Peckham Experiment Aims

Some of the aims of the New Peckham Experiment

Develop a greater understanding of the potential for the positive transformation of Peckham (and communities around the UK and beyond) in response to the challenges of climate change while also increasing well-being and equality

Reveal and build on the skills and assets of people living in Peckham

Leave a physical legacy in the form of: the creation of a community food garden in vacant land by Area 10; an ‘urban orchard’ on Rye Lane; a community-developed map of future Peckham; a sound-garden of Peckham past and future and a re-usable community-owned temporary structure for use at festivals and events.

Leave a community legacy in the form of: connections between and within communities and organisations in Peckham; the skills acquired by the people of Peckham (learning and teaching); the enterprising solutions generated by people’s engagement in the project.

Highlight the role of culture at the heart of the transition to a low-carbon high well-being economy

Provide a compelling vision of active community at the heart of a new model of whole community health

Complement and support existing practical movements such as the Transition Town Network, Climate Camp and Peckham Power

Catalyse new projects in Peckham and beyond

Inform the policy of a range of organisations from Southwark Council to nef and the Soil Association and Government

Prove that radical transformation of the way that we live is both possible and desirable

Begin to determine the barriers to change at the local and national level.