Inspiration | Exeter City Futures

Exeter City Futures is working to curate a collection of resources to help individuals, communities, and businesses who want to play a role in creating a vibrant, sustainable, and inclusive city.

Browse our growing list of practical tools and resources and be part of making sure Exeter remains a great place to live.

If you have more resources to share here please contact us. This page is currently under development and will soon allow users to filter resources based on theme, type, and whether they’re local, national, or global in scope.

ECF: Net Zero Exeter 2030 Plan, a Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality

The Net Zero Exeter 2030 Plan, a roadmap to carbon neutrality, sets out a series of practical actions that will enable the city to be carbon neutral by 2030.

University of Exeter Clean Energy Deal

Universities including Exeter sign landmark green energy deal.

Cities for Children

UK-based Cities for Children aims to protect the "right to a childhood" for children in Pakistan exposed to the streets, by developing safe spaces for them

Regen

Regen is a not-for-profit centre of energy expertise and market insight whose mission is to transform the world’s energy systems for a zero carbon future.

Colab Exeter is an integrated wellbeing and innovation hub that works to strengthen local services and achieve positive whole community

Playing Out

Make your street a safe place to play.

The Peckham Coal Line is a community-led project to reconnect Peckham’s neighbourhoods with a new linear park linking Queens Road Peckham and Rye Lane

Granby Four Streets Community Land Trust wants to create a thriving, vibrant mixed community, building on the existing creativity, energy and commitment within the community

Exeter Community Energy's fund for 2019/2020

ECF: Towards A Carbon Neutral Exeter Paper

Providing recommendations for a carbon-neutral Exeter by 2030

ECF: Exeter’s Key Facts 2019

Our latest data report 'Towards A Carbon Neutral Exeter: Key Facts 2019' presents the current state of our city, as we start to work towards meeting the carbon neutral ambition of the City

ECF: Blueprint for a Net Zero Exeter

From our extensive engagement, research and analysis to date, we have defined a Blueprint for a Net Zero Exeter which we present in this document.

MoMobility Card Game

A card game designed to start constructive conversations, provoke collegial debate and inspire players to rethink our perceptions and attitudes around creating sustainable cities and transportation.

Climate Contract Playbook

Re-wiring Contracts and Laws to fight Climate Change, from The Chancery Lane Project

Climate Action Co-Benefits Toolkit for cutting carbon and improving people’s lives

ECF: Net Zero Exeter 2030 Plan, a Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality

The Net Zero Exeter 2030 Plan, a roadmap to carbon neutrality, sets out a series of practical actions that will enable the city to be carbon neutral by 2030.

A Toolkit for Future Placemaking in Exeter

An illustrated toolkit for future placemaking in Exeter.

The Amsterdam City Doughnut

The Amsterdam City Doughnut: taking the global concept of the Doughnut and turning it into a tool for transformative action in cities.

Happy City

A small UK charity with a big mission: to ‘make what matters count’

Make Vancouver the World’s Slowest City: A Manifesto

Shared mobility principles for livable cities

Roads for the Future

City Science’s proposed concept – Dedicated Driverless Spaces - offers a flexible certification and licensing structure for roads to enable CAVs to operate to maximise benefits and minimise risks

Living Streets: Building Active Neighbourhoods

A community-led initiative by the Exeter Cycling Campaign to identify ‘filter points’ in the city which inhibit rat-running and make the city permeable for people walking and cycling.

2030 Cycling and Walking Network Plan

Devon County Council lacks a 15 year plan for what a dense, cycling and walking network should look like in the city of Exeter.

Exeter Cycling Campaign’s Planning Applications Response

See these examples of responses to planning applications from Exeter Cycling Campaign

Learn 2 Live - Saving lives through education about Road Traffic Collisions

Travel Devon

Plan sustainable journeys in Devon with traveldevon.info

Travel Devon Cycle Training

Cycle training for all age groups and all levels of ability.

Affordable second-hand bikes and mechanical training for bike maintenance in Exeter

Exeter Cycling Campaign

Find out more about the Exeter Cycling Campaign

Devon Wildlife Trust

Find out more about the Devon Wildlife Trust

Food Exeter

Find out more about Food Exeter

Carbon Footprint Calculator for Small and Medium-sized Businesses

Travel Devon Community Grant Scheme

Support for community and voluntary organisations that wish to encourage active lifestyles and support sustainable travel

Crowdfund Exeter

Up to £2500 Funding for local groups, organisations and charities committed to enabling individuals and communities to do more for themselves and each other

Child in the City

Promoting the rights and well-being of children throughout Europe and beyond, by providing high-quality platforms for the communities of interest

Exeter Grants Programme

Grant support for community groups and organisations to work on local projects that help make Exeter such a great place to live

Where to Plant- Places to plant trees from the Woodland Trust