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Tag Archives: connecting with nature
NW England: for the best of this year’s Autumn colour.
If you’re keen to catch autumn leaves at their best then this may be the best time to head out with your camera. In fact, recent research highlights that 2016 is a particularly vibrant year for autumn colours. Owing to … Continue reading
Cities setting biophilic commitments.
Pittsburgh has become the latest city to be inducted into the Biophilic City network, setting ambitions and commitments to eliminate the use of all pesticides, fungicides and herbicides, to increase the city’s tree canopy from 42 percent to 60 percent by 2030, to pursue … Continue reading
Posted in comment, nature, sustainability
Tagged biophilia, biophilic cities, connecting with nature, FutuREstorative, Health, nature, sustainability, Wellbeing
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UK among the most nature-depleted countries in the world…
Agriculture, Urbanisation, Wetland and Forestry Management alongside Climate Change are the cause in a significant drop in the health and state of UK nature and wildlife. The State of Nature 2016 report published today describing the UK as “among the most … Continue reading
3 R’s for rethinking built environment sustainability
Its over ten years since rethinking construction became the driving force for improving the construction industry. Back then, in 1998, sustainability wasn’t on the agenda for many construction organisations, and didnt feature in Egans influential report. Now at the close of … Continue reading
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Tagged #Givschat, benchmarking, benchmarkwalks, circular economy, connecting with nature, construction, cradle to cradle, deep green thinking, design, designing out landfill, Earth2.0, Green Vision, GVis2012, Healthy Products Standard, Interface, Living Building Challenge, Living Building Challenge UK Collaborative, natural capital, nature, One Planet Living, Patagonia, Re-Connect, re-design, Re-Kindle, resilience, rethinking construction, sustainability, toxic materials
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Sustainability: Closing the Circle
Barry Commoner, scientist-activist, whose ability to identify and explain complex ecological crises and advocate radical solutions made him a pillar of the environmental movement, died last week. Source Commoner whose seminal 1971 book, “The Closing Circle: Man, Nature and Technology,” argued … Continue reading
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Tagged Commoner, connecting with nature, simple rules, The Closing Circle
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on getting out, learning and sharing, unconference style
As I plan another ‘benchmarkwalk’ for tomorrow in the English Lake District, I realise I haven’t described my benchmarkwalks approach here on the blog. In some ways I now realise this approach is very much like an outdoor unconference – … Continue reading
Posted in admin, events, fairsnape, improvement, links
Tagged benchmarkwalks, connecting with nature, unconference
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They Paved Paradise: (How) Can Buildings Heal? … Regeneration Edition3
The third edition of the Regeneration Design Competition concluded with its conference in the wonderful setting of the Riva Del Garda Museum. “The biggest barrier to sustainable and living building is ourselves” Amanda Sturgeon Following presentations from the three Regeneration … Continue reading →