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Are vertical farms the future of urban food?

Green Futures magazine, July 28th

With more mouths to feed and increasing demands on land, Duncan Graham-Rowe asks whether high rise city blocks will be the source of tomorrow's supper.

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Green deal for housing must put homeowners first

Ben Ross, July 26th, Forum Blog

files/New Picture_0.png The last couple of years have seen huge interest in tackling the energy use and carbon emissions of the UK’s existing housing stock, and it’s been a real pleasure to be a part of that movement. I’ve met some amazing people from the public, private and NGO sectors but few more ... Read more

 

Sustainability leadership - a labour of love

Sara Parkin, July 23rd, Forum Blog

files/positive-deviant-resize.jpg In my experience, pregnancy and child birth are quicker and less painful than writing a book, but the feeling when holding your new baby in your hands – whether it is your own flesh and blood or the product of sustainably managed forests – is remarkably similar.  Both are a labour ... Read more

 

Porritt condemns “dogmatic” decision to axe money-saving SDC

Jonathon Porritt, July 23rd, Forum Blog

files/JP70.JPG As the former chair of the Sustainable Development Commission, I’m clearly going to be a bit biased about the government’s decision yesterday to get rid of the commission. So I’ve been working really hard to put myself in Ministers’ shoes in terms of the ‘rationale’ they’ve advanced for this ... Read more

 

Planning for uncertainty in a climate-changing world

Jemima Jewell, July 20th, Forum Blog

files/For blog.jpg If you were president of an African country with $1.2 billion dollars to spend and a host of challenges – poverty reduction, economic development, health and education – how would you spend it? In his absorbing book ‘Poor Story’, Giles Bolton challenges the reader to do just this. ... Read more

 

BSF bites the dust

Lorna Pelly, July 15th, Forum Blog

files/Class room.bmp Agreed: our national debt is horrendous, public spending has to be scaled back and we have to accept some significant changes. But was scrapping Building Schools for the Future a step too far? BSF was a Labour government initiative set up to help finance the rebuild or revamp of schools. Only ... Read more

 

Whistling in the wind? I don't think so

Martin Hunt, July 12th, Forum Blog

files/whistler_canada.jpg How a Canadian mountain resort became a model of sustainability Let’s face it, very few of us like Monday mornings, but the beginning of last week was truly a depressing wake-up call for me. I contemplated hiding away under my quilt as the alarm clicked in and BBC radio reeled off ... Read more

 
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