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REBECCA WILLIS is an independent researcher and Vice-Chair of the UK Sustainable Development Commission. Her work focuses on environmental politics and policymaking at both a national and regional level. She has researched and written on issues such as climate change, energy policy, public attitudes to the environment and the impact of new technologies.
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LOW-CARBON LAKE DISTRICT: Launched in June 2008 at a major conference in Kendal, this project, for the Lake District National Park Authority, aims to help the National Park formulate its response to climate change. It explains how climate change will alter the look and feel of the Lake District landscape; looks at what is already being done to cut carbon and anticipate the effects of climate change; and helps chart the way ahead to a low-carbon Lake District.
THE PROXIMITY PRINCIPLE: This report argues that housing and planning policy should be governed by the proximity principle: the idea that compact cities, towns and villages provide the best social, economic and environmental outcomes. Written for CPRE, it is based on qualitative research from four communities in Cambridgeshire and Tyneside, and was launched in May 2008, with coverage in the Guardian, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Daily Mirror.
THE DISRUPTERS: A building services manager for a local council. A Cumbrian hill farmer. A high-end concierge service. And a Bath-based leadership coach. These are not the people who you would expect to be pioneering solutions to climate change. Yet each of them is responsible for innovations that could put us on the path to a lower-carbon society. This report, a collaboration between Demos and NESTA, profiles a small but growing cohort of innovators who are directing their creativity and entrepreneurial acumen towards environmental goals.
Saturday 25 September |
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Low-carbon Lake District: Responding to climate change in the National Park This report explains how climate change will alter the look and feel of the Lake District; looks at what is already being done to cut carbon and anticipate the effects of climate change; and helps chart the way ahead to a low-carbon Lake District.
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