Syria and sustainability

Posted on 2 December 2015 by Sustainable Places

Syria and sustainability: Bombs, bullets and bio-diversity, let’s move beyond ‘precision’ warfare and ‘precision’ farming. The current debate about bombing again is really so tiresome. At the same time the Climate talks are starting.  The overwhelming evidence shows (for well over a century), that bombing never works and creates far more problems than it resolves.
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The Public Transport Challenge

Posted on 30 June 2015 by Sustainable Places

by Dr Abid Mehmood, Sustainable Places Research Fellow The Sustainable Places Research Institute recently co-hosted a research seminar in collaboration with the School of Planning and Geography and the Welsh Government. Our guest speaker was Dr Imran Muhammad from Massey University, New Zealand who shared initial findings of three years research project on public transport
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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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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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