The SHOCK fund to encourage locals to improve their sustainability is a fantastic idea! If you are in Hockerton apply on the village fund page above.. Thanks again Simon and Sustainable Hockerton! This is our second time using the funding […]

Measuring Sustainability Measuring sustainability is really important but is fraught with difficulty. Working with my colleague Dr Geeta Lakshmi and fellow investor Joddy Chapman we have created a short video with Dr Anjan Ray which debates some of the issues […]

We are pleased to announce in May 2020 a new round of support for sustainable initiatives in Hockerton. Residents and businesses can claim up to £200 towards purchases that helped them become more sustainable. There is a big list of […]

Geeta Lakshmi (Fellow Director) and I have been working on a research paper using Sustainable Hockerton as an example. We were inspired to look at valuing what we have done incorporating financial, social and environmental aspects rather than the finances […]

Geeta Lakshmi (Fellow Director) and I have been working on a research paper using Sustainable Hockerton as an example. We were inspired to look at valuing what we have done incorporating financial, social and environmental aspects rather than the finances […]

Dear Hockerton resident, Sustainable Hockerton is pleased to announce a new offer of £200+ to every home and business in the parish for energy saving and other measures promoting sustainability, funded by income from Sustainable Hockerton’s wind turbine and solar […]

We monitor the output from the turbine closely to spot how its performing. This graph shows how the natural variation in wind changes the output month by month, year by year.

Sustainable Hockerton is launching a new offer to residents to help keep their homes warmer and their heating bills lower. This is to thank the village for hosting our wind turbine, to help develop the sustainability of its buildings and […]

Bio Gas for Hockerton?  Sustainable Hockerton ran a successful work shop late last year on community bio gas and its potential in and around Hockerton. It explained how community biogas could contribute to local resilience of energy, organic waste recycling […]

Today SHOCK Directors reported progress on its sustainability objectives to its AGM. Environmental: In the last year our wind turbine has produced 315,071 kWh of zero carbon power and our PV arrays produced 50,363 kWh, displacing the emission of 168 […]

SHOCK’s first project was to install a wind turbine as it offered a return on investment, income for the village and carbon savings.

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