We are interested in how decisions of the future are created in past and present opportunities, especially those traditionally without voice. This includes exploring:

· Democratic decision making· Young peoples’ imagined futures· Place-making in post-industrial communities’ cities· Carbon outputs and environmental concerns· Expanding environmental awareness by framing environmental problems at a level at which individuals have a personal, lived experience of the natural world – Drawing in wider expertise, schools, and other local groups.

Our long-term future hopes are that we find ways of developing sustainable local energy generation in the community.