Naturewise: Teifi Community Forest Garden
Posted on December 31, 2009
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Todmorden's Good life: Introducing Britain's greenest town
Posted on December 14, 2009
'Grow your own' fever has gripped the Pennines community, which is aiming for self-sufficiency
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The Big Question: Should landowners be forced to give up space for allotments?
Posted on December 14, 2009
According to the New Local Government Network, persuading councils to turn over vacant brownfield sites – and landowners to give up under-used parts of their private estates – would quickly free up huge tracts of land that could easily be turned over to growing food.
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Auto-ban: German town goes car-free
Posted on December 14, 2009
Vauban hopes to forge a model community without that great staple of modern life – the car. Now the sound of birdsong has replaced the roar of traffic and children can play in the street
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Crawling with great ideas: The 'future garden' festival focuses on conservation and insect-friendly innovation
Posted on December 14, 2009
"When I was a kid, growing up in wartime London," says David Bellamy, "there were butterflies everywhere." Clouds of African butterflies have been back in Britain this May, reminding us of what we have lost. Several million Painted Ladies dropped in from Morocco for a summer stint in our green and pleasant gardens, providing a tantalising glimpse of the riches of the past.
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Community Gardens Grow Community
Posted on November 30, 2009
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British climate change campaigners ride The Wave
Posted on November 29, 2009
The Wave claims to be 'UK's biggest ever demonstration for urgent action on climate change'. Will you take part – and do marches work?
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Car-free cities: an idea with legs
Posted on November 29, 2009
Car-free neighbourhoods are no unrealistic utopia – they exist all over Europe
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Common sense and the city: Jaime Lerner, Brazil's green revolutionary
Posted on November 29, 2009
The ex-mayor of Curitiba used massive creativity and tiny budgets to create the world's greenest city
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