Great to be @createstreets #restitch24 in Coventry’s magnificent Guildhall debating how to build meaningful community spaces and successfully address the housing crisis
Here's a neat piece of innovation from the Smart Cities team @CityWestminster. We've installed a reverse vending machine by the reception desk at Paddington Rec. Bring it your plastic bottles and aluminium cans. Generate cash for North Paddington Youth Club.
Fancy some guerrilla gardening? Here's the @CityWestminster official advice on how to plant tree pits. I'm really pleased the council is now encouraging people to green our streets. https://t.co/LLxVKdJfkC
BREAKING NEWS // @cityoflondon will insist developers give 'substantial, detailed consideration to retaining & refurbishing bldgs rather than knocking them down & starting from scratch'💥
Planning ctte chair says dvprs increasingly interested in #retrofirst ♻️
#SAVETHEFUTURE
.@SAVEBrit lecture on Architecture & the Climate Crisis: @Simonsturgis asks why so little innovation in architecture when compared to cameras over the same period.
.@Simonsturgis in the @savebrit annual lecture on the role of architecture in climate change demonstrating the direct relationship between carbon concentration and Antarctic temperature
‼️Our economy needs to change faster in next 30yrs than last 250⏰
🌇Built envmnt is resp for 25% of emissions so shd be key focus🔍
In @SAVEBrit's talk @SimonSturgis will argue one of our most effective responses is to make demolition last resort not 1st🌍
#netzero#retrofirst