Cardiff University receive £7m to develop green industries
Cardiff University says a £7m investment in research will help their scientists play a key role in developing cleaner, greener
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Housing
In Practice: how a fossil-free fuel future will unlock a sustainable revolution
Dr Geoff Nesbitt, CEO of Verditek, shares his vision of a world free from fossil-fuel dependence, and how it will
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Report: how ‘negotiated stopping’ is alleviating the housing crisis for Gypsies and Travellers in Leeds
‘Negotiated stopping’ is an innovative policy which has seen Leeds City Council negotiate with Gypsies and Travellers to allow them
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How can water treatment help social housing providers?
Craig Mitchell, social housing sales director at Sentinel, discusses why social housing providers should think smarter when it comes to their
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Chorley Council to launch housing company
Chorley Council is to become the latest local authority to set up a housing company to provide more affordable homes
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Leadership Spotlight: Martin Farrington, Leeds City Council
Environment Journal met Martin Farrington, Head of City Development at Leeds City Council, at their new offices to discuss regeneration,
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In Practice: can cement be sustainable?
Dr. Geoff J. Nesbitt, CEO of Verditek, looks at how technology can reduce emissions for contractors. Usually, associating the words ‘concrete’
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Plans submitted for major York brownfield regeneration
York Central Partnership has submitted an application for planning permission for 2,500 homes in the centre of York. York Central
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Councils to bid to build new garden towns
The Government has published a new garden towns prospectus, which sets out a list of criteria that local authorities and
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Feature: a filmmaker’s mission to shed light on regeneration & gentrification in Brixton
One of the main objections from communities who have undergone gentrification is that they feel their voices haven’t been heard.
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Developers accused of ‘gobbling up’ Green Belt
The Green Belt is being ‘eroded at an alarming rate’ with plans to build 460,000 homes on land that will
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Watford celebrate Green Flag Award success
Twelve parks and green spaces across Watford have been named among the best in the country by the Green Flag
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Cross-party group calls for more support for new towns
A cross-party group of MPs has called on the Government to put new towns centre stage in the next Budget.
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Japanese knotweed damage to properties ‘rare’, researchers say
Researchers have found little evidence Japanese knotweed causes significant structural damage to properties. Ecologists from global infrastructure services firm AECOM
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Leadership Spotlight: Dr Richard Hull, lecturer in social entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths University
Dr Richard Hull leads the MA in Social Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths University, South London. Goldsmiths offers one of the few graduate programmes
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Right-to-Buy replacement homes could vanish in five years
Two thirds of councils will have no chance of replacing homes sold off under the Right-to-Buy scheme within the next
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UKGBC and Innovation Gateway to collaborate on built environment
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) and Innovation Gateway have today (May 23) announced a partnership which they believe will
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Report shines light on the barriers to healthy placemaking
Design Council worked with Social ChangeUK to survey over 600 built environment practitioners across the UK to understand their views
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Group calls for garden city commitment from ministers
A group of 50 organisations have called on the government to demonstrate its continued support for delivering new garden villages,
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15 minutes with…Christian Felber, author and economist
Christian Felber is an economist who founded the Economy for the Common Good, an economic model which focuses on the well-being
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