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The Conversation: Cities could save billions of pounds, while saving the planet – here’s how

14/11/2017 by Paul Ducker Leave a Comment

The ‘Can-do-Cities’ initiative is showing how local actions have the potential to save as much as £7 billion each year across the 50 largest cities in the UK – that’s equivalent to £300 per year for every person in each of these cities – and create more than 90,000 years of extra employment.

Filed Under: Climate change, Communities, consumption and the local economy, Spotted on the web Tagged With: adaptation, cities, local, local government, mitigation, policy

Facilities managers: unsung heros of sustainability?

27/05/2017 by David Johnston

It is easy to dismiss facilities management as just about fixing lights and managing the cleaning. But good facilities management is about much more. In this post, David Johnston explores how FM is helping reduce heat loss and carbon emissions from buildings in Reading, saving costs and the planet in the process.

Filed Under: Energy efficiency, Featured, Planning and design Tagged With: buildings, cities, facilities management

Bournemouth aims to become a green economy leader

01/12/2016 by Paul Ducker

Taking inspiration from cities such as Vancouver, Stockholm and Copenhagen, Bournemouth recently announced a plan to position itself at the vanguard of environmental protection.

Filed Under: Carbon reduction, Communities, consumption and the local economy, Global connections, Spotted on the web, Universities Tagged With: business, circular economy, cities, collaboration, strategy

Me and my footprint – Material Oxford

03/11/2016 by Paul Ducker

The research, ‘Material Oxford’, is the first stage in a process for the city of understand the flow of natural resources that underpin its ability to function so that it can make informed choices about how to manage its footprint in the future.

Filed Under: Communities, consumption and the local economy, Spotted on the web Tagged With: circular economy, cities, resource use

Want to survive climate change? You’ll need a good community

31/10/2016 by Paul Ducker

In the Summer of 1995, a blistering heat wave settled over Chicago for three days. It killed 739 people, making it one of the most unexpectedly lethal disasters in modern American history. No statistical models of the heat wave predicted such a high death toll. Researchers in the American Journal of Public Health reported that […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity and green infrastructure, Communities, consumption and the local economy, Planning and design, Spotted on the web Tagged With: cities, climate change, communities, resilience, urban design

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We are an education project linked to Reading Hydro. Our goal is that Reading is recognised as a leader in practical action on sustainability, as well as a great place to live.

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