareness of sustainability in Sefton Council Sefton MBC had attended a workshop on the PlanitNW programme and they were impressed with the way the workshop developed a holistic understanding of sustainable development and got everybody involved. Gary Mahoney was a key advocate of Planit-Sefton among many other environmental projects and causes - he is [...]
Planit-NW
Capacity Building, Case Studies, Engagement, Partnerships, Planit-NW, Simulations, Sustainability
Raising awareness of sustainability across the NW of England In 2003, pixelfountain approached the NWRA with the opportunity to develop a learning simulation to educate decision makers about the importance of sustainable development. Need The Regional Assembly and Government Office for the North West were keen to find an interesting way to promote sustainable development [...]