Independent Development Agency | Tackling the real problems we need to face now and in our futures. By @JonnyDouglas and @PennieRaven #AvenuesToZero
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In-credible! 5 years and none...zero!!
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Sheffield railway station has been named as one of the most dangerous and polluted places in Britain. According to figures by Friends of the Earth, the area around platform 3A and 2B is the 8th most polluted spot in Britain!
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'Moment of reckoning': US cities burn recyclables after China bans imports
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We have to fix fashion if we want to survive the climate crisis!
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Housebuilder Persimmon made a record-breaking £1bn profit last year – equal to more than £66,000 on every one of the homes it sold – with almost half of its house sales made through the taxpayer-funded help-to-buy scheme.
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Impressive stuff!
Denmark to build 9 renewable energy-producing islands south of Copenhagen
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This. Is. Serious.
Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature'
The rate of insect extinction is eight times faster than that of mammals, birds and reptiles theguardian.com/environment/…
The sustainable wardrobe: it’s more accessible than you think.
The fashion industry produces 20% of all wastewater, is the 2nd largest emitter of pollutants and generates 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions!
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'Fighting Climate Change Means Building Dense, Diverse, Walkable Cities'
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It won't fix things...but it'll make more of a difference than you realise!
'8 simple, inexpensive ways to be a more ethical consumer in 2019' #AvenuesToZero
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Who will build them?
'England needs 3m new social homes by 2040, says cross-party report' theguardian.com/society/2019… #AvenuesToZero
Did a slave make your sneakers? The answer is: probably
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It's not about going straight from denial to despair, we need to pause on the intermediate step of actually solving the crisis!
'Al Gore Q&A: Climate Change and the 2020 Democrats'
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Exclusive: Airbnb will start designing houses in 2019, they want to get into the housing business in a big way...meet Airbnb Backyard
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Architects want to transform an old Dutch bridge into zero-energy apartments inhabitat.com/architects-wan…
As always...incredible!
Winners and Honorable Mentions of the 2018 National Geographic Photography Competition thisiscolossal.com/2018/12/2…
Isn't the Earth amazing!
'Abstract Aerial Photographs Reveal the Beauty of Meandering Waterways' thisiscolossal.com/2018/12/w…
The Great British Sell Off
On average more than 4,000 publicly owned buildings and spaces in England are being sold off every year.
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This massive Sun Ray could sustainably power 220 homes in Melbourne
Antonio Maccà's 1,100 MWh per year Sun Ray is a shortlisted design in the 2018 LAGI competition. #EnergyAvenue
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