Ballina is a village in West Tipperary with an active community group established around the catchment of the local national school. Within Cosain a community is described as a grouping of people with a common purpose in a formalised manner, whose ambition is “not for profit”. Where the income generated from the selling of credits is invested into capital projects for the benefit of the community and the environment.
Over the last three years they have undertaken a process of reducing the emissions of the participants of the scheme by car pooling, increased insulation, purchasing of local produce, use of small-scale renewables, increased recycling, composting and reducing waste to landfill.
These credits are being created retrospectively. It is also important to remember that these retrospective credits required an initial auditing by a certified ISO 14064-2 Projects Expert and followed by a third party verification by a certified ISO 14064 -3. Verifier of both projects and inventory.
The income for the credits are spent on capital projects that improve the community cohesiveness while also conserving energy and enhancing biodiversity. So the community was well rewarded for their innovation and dynamism and take the first tentative steps towards a greater sense of independence and a feeling of self determination.
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