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Green vision for Newcastle upon Tyne Their vision: hyper business-as-usual Starting point for green thinking about any city should be local and regional ecological capacity and current footprint . City as an unsustainable

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Green vision for Newcastle upon Tyne

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‘Their’ vision: hyper business-as-usual

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Starting point for green thinking about any city should be local and regional ecological capacity and current ‘footprint’.

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City as an unsustainable ‘metabolism’

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False fixes?

  • ‘Smart planning’?
  • ‘Low carbon’ economy?
  • ‘High tech’ economy (eg ‘digital hubs’)?
  • Economic regeneration through

high-speed transport links?

  • ‘Visitor economy’?
  • Economic regeneration through ‘culture’?
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Some distinctive green principles

  • Boundaries that reflect and encourage a sense of

place (and pride in place);

  • ‘Human scale’ wherever possible;
  • Greater self-reliance and resilience:

more regionalisation and localisation but within national and international standards and controls;

  • Reduction of human footprint at all levels to

well within safe sustainable levels

  • Care for ‘non-human’ needs, ie other species
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  • Ecology:

Minimised inputs, maximised reuse, repair & recycling, maximised habitat

  • Economy:

Minimised financial leakage; local currency and credit initiatives; Maximised local production under local owners for local needs

  • Society:

‘Recycling’ of people with maximised inclusivity and minimised ‘ghettos’; ‘Feedback loops’ created by real democracy & transparency; Access to nearby facilities, not long journeys

  • Chasing best practices: thinking globally and acting locally
  • Dynamic steady-state + Resilience (future-proof)
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Green Alternatives to ‘business-as-usual’

Devising alternatives:

  • Creative thinking
  • Actual examples

Think of the ‘ends’, then the ‘means’ and only then the messaging,

(ie how to sell the programme)

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Creative thinking

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Example of creative thinking for Gosforth

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Down-to-earth thinking via positive exemplars from elsewhere: If they can do it, why can’t we?

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Green plans, not just the city centre but also the suburbs

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Decommercialisation: removal of advertising

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Biophilic Cities!

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Greening ‘green’ spaces

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Job creation eg waste management

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Greens are for a sustainable redevelopment of the existing built-up area:

  • No to ‘green belt grabs’;

No more urban sprawl

  • No to ‘gated’ fortress living
  • But yes to protection of brownfield

sites that have become wildlife sanctuaries, due to habitat loss in rural areas & ‘concrete creep’ in cities

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Remember: limits to growth cannot be ‘outsmarted’

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Some local initiatives to build upon

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Some local initiatives to build upon

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Some local initiatives to build upon

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Land Value Tax.

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Learn from mistakes

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Be careful what you wish for!

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We have to avoid delusions!

All electric?

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We have to avoid delusions!

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Green progress is possible!

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