EnCaf's Full Response
How EnCaf Works
Enfield has a Core Group of around 12 people who discuss the activities of EnCaf and the important issues we should cover. We are always interested in people joining our Group and who would like to play an active part. So if you are interested then please let us know. And if you are interested in the activity streams below you can make contact there as well.
Activities & Work Streams
We have a number of activities and workstreams ongoing at present and these can change as different circumstances arise. If you are interested in any of these then please let us know
Air Pollution
The Air Pollution Group was set up to look at and monitor (with citizen research) the level of air pollution in Enfield. The group has drafted a report and is collaborating with the Education Group around measuring air pollution in schools
Carbon Literacy
Understanding climate change and its impact and what actions we can take to both mitigate climate change and adapt to this change is a central concern of EnCaf. Our carbon literacy group to create awareness on this as well as to look at what actions are needed.
District Heating
This group considers district heating in Enfield and the Council’s plans to develop a large district heating network with the waste to heat emanating from the incinerator. They have been examining if this is at all a low or zero carbon option and the alternatives.
Education & Schools
EnCaf plans to cooperate with schools across the borough to facilitate and incentivise integrating climate change into daily school life - from nursery to higher and further education. We are doing this with a number of Partners focussed on schools developing climate action plans, air pollution monitoring and community energy.
EnCaf Forums
EnCaf hold monthly Forums where we discuss some of the major issues around climate change and often invite key speakers to help us in these discussions. Often ideas are developed at our Core Group Meetings. However if you are interested in being in a group that helps organise and promote these Forum events then please let us know
Food Security
Food Security will be a major issue facing us in the coming years and we are co-operating with the local United Nations Association and Enfield Food Partnership both who have done a work on Food Poverty in Enfield. We want to work with this group to examine what this means As our Food Security will be challenged by climate change
Heat Excess
Together with Age UK and other groups we are developing several road shows to create awareness around how heat excess will affect our health and survival in coming years. We also hope to work with other voluntary groups and the statutory authorities to develop a Local Resilience Forum to address this issue,
Land Use
The Land Use Group is a collaboration of groups within our network who are concerned with the threat to green space in Enfield. It has published detailed reports on land use and the green belt, and responded to the Council’s Blue/Green Strategy. It continues to monitor this
MP Watch
We have an embryonic group looking at how we can influence our local MPs around the need to act and legislate on the climate crisis. We regularly ask questions of our MPs and publish them on our social networks In this we are cooperating with the national MP Watch group.
Social Media
We have a Social Media Co-ordinator and we would like to have a supporting group that can help develop our web and social network presence. So if you are interested in social networks, videos and web development then again please lets us know. We have a website, a presence on several social networks and a mailing list.
Waste & Sustainability
The Waste Group has met several times to discuss recycling in Enfield and how we should tackle waste. They have also published a series of cartoons called Tony’s Tips to highlight the issue and they were active in EnCaf's Big Green Festival. They are also collaborating with the Enfield Food Partnership to tackle food waste in the Borough
Youth Activities
EnCaf used to have a youth group that disbanded when the young people went off to university. We would like to get a youth section started again as it is young people who will suffer the most from climate change in the coming decades. So if you would like to help start a group within the EnCaf network then let us know