When going on holiday or for a short break, the environmental status of your destination is hardly likely to be high on your list of priorities. However, once the packing is done and your price range is decided upon, maybe … Continue reading
Category Archives: Sustainability Topics
The Greening of the Nation’s Finger Tips
In recent years we have seen an increased interest from people to have a space to garden, whether it is to grow beautiful flowers or to fulfil a more self-sufficient desire of growing vegetables. Gardening by the masses suffered a … Continue reading
NGOs: What Good Are They?
The modern environmental NGO is an organisation that features heavily in the news nowadays, especially around times of major environmental conferences or disasters. But what do they actually do? Are they simply groups of concerned environmentalists who organise demonstrations, climb … Continue reading
The Value of Well Designed Public Space
There is a general consensus that to achieve a sustainable lifestyle and create a sustainable environment there needs to be a high quality of urban design. Good design guidelines help to ensure that areas do not fall into disrepair resulting … Continue reading
Is New Urbanisation an Answer to Sustainable Urban City Design
When designing or re-generating a city to make it more sustainable it is not just environmental issues that should be considered. Making a city more sustainable is just as much about ensuring that the residents’ quality of life is sustainable. … Continue reading
Sustainable Cities: It’s Not So Grim Up North
Sustainable Urban Governance and the Role of Business
To create a sustainable city, all aspects of sustainability must be assessed, from the environmental issues, to economic considerations and the social implications of creating a sustainable place. A growing idea surrounding the concept of the sustainable city is the … Continue reading
Just What is Sustainable Development?
Sustainability is a term that’s thrown around rather a lot in environmental circles and is increasingly becoming a part of everyday language. Although often used synonymously with terms like green or environmentally friendly sustainable development is a robust term in … Continue reading
Sustainable Development in the Construction Industry
It has become widely recognised that rising populations and economic development are threatening to progressively deplete the earth of its limited natural resources. The construction, maintenance and use of buildings and structures worldwide all require the extraction and utilization of … Continue reading











