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Fyson on: The integrated planning needed for waste collection toensure that levels of recycling increase

By Anthony Fyson

11 May 2007

The collection of household rubbish is more of a planning issue than might be supposed. The drive to recycle is not only a response to resource conservation imperatives but to pressure on landfill sites as well.

Fyson on... positive signs for a flagship project that proposesopen access to the UK's coastal corridor

By Anthony Fyson

4 May 2007

Celebrations were held last week to mark the 75th anniversary of the mass trespass on Kinder Scout in the Peak District, which pioneered the right of ordinary people to roam in open countryside. But in some contexts the principle of public access still has to be properly established.

Politicians use the internet to talk the talk - but is it enough?

By Huw Morris

27 April 2007

Tony Blair is on YouTube. David Cameron has Webcameron. David Miliband writes a blog. While the excruciation caused by visiting some of these websites is on a par with watching your dad dance at a disco, politicians are using the internet as a more direct way of communicating with the public. The trend is recognised by AboutMyArea.co.uk, a community-run network of websites offering free online space to candidates to boost interest in next week's local elections.

Fyson on...

By Anthony Fyson

27 April 2007

The irresistable rise of David Miliband.

Fyson on... which direction to take when considering the various technologies to reduce carbon emissions

By Anthony Fyson

20 April 2007

The government's long-awaited consultation paper on easing up planning regulations for domestic green microgeneration equipment foresees the need for a more permissive regime to help reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Consumer society will exhaust all its options before too long

13 April 2007

The arrival of spring heralds a flurry of articles in the media with one key message. Forget January as the month for new resolutions and breaking bad habits - with lighter evenings and warmer temperatures, now is the time to create the new you.

Shepley on ... Kate caught out on camera

13 April 2007

Have you seen that advert for the Regeneration & Renewal national conference, with its mugshots of scheduled speakers? Some look thoughtful, with one fine example of the classic "chin resting on fingers" pose. Some are startled, others look sideways as though at something more interesting, a couple are dynamic in mid-speech and another two seem to be in station photo booths.

Bell on ... wasting time with rubbish

By Graeme Bell

6 April 2007

It was a long dark night in the land of the midnight sun. Shadowy figures were being admitted to the warmth of the flat in a Stockholm suburb. Some were strangers, others were friends. A meeting of a secret society? Terrorists plotting to overthrow the establishment? Hardly. This was a meeting of residents convened to discuss how they could improve recycling in their neighbourhood.

Transport sector must take lead when it comes to environment

6 April 2007

Transport secretary Douglas Alexander's speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research says much about the government's thinking on climate change - it is well developed in some areas but naive in others. Alexander is right to assert that transport must become a solution to climate change rather than remaining one of the leading contributors to it. Persuading people to travel differently will be more successful than telling them to travel less.

Gummer on the tectonic shift in approaches to climate change

By John G

17 November 2006

The Stern report changes everything. There is no new science, just the cold deduction of an economist who tells us that the cost of doing nothing about climate change will be vast compared to taking action now to avoid its worst excesses.