BioRegional Quintain sees the role of a community website/extranet provision as integral to delivering our sustainable communities vision. Research has shown that the majority of our environmental impacts are associated with our lifestyle choices, and hence establishing convenient information and communication tools to enable such choices is fundamental.

Beyond opportunities for supporting reduced environmental impacts, the website will be crucial in engendering and supporting the social aspects of a truly sustainable community. Through the facility it is envisaged that users will be able to access information about their home and utility use, and the local area and events, as well as access services such as :

- booking car club vehicles,
- meeting rooms in the community centre,
- ordering local food boxes,
- check the local and national weather,
- pay bills online etc.

Furthermore, residents could utilise the facility to establish interest groups, organise and advertise social events, and use innovative services such as time-banking.

The facility would additionally be used as a means of gathering data to support measuring the environmental impacts of the community against targets associated with the 10 One Planet Living Principles (www.oneplanetliving.org).