“We’re Solarpunks because the only other options are denial or despair.” “The heartbeat of Solarpunk is looking to the future with optimism.” “The choice to… Read More »Solarpunk is alive and well in the Sid Valley!

“Local authorities need to be the captains of change and engage in this agenda.” . As suggested by the Guardian’s architecture correspondent, Oliver Wainwright: As… Read More »Reimagining the high street: creating green spaces

Agreeing to a 6-month ‘pause’ in the process to reassess the options . Thursday saw the first time the BMP’s Steering Group (now its Advisory… Read More »Beach Management Plan: Febuary meeting: further reports

“Solarpunk is the first creative movement consciously and positively responding to the Anthropocene.” “The planet is on the clock, and there’s just no time for… Read More »Solarpunk in the Sid Valley?

“It is just as important to address the inequality within regions as it is between regions, as this is where rural disadvantage is rife.” .… Read More »Levelling up rural: how to fairly allocate government funding

At this morning’s meeting, which was also streamed live on YouTube, the decision was taken to ‘pause’ the Beach Management Plan for 6 months to… Read More »Beach Management Plan advisory group meeting 25th Feb 2021

“The government’s ambition is that every council will produce a local design code and guide which it claims will give residents have a “real say”… Read More »Better design, better planning, better places

“Conservationists are working hard to reverse the long-term deforestation of Britain.” “Deforestation Free Nation” . Where should we be planting trees? In terms of climate… Read More »How to help prevent deforestation

… the first 3D-printed construction of a fully natural, recyclable, and carbon-neutral material: raw earth. . There are all sorts of natural materials better suited… Read More »Dig then print your own house

Stirling Prize-winning architects behind “exemplar” application. Councillors were getting “absolute earache” from residents but sometimes the council had to “grasp the bullet”. . A District… Read More »Affordable Passivhaus in Somerset

Meanwhile, the business rates holiday is to be extended. . The government has committed itself to an overhaul of the business rates system – but… Read More »A ‘fundamental review’ of business rates promised, but delayed

… as destination points. “We need planners and local authorities to recognise the importance of the hospitality and nightlife sector on the regeneration of our… Read More »Reinventing the high street – repurposing empty retail stores

“Trees improve our urban spaces, making them better places to live.” . The council at the city of Sheffield didn’t seem to like trees on… Read More »Planting trees on our streets

“A new national mood with 66 percent of adults worried by the state of the planet, climate change and the decline of wildlife and nature.”… Read More »Mainstream media going green

“There will be objections to this idea from some environmental groups, but the crucial point they must consider is that this would be a truly… Read More »Bluefin tuna and ‘sport fishing’ in the West Country