Campaign group ‘Don’t Trash The Thames’ saves ancient riverside #UK #Mitigation

Objectors raise concerns to unnecessary degrading development by our ‘public garden’ which is used for the purposes of public recreation, our public open riverside space.

Wokingham Council planning committee turns down MRT bus lane bridge plan <3

PLANS to concrete over land by the River Thames were turned down by the planning committee on Monday evening. Five members voted against and four in favour.

The extraordinary meeting was held at Wokingham Borough Council’s Shute End offices on Monday evening and the decision was made just weeks after Reading Borough Council approved plans for its side of the scheme…

https://www.wokinghampaper.com/wokingham-council-turns-down-mrt-bus-lane-bridge-plan

Source: The Wokingham Paper

Press release Urban Design Competition URBAN CRATZER

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Date: 09/06/2016

#UrbanCratzer Design Competition launch campaign on Crowdfunder to raise £3,937 for Urban Design Competition #URBANCRATZER To give protection & shelter to people from climatic catastrophic disaster events

Reading based HabitatCO2lutions design competition have launched a Crowdfunder campaign to raise £3,937 for #UrbanCratzer Design Competition.

“Dealing with a climate crisis has now gone planetary – planners and policy makers alert the importance for vulnerable citizens of having an Urban Climatic Emergency Evacuation Plan policy in place for the outcome of the New Urban Agenda, proven realistic in an actual emergency. Considering the general policies of the national government a first draft UCEEP to complement the 2030 agenda, for urban settlement equipped with detailed evacuation plans for facilitating and handling a climate crisis as seen in every continent on the planet.”

The URBAN CRATZER Design Competition is really important because If steps are taken to recognise preparations for evacuation areas and urban craters in dense city areas this can be a just and fair transformative transmission, perhaps then cities can be lucky with a response plan/program due to coming climate change impacts. You can support the competition here http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/urbancratzer-design-competition

Crowdfunder is the UK’s largest rewards-based crowdfunding network having launched more than 4000 projects and raised over £2m – helping people make their great ideas a reality. Crowdfunder works by offering the crowd the opportunity to pledge to a project in return for a reward.

The URBAN CRATZER Design Competition are offering gratitude, t-shirts and more in return for pledges towards their campaign.

Phil Geraghty, Crowdfunder MD, said: “Crowdfunder is about bringing communities together to make great ideas a reality.”

First-responder supporter said: “I’m really excited to support the HabitatCO2lutions crowdfunder campaign and looking forward to receiving my reward in return for my pledge.”

For more information on the project and to pledge visit http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/urbancratzer-design-competition
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18h – #right2protection

What does global democracy look like? Interview of Jan Aart Scholte

An interview of Jan Aart Scholte (Faculty Chair of Peace and Development, School Global Studies, University of Gothenburg) in the monthly seminar “Séminaire du développement durable et économie de l’environnement” organised jointly by IDDRI, EDF Sustainable Development Centre at the Ecole Polytechnique, and Columbia Global Centers Europe at Reid Hall.