Checklists are nice but we can’t have real restoration ecology without a fight.

Posted on 14 May 2015 by Sustainable Places

On the 8th of May 2015, Science published an article “Commiting to ecological restoration” advocating for meaningful ecological restoration, authored by 13 prominent restoration academics and reviewed by 3 more.  As the article points out, ecological restoration is exploding onto the international scene as governments line up to commit to it as a way of
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A glimmer of hope for carbon emissions? Not with this government

Posted on 14 May 2015 by Sustainable Places

2014 was the first non-recession year accompanied by stable carbon emissions, the International Energy Agency announced in a new report on 13th March. Or this was the message many global media players (including the BBC) reported a few days ago. What did not receive as much attention from the report was the clause “from the
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Welsh Legislation Update

Posted on 13 May 2015 by Sustainable Places

The Environment Bill, third in a series of new Welsh Legislation has been laid before the National Assembly for Wales. The Minister for Natural Resources introduced the Environment Bill to the National Assembly for Wales on 11 May, the other significant pieces of new legislation include the Well-Being of Future Generations Act 2015 and the
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Welcome to the Sustainable Places Blog.

Posted on 13 May 2015 by Sustainable Places

  The Sustainable Places Research Institute is a meeting place for world-leading sustainability science, focussed on exploring innovative solutions for a more sustainable future. While having a number of research fellow’s and associates based here in Sustainable Places developing our research programmes, we also have more than 100 affiliates from all disciplines across the University
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