Tag: urban planning

How to Make Us Happy

Our Councils that claim green credentials need to be careful they don’t head down the path of superficial ‘green virtue signalling’… The intended Inner West Council Tree Policy has the capacity to destroy our inner urban trees and canopy.

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Living Structures

Urban trees and their associated living habitats are misunderstood when it comes to urban planning and the role living structures play in sustaining a sense of place and well-being. Listen to our interview with Radio 2SER-FM.

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Dozens of conference attendees spill out on to the grass by Gumbramorra Hall

Heat Treatment

“An architect might have a vision. Look at my wonderful green vision. They get permissions from councils and other bodies. Along the way to it being developed the money runs out. And suddenly the green bits fall off first. Eventually you have a non-green landscape. The notion of amenity has gone.” – Dr Peter Davies in a report from City Hub, Sydney.

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