Renaissance & Quality of Place

Reducing emissions from heritage buildings

Sunny — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:51:04 +0000

Help to make historically important buildings energy efficient while retaining their character by using this new guide.

‘Low Carbon Heritage Buildings: a guide’ has been produced to help people across Yorkshire and Humber sensitively introduce changes to historically important buildings that improves their environmental performance.

Empowering communities to create cleaner, greener neighbourhoods

Sunny — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:38:21 +0000

Localis has launched the third pamphlet in its Big Society Series. 'The Big Green Society: Empowering communities to create, cleaner, greener neighbourhoods'.

Member Vacancies on North York Moors & Yorkshire Dales National Park Authorities

Sunny — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:09:17 +0000

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Caroline Spelman, has announced her intention to appoint new members to five National Park Authorities (NPAs) and to the Broads Authority.

A New Woodland Strategy for Bradford District - Public Consultation

Sunny — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:23:48 +0000

Public and private woodlands provide many benefits to citizens, visitors and businesses as well as being a vital component of our natural environment or “green infrastructure”.

Protecting and enhancing the district’s woodlands against the background of climate change and the pressures of population growth within the context of a complex policy and regulatory framework is a challenge for all woodland owners and managers.

Sheffield's Eco-Schools

Sunny — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:30:19 +0000

Eco-Schools is an international award scheme which schools can use to make sure that they are working hard to be more and more eco-friendly. Sheffield City Council are promoting Eco-Schools to support our schools to take action to help improve the local environment and protect Planet Earth.

Schools are at the heart of every one of our communities. Our schools take steps to improve their environmental performance through the curriculum, on the campus and in their community.

Biomass training courses

Sunny — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:49:31 +0000

Ignite is an innovative training programme of practical seminars and interactive workshops with a focus on woodfuel. Ignite is designed for those wanting to know more about woodfuel and to equip new and existing woodfuel businesses with the skills and knowledge required to meet the increasing demand from this growing alternative market.

Community orchards. How?

Sunny — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:35:28 +0000

Whether your ambitions are to conserve a community orchard or to get together with neighbours to start and manage one, this 'how to' guide is designed to help you by making the most of the space in your local area for this purpose.

A compendium of case studies has been produced to illustrate the great work that is going on in communities around community orchards and provide you with some inspiration.

Sheffield Renewables June News

Sunny — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:19:09 +0000

All the latest from our friends at Sheffield Renewables (www.sheffieldrenewables.org.uk) including updates from Jordan Dam, Kelham Island and Powerstation Sheffield.

Onshore wind - blowing the myths away

Sunny — Tue, 24 May 2011 08:08:32 +0000

Onshore wind farms are a subject of heated debates on both sides of the arguments. Often the facts and rational arguments get lost in the emotion. The Centre for Sustainable Energy's latest report looks at the peer reviewed evidence from each area of concern from energy payback periods to bird and bat mortality.

Blue Sky Green Space

Sunny — Tue, 24 May 2011 07:53:14 +0000

This document outlines in the broadest sense the wide range of green spaces – from parks and gardens to city farms, country parks, woodlands and wildlife sites to play areas, allotments to urban plazas – and the range of benefits they bring, whether provided and managed by statutory agencies, local authorities or by community led and managed groups such as community gardens or Friends Of groups.

Managing green spaces- seven ingredients for success

Sunny — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:56:42 +0000

England’s parks and green spaces are being managed in a context which is changing fast and fundamentally. Councils are being given greater autonomy to determine the services they provide to their communities, but this autonomy comes with significantly reduced resources. So the challenge is to keep going with less money, while safeguarding the service and quality expected by local people.

2020 Vision - a new era in British archaeology?

Sunny — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:26:31 +0000

The open meeting of the Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers (FAME) will consider the future of British archaeology, following the publication of PPS5 and similar planned reforms across the UK.