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Urban Wildscapes Symposium
Mon, 05/03/2012 - 09:00

Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7LB

Timed to coincide with the publication of Urban Wildscapes, published by Routledge and edited by Anna Jorgensen and Richard Keenan, this symposium at the Garden Museum continues to develop the themes found the book.

 
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Reducing emissions from heritage buildings

Help to make historically important buildings energy efficient while retaining their character by using this new guide. ‘Low Carbon Heritage Buildings: a guide’ has been produced to help people across...

 
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Member Vacancies on North York Moors & Yorkshire Dales National Park Authorities

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Caroline Spelman, has announced her intention to appoint new members to five National Park Authorities (NPAs) and to the Broads...

 
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A New Woodland Strategy for Bradford District - Public Consultation

Public and private woodlands provide many benefits to citizens, visitors and businesses as well as being a vital component of our natural environment or “green infrastructure”.  Protecting and enhancing the...

 
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Biomass training courses

Ignite is an innovative training programme of practical seminars and interactive workshops with a focus on woodfuel. Ignite is designed for those wanting to know more about woodfuel and to...

 
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Managing green spaces- seven ingredients for success

England’s parks and green spaces are being managed in a context which is changing fast and fundamentally. Councils are being given greater autonomy to determine the services they...

 
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How does culture fit within the Big Society, localism, and making neighbourhoods better?
Wed, 15/09/2010 - 09:30 - 16:00

Sheffield Community Enterprise Development Unit

How does culture fit within the Big Society, localism, and making neighbourhoods better? Is there room for culture within the the local authority improvement agenda? How can creativity help to engage people? In lean times, what is the argument for embedding culture within renewal work? Is the role of the arts in public realm bigger than public art? This one day conference, supported by Arts Council England, will draw upon a successful and nationally unique three year programme called ‘Creative Places’ in Sheffield.

 
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2020 Vision - a new era in British archaeology?
Thu, 01/07/2010 - 23:00

Merchant Taylors Hall, York

The open meeting of the Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers (FAME) will consider the future of British archaeology, following the publication of PPS5 and similar planned reforms across the UK.

 
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Victorian Society launches campaign to find the UK’s top ten endangered buildings

The Victorian Society is calling on historians, enthusiasts and local campaigners across the country to nominate buildings that are at risk in their local area. Buildings don’t have to...

 
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EH and HLF pledge £7m for England’s historic places of worship

English Heritage (EH) and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) have announced funding of £7 million to help restore 68 historic Grade II listed places of worship in England. Places of...

 
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