URBAN GREEN PLAN
URBAN GREEN PLAN
URBAN GREEN PLAN
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1: divestment from carbon companies
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2: solarise public buildings
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3: fund solar in the borough
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4: build sustainable housing
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5: retrofit sustainables
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6: electric public transport fleets
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7: charging ports
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8: arterial routes / 20mph / car tax
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9: carbon and travel tax
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10: pedestrianising
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11: cycle routes
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12: green spaces
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13: greening - mass tree planting
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14: greening - grow and education spaces
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15: wilding and wilding education
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16: grey water recycling
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17: pump heating options
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18: more intensive recycling programmes, including organic recycling
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19: waste/ extras recycling local systems / sharing systems
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20: comprehensive grassroots education programme
The URBAN GREEN PLAN document is AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD at the following link.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PicWp7ImQxyYMz5obR4LP5YCt5ebjukr?usp=sharing
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WHAT DOES AN INNER CITY URBAN GREEN PLAN LOOK LIKE?
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WHAT ARE ITS KEY COMPONENTS?
WHAT PUBLIC BODIES DO WE NEGOTIATE WITH,
TO SEE SYSTEMIC URBAN CHANGE?
The Groundswell Ecosystems 'URBAN GREEN PLAN', its first iteration collaborated on with members of Kensington and Chelsea XR and environmental professionals, is a response to an Environmental Supplementary Planning Document consultation process embarked on in February 2021 with Kensington and Chelsea Council's Environment and Planning Team.
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As we urgently engage in discussion and negotiation regarding the key tenets of environmentally sound urban plans for a safe future, the 'URBAN GREEN PLAN' document is a template for negotiators to contribute their ideas in a structured way, ultimately to create a workable blueprint for the ideal inner city 'Urban Green Plan'.
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DOCUMENT FORMAT
As above, the 'Urban Green Plan' uses the 9 part systems overview of
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Air
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Earth
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Water
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Food
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Waste
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Energy
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Transport
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Housing and Planning
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Finance and Governance
and groups them strategically to reflect urban functioning.
Each key area is then sub-divided into:
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Key Issues
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Questions
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Proposals
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DOCUMENT ACCESS
CONTRIBUTORS AND CREDIT
While I provide the project structure, format and documentation, all contributors are rigorously credited in all the emerging iterations of the 'URBAN GREEN PLAN' project.
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Should you wish to contribute to the 'URBAN GREEN PLAN' project, please email me at:
nicolakench@groundswellecosystems.com
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Nicola Kench
2021