New Sheffield ad ban shows how councils can act on harmful advertising, adfreecities.org.uk (Mar 19, 2024) - She moved me’: the UK dancers inspired by India’s 112-year-old environmentalist, theguardian.com (Mar 03, 2024)
2023[edit | edit source]
- Why South Yorkshire needed a citizens’ assembly for net zero, newstatesman.com (Dec 11, 2023)
- What are the neighbourhoods of Sheffield and why are they crucial to the city's emerging future? We're finding out, nowthenmagazine.com (Nov 23, 2023)
- Former fracking site could lead UK’s renewable revolution, theguardian.com (Nov 05, 2023)
- ‘Real’ public engagement must be prioritised for path to net zero to succeed, climateoutreach.org (Sep 05, 2023) — the UPPER Coalition Reports include examples of successful co-designing and collaboration with local citizens, including Camden Think & Do’s programme, Kendal’s Climate Jury, and initiatives in Hull and Hackney
- ‘Dead storage’ and ‘imminent risk to supplies’: documents reveal how England’s water companies struggled in last summer’s heatwaves, unearthed.greenpeace.org (Aug 23, 2023) — Internal briefings expose Environment Agency concerns that reservoir levels could drop so low the water would be untreatable and that companies might break the law
- A community food supply, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Jul 31, 2023) — Urban farms are bypassing supermarkets to create their own local food systems and connect communities. Robbie Armstrong
- The climate crisis leaves students feeling helpless – what universities can do to empower them, theconversation.com (Jul 24, 2023)
2022[edit | edit source]
- Bradford clean air zone launches, BBC News (Sep 26, 2022)
- The activists taking on England’s sewage-spilling water firms – and winning, positive.news (Aug 23, 2022)
- Developing towns in Coalville, building houses in Grimsby, generating solar power in Bristol - these CANs are vibrant and concrete, The Daily Alternative (Jul 02, 2022) — This week, we have a cascade of what we call CANs, cosmo-local initiatives, coming into our radar. It’s great just to chart their vitality.
- The UK’s first community-run shopping centre will have an “indie feel”- carefully curating their shops, and hosting creatives above, The Daily Alternative (Jun 02, 2022)
- Now Building On Planet A, Alternative Editorial (Apr 03, 2022)
2021[edit | edit source]
Bigger ambition for woodland in National Park, Dec 15[1]
2020[edit | edit source]
Local councils can be both arrogant and enabling. They chop down the trees overnight in Doncaster …and ask the citizens to plan their foliage and foresting in Frome, Nov 23[2]
They stopped a toxic relief road. So why not use that energy to establish a forest commons? An empowering tale from North Yorkshire[3] Jul 29, 2020
2019[edit | edit source]
York to ban private car journeys from city centre within three years.[4] Dec 31
Flood defences simply aren't good enough – here's what needs to be done.[5] Nov 11
Scarborough Council declares Climate Emergency in first major step to combat global warming, Jan 8[6]
Blogs[edit | edit source]
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