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Terence Bendixson was the Guardian's planning correspondent in the 1960s when he wrote a piece that propelled him into walking campaigning. In 1969 he joined Living Streets (then the Pedestrians' Association) when he and its founder hit it off.Foley, a London-based journalist, founded the Pedestrians Association in 1929, when motor vehicles were proliferating; he was concerned about the dangers they posed. In 1939 Evelyn Waugh described Piccadilly Circus as 'still as a photograph, broken and undisturbed'.In its early years the charity shaped road safety law, including the introduction of the first Highway Code and the driving test, 30mph speed limits and pedestrian crossings. Post-war 'The Peds' were involved in the first zebra crossings and the new offence of drink driving As TransportXtra reports.Terence Bendixson was part of the hugely successful Homes for Roads movement, as told by Steve Chambers, of Transport for New Homes https://planningtransport.co.uk/2020-03-08-homes-before-roads.html. Bendixson's book, Instead of Cars, is 50 this year:On Living Streets' pavement parking campaign; on CEO Catherine Woodhead being appointed in April 2024.Ben Plowden joined in the late 90s; he and Bendixson applied to the Esmee Fairburn Trust for £69,000, which paid for premises, staff and a rebrand. Plowden became CEO of CPRE in 2025.Dr Amit Patel: https://www.dramit.uk/; On removal of the Leicester flyover .For ad-free listening, behind-the-scenes and bonus content and to help support the podcast - head to (https://www.patreon.com/StreetsAheadPodcast). We'll even send you some stickers! We're also on Bluesky and welcome your feedback on our episode: https://bsky.app/profile/podstreetsahead.bsky.social Support Streets Ahead on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As farmers know, not all fields are equal, and in England and Wales the Agricultural Land Classification system is used to define how productive farmland is. The best land has more protection from development in the planning system. But according to a report commissioned by the CPRE - the countryside charity - that classification system in England, is based on data from as long ago as the 1940s...so it's somewhat out of date.There's only one farm left in the UK that still grows its tulip bulbs outdoors - PS and J Ward, near Kings Lynn. Anna Hill visits the farm to see the process: after the tulips have flowered in the field, the bulbs are harvested and stored, then they're brought into glasshouses, where they produce the flowers we buy in the shops. And we dive straight into the future, to see a crop of parsnips, sown, grown and harvested - by robots.Presented by Anna Hill Produced by Heather Simons

Founded in 1973, the Commission on Public Relations Education (CPRE) provides recommendations on public relations education for universities and professional associations around the world. CPRE's latest signature report, “Navigating Change: Recommendations for Advancing Undergraduate PR Education,” offers an in-depth look into what's needed and expected of educators and practitioners when it comes to guiding the next generation of PR professionals. The report is based on a survey of nearly 200 educators and just over 460 practitioners, including members from IABC.  Matt Tidwell, IABC board member, sits down with Drs. Elizabeth Toth and Pamela Bourland-Davis, lead editors of the report, to understand the research and its findings. Tune in as they discuss key findings of the report, from the role of ethics to DEI, data/analytics, the future of the workplace and more. This episode originally aired in March 2024. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Matt Tidwell, PhD, APR, is on the faculty of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas and directs KU's master's degree in digital and integrated marketing communications. Tidwell is a member of IABC's International Executive Board. Pamela Bourland-Davis, PhD, is professor of public relations and professional communication and leadership at Georgia Southern University, where she also served as department chair. She was co-editor of the Commission on Public Relations Education's signature 2023 report, “Navigating Change.” She was the Journal of Public Relations Education's editor from 2021-2023, SSCA's past president, and she served in a variety of roles within AEJMC and its PR Division. Elizabeth L. Toth, PhD, is professor emerita of the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland, College Park. She has produced 10 books and more than 90 refereed journal articles, book chapters, monographs and conference papers on public relations. She has won numerous awards for her research and service. She co-edited the CPRE 2023 Report on Undergraduate Public Relations Education, “Navigating Change.” +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ LINKS Mentioned in This Episode Commission on Public Relations Education website Navigating Change: Recommendations for Advancing Undergraduate PR Education Connect With IABC on social media https://twitter.com/iabc https://www.linkedin.com/company/iabc/ https://www.facebook.com/IABCWorld  https://www.youtube.com/user/IABClive https://www.instagram.com/iabcgram/ Visit IABC Online https://www.iabc.com/ https://catalyst.iabc.com/ https://wc.iabc.com/

How can we build new green infrastructure without wrecking the countryside? Helen Czerski and Tom Heap debate the issue with a panel of experts, and ask what the measures outlined in last week's budget will mean for planning decisions and the environment. On the panel this week: Emma Pinchbeck, new CEO of the Climate Change Committee; Roger Mortlock, chief executive of the CPRE - the Countryside Charity; and Professor Matthew Kelly, modern historian from Northumbria University.Producer: Emma Campbell

Step into the heart of an ancient woodland as we explore Ashenbank Wood, a Site of Special Scientific Interest rich in history and teeming with wildlife. Woodland has stood here for centuries, but this haven is under threat. A proposed tunnel project, the Lower Thames Crossing, could harm the irreplaceable ecosystem and ancient trees here. Jack, leader of our woods under threat team, explains what's at stake and the challenges and strategies involved in trying to maintain a delicate balance between development and nature. A decision on whether the project goes ahead is due from Government in May 2025. We also meet estate manager Clive, who delves into Ashenbank Wood's history, tells us more about why ancient woodland is so important and shows us the unusual approach of strapping deadwood to trees. Don't forget to rate us and subscribe! Learn more about the Woodland Trust at woodlandtrust.org.uk Transcript You are listening to Woodland Walks, a podcast for the Woodland Trust presented by Adam Shaw. We protect and plant trees for people to enjoy, to fight climate change and to help wildlife thrive.  Adam: Today I am at a site of Special Scientific Interest in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, which is teeming with extraordinary wildlife, and I'm told you can stand in the shadows of gnarled veteran trees and even spot some shy dormice, rare bats, and woodland wildflowers if you're there at the right time of year. But it is also a site under threat. National Highways propose to build a new tunnel linking Essex and Kent under the River Thames, and many feel that that will create a threat to the trees and wildlife here. So I've come not just for a walk, but to chat to experts and the first is the man responsible for coordinating the Woodland Trust response to big infrastructure projects and to chat to him about how infrastructure and nature can live hand in hand.  Jack: So I'm Jack Taylor, I'm the programme lead for the woods under threat team at the Woodland Trust.  Adam: Brilliant. And we're at Ashenbank Woods?  Jack: We are indeed.  Adam: Good, OK, sorry, yeah *laughs* I know I should sound more sure, we are at Ashenbank Woods.  Jack: I think its full title might be Ashenbank Woods SSSI, site of special scientific interest.  Adam: Oh right yes, yes. And we're going to see a bit later a colleague of yours, Clive, who will tell us more about the details of this woodland. But the reason why I wanted to talk to you first as we walk through, what is a lovely, actually dappled, dappled bit of woodland here is about your role in protecting places like this from development because, so what, what is your job?  Jack: Yeah, it's beautiful. That's a good question *laughs* what is my job? I I suppose the the base of it, the basis of it, the foundation really is about trying to protect ancient woods and ancient and veteran trees from forms of development, but also from other threats outside of that as well. So non-development threats like air pollution, pests and diseases, deer overbrowsing. Most of my work does focus on working within the development sector and trying to protect against those development threats.  Adam: Right, and you're the project lead.   Jack: Yeah.  Adam: When I first saw that, I thought you meant you're the project lead for this woodland, but you are not. You are the project lead for all development threatening woodlands throughout the UK. This is an extraordinary, I mean that's quite a job.  Jack: Yeah, it's it's a lot. There are a lot of threats to have to deal with across the UK because we're always building always sort of growing as a nation. We always need sort of new forms of infrastructure and new sort of housing. We recognise that. But all of that does come with the added impact of having threats on our ancient woods and ancient and veteran trees, so we have a team of myself and my my wonderful team of four as well.  Adam: Alright. Yeah, it's not big.  Jack: No, it's not big, but they they are enthusiastic and they're great at what they do.  Adam: So this is quite a political area because we've got a new government which has promised to improve lots of things, get the country working, build lots of homes. I think, I think the Prime Minister only recently talked about, you know, we're going to get spades in the ground, we're going to be doing stuff. Well, is it your job to stop all of that, I mean, or how do you balance what needs to be done for the country and what needs to be done to protect woodlands?  Jack: Yeah. So it's so none of this is really about stopping development from from happening and we we have to be sort of quite clear that that's not what we're set out to do as an organisation. It's about trying to ensure that where development is happening. It's not going to impact on our most important and our most valuable woods and trees and that's why we do have a focus specifically on ancient woodland, but and then also on ancient and veteran trees as well, because we know that for the most part, there are lots of really valuable woods and wooded and wooded habitats and trees that are plenty sort of valuable and important. But we know that ancient words and ancient and veteran trees are likely to be our most important sites. We have to focus on protecting those. So we do have to object to some developments where we think the harm is gonna be too great, but we're never really looking to stop them from happening, unless the harm is too great.  Adam: OK. Which way?  Jack: Umm, I think right.   Adam: OK. So one of the things I've noticed before, I mean, when I was following the HS2 debate, was politicians were going ‘it's fine, it's fine, it's fine. We'll cut this down, we're going to replace them. I tell you what, we'll do you a deal, we'll plant two for every one we cut down.' On the face of it that sounds reasonable?  Jack: OK. Yeah, not to us.   Adam: Why not?   Jack: Well, I think if you're, if you're looking at ancient woodlands and ancient and veteran trees, you're looking at something that is an irreplaceable habitat. There is no sort of recreating that habitat in in one space again, once it's been lost and the reason for that is these things take centuries to evolve and develop to create those sort of vital links between animals, plants, fungi, the soils as well. So ancient woodlands are especially important for their soils. So you can't really just take those soils and put them elsewhere because once that happens you completely disturb the relationships that have built up over centuries within them. And ancient and veteran trees, so you're talking about trees that for the most part are going to be centuries years old. How do you how do you replace centuries of development creating these wonderful sort of niche habitats for different parts of our ecosystems?   Adam: And is it, you said quite clearly that it's not your job or the Trust's job just to stop development, just to sort of blanket go, ‘hey, stop building' so is it about going, ‘don't build here' or is it about saying, ‘if you're gonna build here, this is how to do it with the least amount of impact'? What's the sort of your approach?  Jack: Yeah. In some cases it is about saying not, not building here. It depends what we're dealing with, I suppose so it's different if you're dealing with, say, housing developments or leisure facilities as opposed to something like rail infrastructure or road infrastructure, which is quite linear in nature, so they can only really go in one place to deliver its purpose, whereas housing is not as locationally dependent.  Adam: I see. So you feel you've got a better argument if it's a housing project, cause you can go, ‘put it somewhere else', but the train journey from A to B has to sort of go through this area. You're you're on a loser there are you?  Jack: Well, sometimes, but there are there are ways of of getting around sort of kind of impact. I mean it doesn't have to go absolutely sort of A to B in one way. You can think very carefully about the design to try and minimise impact on ancient woods. You can also look at alternative solutions, engineering solutions like tunnelling for example, so HS2 is a good example of that. The Phase One section which is going ahead between London and Birmingham, they actually put in a tunnel under the Chilterns, which saved about 14 hectares of woodland saved these three really good prime areas of ancient wood. And of course the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty came into that in a way, and they were trying to protect that also. But that was one solution to stop wildlife and nature being harmed.  Adam: Right. So that's, was this, were you involved with that?   Jack: Yeah, yeah.   Adam: Amazing. So how difficult was that to get that that project through and try to avoid the destruction of all that woodland?  Jack: Well, a lot a lot of destruction still is happening from High Speed 2. So about 20 hectares of ancient woodland has been destroyed at this stage now. A lot of the sort of preparation works for the Phase One section, that London to Birmingham bit, are now complete. So it it was difficult, but it it the way in which we were involved is we really brought ancient woodland to the table and put it at the forefront of considerations and and gave it a voice I suppose. It's not that it wasn't being looked at at all, but not nearly to the degree that we thought it needed to be looked at. And so we sort of kind of introduced that idea of well look, there's ancient woodland here, you need to be thinking carefully about the design and, you know, you think you're talking about halving the impacts on ancient woodlands from from our sort of kind of involvement and involvement of other conservation organisations in there as well.  Adam: So a lot of it is trying to say, to make the argument, but also to raise the profile of that argument,   Jack: Sure.  Adam: To bring, population and say this is actually a loss. You know, cutting it down is is a loss. So how much harder or easier has it got for you to make that argument?   Jack: Well, do you know, interestingly, I I would probably say that projects like High Speed 2, where there is such a big argument around the ancient woodland has raised the profile of ancient woodland itself. That's one of the sort of silver linings of that project for us, it's put sort of ancient woodland on the map in terms of habitat that needs to and is worthy of protection. So I think a lot of people now understand ancient woodland a bit better and what it is. There's still lots of awareness to do, you know, people just think of ancient woodlands as bluebells, big large oaks and it's not quite there. I mean, they're all so kind of varied in their nature and geographically across the country, but it's got people thinking about them.  Adam: So that was something of a success, although I know more complicated than just ‘yes, we won that'.   Jack: Sure, yeah.   Adam: Any areas you feel you really lost that, you know, keep you up at night, you go, that was that was a failure and you know, we've lost that woodland?  Jack: Yeah. I mean, there've been, there've been some over the years. Back in 2012 a a large quarry was built on an area of woodland called Oaken Wood in Kent, probably taking about out about 30 to 35 hectares of ancient woodland which is massive, massive amounts, I mean, you're talking about in the region it's like 40 to 50 football fields and and and we're actually dealing with another threat to that woodland from an expansion of that same quarry. So yeah, you know that that one is one that gnaws gnaws at us, is that, you know, we don't want to see that happening anymore.  Adam: Are you getting more optimistic that you know the public are more on your side that this is at least something that plays in policymakers' decisions now?  Jack: I I actually think the public have always really been on our side. I think if you ask the the general public, they would probably say to you, we do not want to see ancient woodlands subject to any loss or deterioration, whatever the cause.  Adam: Yeah, I think you're right. But they also say, yeah, but we like cheaper housing and want better transport links so.  Jack: Yeah. Well, I mean the Lower Thames Crossing, which is going to be affecting this site that we're in now, Ashenbank Wood is sort of a prime example of that the the intention of that project is to relieve traffic congestion on the existing Dartford Crossing.  Adam: Which I think actually I can hear in my headphones this, although we are, I mean it looks beautiful, there's quite a lot of background traffic noise. So we can't be that far away actually from from transport, from big roads. So explain to me you say this this particular site, Ashenbank Woods which is a site of Special Scientific Interest, so it's not just any old woods, this is a really special place, is under threat. What is the threat here?   Jack: So the threat here is partially there will be some loss to the wider SSSI ancient woodland in the area when you're losing sort of kind of, Ashenbank Wood itself is not going to be subject to much loss, although there is a cycle route diversion going through the woods that might impact on some of its special features.  Adam: Oh one second just, we've we've just turned off the path, we're just, oops crawling under some trees. I don't quite know why we've come, we we seem to have chosen the most difficult route. Well, it is beautiful because we've come off the path right into a magic dell.   Jack: There we go.  Adam: Oh, look, there's obviously some, I think, probably some kids have built a sort of camp, tent out of fallen branches. OK, so sorry so I understand that this is under threat from development, the the development plan though is what? What are they trying to do here?  Jack: So so what they're doing is they're building a new crossing further to the east of Dartford Crossing, but that's going to involve connecting...  Adam: A river crossing, a tunnel?  Jack: Yes a river crossing.   Adam: But it's a tunnel.   Jack: Yeah, it's a tunnel.  Adam: Why would that? That's that's great, surely?  Jack: Well, the tunnel goes under the Thames. But in order to connect the A2/M2 to the to the sort of tunnel portal, they're going to be going through a lot of ancient woodlands as a result. So just down the way Clay Lane Wood is one that's going to be heavily impacted by by the proposals, you know several hectares of ancient woodland loss there, but in terms of our wood itself, you're you're gonna have impacts on some of the veteran trees from some of the works that are required in here. But you're also sort of increasing the traffic around the area on A2/M2. And as you can hear, there's already quite loud background noise from the traffic. If that becomes louder, it further reduces the suitability of this habitat for a lot of species.  Adam: Right. So what are your, what are you doing?  Jack: Well we're campaigning against it for one thing. So we've been campaigning against it since 2016, trying to bring those bring those sort of impacts down as far as possible. At this point in time, I would probably say that it's unfeasible, that it could go ahead without causing loss or damage to ancient woodland and veteran trees, and that's something that we have to oppose as an organisation. So we're working with other environmental NGOs, conservation orgs like RSPB, Buglife, Wildlife Trust, CPRE to to oppose this scheme.  Adam: So, and if people want to keep an eye on the sort of campaigns you're running, and the sort of live issues around the country, where can they get that information?  Jack: They can go along to woodlandtrust.org.uk/campaigns and they'll be able to find out about what we're doing in terms of campaigning for protection of ancient woods and veteran trees. We've got a really great campaign at the moment, all about protecting ancient and veteran trees and we're stood in in front of one of these at the moment, we call them Living Legends.   Adam: Right OK, what a lovely link, because I I was gonna say you've brought me to a stand. It looks like a sculpture this, so what, so let me just briefly describe this. I mean, it's a hollowed out tree. There's, it almost looks like there's 3 or 4 bits of different trees supporting each other, and you can go hide in the middle. I mean, there's, I'd, I couldn't spread my arms in the middle, but I mean almost, you know, there's probably, I don't know, 4 or 5 foot wide in the middle. It's most extraordinary. What is this? What's going on here?  Jack: So I would probably say this is an ancient ash tree. As trees sort of grow older, they they have to sort of kind of allow their heartwood to to rot away because that's what keeps them sort of stable and secure and in doing so that creates really important habitat for wildlife. And so this is what has happened to this ash tree effectively, its heartwood has sort of rotted away, it's still got this kind of all important surrounding ripewood to be able to support the rest of the tree.  Adam: That's extraordinary. So the the, the, the wood at the centre of the tree, the heartwood has gone?  Jack: Yes, yeah, yeah, cause it it's not it's not really useful for for trees at that sort of point. It's it's no longer the part of the wood that's carrying the sort of the water and nutrients up the tree. That's what the sort of outer ripewood does. So the heartwood decays away as they as they grow older.  Adam: And that's just ash trees is it?  Jack: No, that's that's pretty much all. Yeah.  Adam: How ignorant am I? OK, fine. OK. I didn't realise that that happens to all trees. And it looks like that would cause an instability problem, but this looks actually fairly fairly stable, it's fine.  Jack: It it's it's actually it's actually the other way they do it because it allows them to remain as stable as possible. And I I mean this one it doesn't, it doesn't look in the best sort of structural condition does it, but they need to do that for their sort of physiological condition because if they have if they're trying to support too much sort of heartwood then it affects the trees energy balances. And I mean that there's actual sort of scientific things here between the kinetic and the potential energy in a tree and why why they do this but all old trees do it and in turn it creates this amazing habitat, so you can see all these little holes in the in the sort of kind of inside wood and the decaying wood as well, where insects have sort of burrowed into it, where birds would be, woodpeckers, you know would be would be accessing that as well.   Adam: Yeah. Amazing   Jack: Amazing structures, aren't they?  Adam: And so I'm going to meet now, one of the people responsible for actually managing woods such as Ashenbank, and he's waiting for me a bit further into the woods.  Clive: OK, I'm Clive, Clive Steward, I'm one of the estate managers for the Woodland Trust working in the South East.  Adam: So what is important about this site? What makes this wood special?  Clive: What makes this site special is that it's ancient woodland or partly ancient woodland, but it's also managed as a wood pasture or has been managed as a wood pasture in the past, and because of that habitat it has lots and lots of old trees and old trees is very important in terms of what they support in terms of dead and decaying habitats.  Adam: Right, so well we're standing by this extraordinary ash tree, I mean, it's extraordinary that there's an ash tree at all, given ash dieback, but it's extraordinary for all sorts of other reasons. But is ash a big part of this woodland?  Clive: In terms of its name, Ashenbank, you you think it should be but but it's it is a component of the site but it's not, the majority species is not ash.   Adam: What is this site then?  Clive: So mostly sycamore and we're in the northern part of Ashenbank where we've got a lot of sycamore and we've got some really big old sweet chestnuts, but there are lovely old oak trees and hornbeam trees.  Adam: Right. And so when we talk about ancient woodland, it's always worth, I suppose, explaining a bit about what we mean because clearly will go, well, that's old. But old for trees can be a whole different sort of thing. So how, what, what, what do you mean when you're talking about ancient woodlands?  Clive: Well, when we say ancient woodland ancient woodland is defined as areas which have been permanently wooded since 1600AD. That's the sort of the the the date.  Adam: Oh right, I didn't realise it was that precise.  Clive: Well, it well, yes, it's roughly when big old estates used to produce maps, so they discovered paper and started drawing maps of what they owned but prior so before this this, the assumption is that if it's wooded then it would have been wooded ever since the Ice Age retreated but managed by mankind for for thousands of years.  Adam: So we're, we're assuming actually that ancient woodland is all it's probably been here since the Ice Age?  Clive: Yes. Yeah.  Adam: So that's why I mean that's it's worth I think pausing on that because it's why when we're talking about ‘oh, we'll have to destroy a bit of woodland for a tree, for a road' sorry, we're talking about taking away a bit of the landscape, which has been there since the Ice Age probably. So that's quite a big deal to have done that.  Clive: Yeah, yeah. It is. It is. Yeah. The the other part of Ashenbank, which is the bit we're in is a more recently wooded area, probably about 200 years old. I have a a map here which is not good for a podcast, but I can show you a map.  Adam: Go on go on, we can describe this. Hold on. I'll hold the microphone and you can describe what we're seeing. So go on, yes.  Clive: So we have a a map here of Ashenbank Wood dating from 1797, which shows the woodland it used to be. I have another map showing the wood as it is today. So here's a map from a couple of years ago, but we're we're actually up here, which in the 1797 map shows fields. And now, now, now it's woods. So so basically, what's happened this Ashenbank used to be owned by Cobham Hall, which is a big estate to the east of Halfpence Lane, so this used to be partly of Cobham Hall Estate and in 1790, as many of these big old estates houses used to do, they used used they they employed a landscape architect to make their their grounds nicer as it were. So it wasn't Capability Brown, but it was a chap called Humphrey Repton who worked on this site from 1790 to about 1880, when he died 1818 when he died. And he landscaped the estate and the view from the house over to here looking west to what is now Ashenbank Wood was obviously important to him. So they actually planted a lot of these big old chestnuts which we walked past, which date from 200 years ago.  Adam: Which is very nice and we often hear about cutting trees down and looking at old maps going ‘oh, we've lost all that wood', here's an example of the reverse to actually that's a good nature story.  Clive: Yeah, yeah, definitely it is. Yes. As you get older, as they get older, these trees there are microhabitats which develop rot pockets, branches fall off, they they rot, big holes develop and that that's these microhabitats which are home to what's called saproxylic species.   Adam: OK, that's a new word, saproxylic?  Clive: Saproxylic. So saproxylics are are basically insects and beetles and flies which only exist in dead and decaying wood. So if these big old trees weren't around, they've got nowhere to live.  Adam: Right, which is why it's useful to have deadwood on the ground. It's not so, it looks untidy, but actually that's often the richest place.  Clive: Indeed. Yeah, yes, but often, but often these insects and beetles are actually in the living tree, not in the in the horizontal, dead and dying stuff. And it's the living trees, which are are why this habitat is so important.  Adam: But I thought you said you said they're living in the living trees, but but saproxylic means they're living in the dead trees?  Clive: But within these big old trees, there are these rot holes and pockets and little microhabitats within the tree...  Adam: Yes, which are dead and that's where they live?   Clive: Where they live yeah that's right.  Adam: Right OK. Yeah, very interesting. OK, very interesting. Now, there's also, I knew I was told, but I'm completely confused by, an idea that I'm told that goes on here of strapping deadwood to live trees. Did I did I misunderstand that?  Clive: No, no, you you didn't misunderstand it. No.   Adam: OK and you're going to show me where this is ?  Clive: Yep. Shall we shall we go, we'll we'll walk there, have a look.  Adam: Alright. Brilliant. So you've taken me to this tree, a very substantial tree, but next to it, this is the a bit of, what, you better explain, because this is really odd and I don't really understand what I'm looking at.  Clive: Right. Well, going back to 1999 when High Speed One was being built, they took out three hectares of Ashenbank Wood along with lots of other woodland in the area. And fortunately, somebody had the idea of of suggesting that we could save some of those big trees they felled and reerecting them against living trees to help them degrade and and become part of the habitat.  Adam: So I mean to describe this, we've got a very big tree. What sort of tree is this?  Clive: So you've got a big, big oak tree.  Adam: That's a big oak, and next to it is 6, 12, I don't know, 30 foot, 40 foot high dead tree, bit of bark. But it's it's not like a small, it's a 40 foot bit of bark which you have propped onto the living tree. Why is it better to have done that than just to leave it on the ground?  Clive: Well, it's about these microhabitats. So I mean, it's not just propped up it's actually strapped to it, so it's actually quite secure.  Adam: It is secure, that's y your health and safety hat on.  Clive: We had to make sure it was strapped up, but vertical dead or decaying wood is equally as important as horizontal, dead and decaying wood.  Adam: OK. Is it different? What, does it do different things?  Clive: The wood doesn't but it attracts different insects and species so that that that's why so. But in most in most woodlands you'll see deadwood as being felled trees which are lying or windblown. You don't often see dead vertical trees.  Adam: I've never seen that.  Clive: Well, they're often well, they're often felled and taken out for firewood or something but they are important as as a sort of microhabitat for these saproxylics. That that's purely why.  Adam: So the saproxylics which are insects which live on deadwood prefer, some prefer the high rise living of the vertical tree rather than the low level bungalow type living. But what what sort of, do you do, don't worry if you don't know, but do you know which insects prefer living vertically?   Clive: I I don't know that.  Adam: You don't. Somebody will, somebody will.  Clive: Yeah somebody will. But if you look at that tree, you'll see that it's a there's a there's a U-shaped crook 2/3 way up and in that there's there's a there's a hole which has probably got water in it. So water gathers from rain and that's that that little microhabitat will be, something will live in it. And if that was horizontal, it wouldn't be there.  Adam: Right, yes, yes. Well that I think this must be, I mean, we've been doing this for a few years. I've never seen that. So that is amazing. Brilliant. Brilliant. Brilliant. So I know that the history of this site goes back quite a long way, not just the natural history, but the human history as well, and am I right in saying there's quite quite a lot of sort of Bronze Age heritage here?  Clive: Well, we've got a Scheduled Ancient Monument which has been dated to between 2000 and 1500 BC, which is a big burial mount and it is scheduled and it's, you know, English Heritage monitor it and we have to make sure it's free of trees and it's there to see.  Adam: Right. Wow. And it's interesting you talk about it's there to see because we came and parked in the Woodland Trust car park. Free parking, as is normal in Woodland Trust places, first time though a full car park. We are here midweek during the day. I was surprised to see it's full so talking about visitors, this is clearly a, I mean have I just come at a weird time, have they all come to see the Woodland Trust podcast being made, it's right, it's a popular site. That always feels like contention to me because I know you want to encourage people to come, on the other hand, coming in a sort of, destroys a bit of what we see. How much of a problem are the level of visitors?  Clive: Well, we basically have a path network through Ashenbank Wood which we maintain, we mow, we make sure it's open and safe. So most people walk on those those paths which steers people around the the wood, as it were, so and we we don't stop people from walking off the path but most people don't cause it's, you know, nettles or brambles or whatever. It's difficult to do.  Adam: Right, yes. And keeping dogs on the lead and everything. You've been with the Trust for a long time, haven't you, really. What sort of change have you seen in the the the debate around the natural world in your time here?  Clive: That's a big question.  Adam: Have you, I mean, sort of, it assumes you have seen a change, you might not have seen a change. I mean I the reason I ask it is because it feels to me it's gone up the political agenda, that it's not just, you know, people dismissively talking about crazy tree huggers and let them onto their own thing. It's become more mainstream. Do you think that that's it's become more optimistic, do you think it's become more pessimistic, do you think, you you know, it's become more informed, I suppose?  Clive: Well, I think there's a growing recognition that ancient woodland is a special habitat, but it hasn't quite gone far enough to get total protection. But I think there's a growing realisation that ancient woodland is special and we need to look after it. And I think the politicians probably do understand it, but maybe can't quite make that move to legislate against total protection.  Adam: Yeah. And I think that's part of the Living Legend campaign that the Woodland Trust is organising, isn't it?  Clive: Definitely is. Yeah. Yeah, very much so.  Adam: Well, there were two websites we talked about today. So if you want to get involved in a local campaign, search for ‘Woodland Trust campaigns' and you can find out more about the attempts to get better legal protection for ancient and veteran trees by searching for the Living Legends campaign and of course I hope you get a chance to visit Ashenbank Woods yourself. So until next time, happy wandering.  Thank you for listening to the Woodland Trust Woodland Walks. Join us next month when Adam will be taking another walk in the company of Woodland Trust staff, partners and volunteers. And don't forget to subscribe to the series on iTunes or wherever you are listening. And do give us a review and a rating. If you want to find out more about our woods and those that are close to you, check out the Woodland Trust website. Just head to the visiting woods pages. Thank you. 

Scott Becker highlights the latest in business movements, from CPRE's strong Q3 performance in commercial real estate to FTI Consulting's recent downturn. He also previews exciting speakers at upcoming Becker’s Healthcare events and shares Boeing's challenging quarter, alongside UPS and Tesla's recent successes.

Scott Becker highlights the latest in business movements, from CPRE's strong Q3 performance in commercial real estate to FTI Consulting's recent downturn. He also previews exciting speakers at upcoming Becker’s Healthcare events and shares Boeing's challenging quarter, alongside UPS and Tesla's recent successes.

All week we're looking at planning and the countryside. The government has announced plans for "brownfield passports", to fast track house building on brownfield sites. The countryside charity, CPRE, has welcomed the proposals to make brownfield sites the first choice for building new homes. It says we could build most of the homes we need on such sites and says this could be in rural areas, as well as urban ones. Green belt land was originally designed to protect the countryside from urban sprawl but some parts of it have been developed, and they are now considered ‘grey belt' land. There's a general acceptance that some of this land will have to be built on - providing space for some of the new 1.5 million homes the government's pledged to build over the next parliament. We look at two council areas - one where thousands of new homes have been built in the countryside, another which is creating 1000s of hectares of new green belt. 2024 is the year when payments to farmers in England, from the old EU Basic Payment Scheme, or BPS, really start to go down. They will be phased out completely by 2027. For instance, a farmer who used to receive £50,000 under the pre-Brexit scheme, will this year receive £26,000. Instead farmers can now sign up to a new agri-environment scheme: the Sustainable Farming Incentive, or SFI. It has more than a hundred actions for which farmers are paid. They're designed to improve nature habitats, lessen flooding, improve soil health and provide cleaner water courses, and more. We visit a field event which helps farmers navigate their way through the new schemes. Presenter = Anna Hill Producer = Rebecca Rooney

Jen Basham MS, CPRE, CPO is the Parks and Recreation Director at City of Burleson, TX. Listen as she speaks to navigating being a female in a high ranking role, maternity leave, leadership, and empowering a team. Shane Mize is the Director of Parks and Recreation in the city of Pflugerville, Texas, where he resides with his wife and children. Tom Venniro is the 10-year Director of Parks and Recreation in Hilton-Parma, New York, where he resides with his wife Melissa, son Jack, and daughter Amelia. Jay Tryon is a 17-year park and recreation professional who loves to improve communities and their quality of life. He currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and children.

Click here to order limited time merch! https://forms.gle/xPjjquANHi7fCfaT8 Jen Basham MS, CPRE, CPO is the Parks and Recreation Director at City of Burleson, TX. Listen as she speaks to navigating being a female in a high ranking role, maternity leave, leadership, and empowering a team. Shane Mize is the Director of Parks and Recreation in the city of Pflugerville, Texas, where he resides with his wife and children. Tom Venniro is the 10-year Director of Parks and Recreation in Hilton-Parma, New York, where he resides with his wife Melissa, son Jack, and daughter Amelia. Jay Tryon is a 17-year park and recreation professional who loves to improve communities and their quality of life. He currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and children.

In less than 40 days, thousands of park and recreation professionals from across the country will gather in Atlanta for the 2024 NRPA Annual Conference. This is, without a doubt, the best park and recreation conference you can attend —  it's filled with tons of amazing opportunities to learn, build your network, and of course, have a little fun with your peers.  As we get closer to the conference, we know there are probably some professionals out there who are attending for the first time and have a lot of questions. Cort recently posted on LinkedIn asking for previous attendees to share their best tips for first-timers, and the comments did not disappoint. So, we decided to turn them into today's episode of Open Space Radio!  Every single tip shared was super valuable, and if you're attending the 2024 NRPA Annual Conference this October 8-10 for the first time, we encourage you to listen and keep some of these nuggets in mind while you're in Atlanta — and while you're packing! Tune in to the full episode below to hear all the tips and our reactions to each of them. If you prefer to read instead of listen, we've listed them below, as well. And, if you haven't already registered, there's still time. Visit conference.nrpa.org to register today and we hope to see you in Atlanta!   Nichole Bohner, Aquatics Division Manager, City of Round Rock, Texas  “Talk to everyone! When you're seated in the conference sessions, get to know those around you and exchange contacts.”  Nichole went on to say, “If you're lucky enough to travel to conference with coworkers, don't be afraid to broaden your horizons. Take every opportunity to broaden your network. You never know who you'll meet who is struggling with the same issues or has ideas that would help your operation.”  Sarah Olson, CPRP, Public Works Deputy Director of Engineering, Planning, and Development Servies, City of Kirkland, Washington  “Go to a pre-conference event. It's a smaller crowd, a great way to get through registration when things are way less busy and a great way to start making new friends.   Eric Lopez, CPRE, District Superintendent of Parks and Recreation, City of Fort Worth, Texas  “Don't underestimate the power of night socials and lunchtime. A lot of great connections happen over informal conversations.”  “Take notes, review them later and plan to execute the things that resonated more. Going back to your leadership with actionable things you learned and takeaways will aid in enhancing their commitment in sending staff in future years.”   Lisa Shore, CPRP, CPSI, Anne Arundel County, Maryland  “Leave room in your suitcase for all the cool stuff you'll bring home!”  Jeanette Aiello, CPRE, Project and Operations Supervisor, Charter Township of Canton, Michigan  “Attend at least one session in a topic area that is different than what you regularly work in. It can spark some interesting thoughts or possibly open you up to a new aspect of the field. Also, be willing to talk to the person sitting next to you. You'll likely want to get into your session 15 minutes prior and that opens you up to meeting some incredible professionals.”  Trista Taylor, CPRP, CPO, Deputy Parks and Recreation Director, Village of Cottage Grove, Wisconsin  “Check out the schedule and try to have a backup plan for the sessions you want in case the room is full! If you arrive early, visit the app to get an idea of the layout. Last year was my first time and the experience was a shock to my system in a great way but can be overwhelming!”  Anthony Iracki, MS, CPRP, CORE Professional Development Manager, PlayCore  “Ask for business cards and take ownership of the connection. Send a LinkedIn request or a friendly email within a week of getting back from the conference.”  “Take advantage of the network meetings.”  Tom Venniro, CPRP, Director of Hilton-Parma Parks and Recreation, New York, and co-host of RecLess Podcast  “Just show up. A lot of times, the introvert in me (and the fact that I feel I'm always go, go, go at home), tells me to go to conference and then get to that room and relax. Instead, seek out the social or if you are asked to join people at one or for a meal, say yes. You never know how any connection or conversation can impact you/others.”  “Don't sleep on the exhibit hall. For starters, it is huge! Plan in at least 4-5 hours over two days if you want to cover it all. The vendors are amazing and want to talk to you, but be intentional on stopping with limited times. Another fun tip, they all have swag and some years back I started looking for items my team back home might like and I bring them all back a swag care package and some candy as a thank you for holding it all down while I was away. I have also borrowed many ideas for our own swag.”      CivicPlus® Recreation Management is a proud sponsor of Open Space Radio. Join thousands of other local governments as you empower your staff and enable residents to self-service their needs through your department with our industry-leading software. With more time to focus on community activity programming and park and facility maintenance, staff can foster more significant resident engagement and improve the civic experience. Learn more at https://www.civicplus.com/recreation-management-software/.  

Shane Mize is the Director of Parks and Recreation in the city of Pflugerville, Texas, where he resides with his wife and children. Tom Venniro is the 10-year Director of Parks and Recreation in Hilton-Parma, New York, where he resides with his wife Melissa, son Jack, and daughter Amelia. Jay Tryon is a 17-year park and recreation professional who loves to improve communities and their quality of life. He currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and children.

Founded in 1973, the Commission on Public Relations Education (CPRE) provides recommendations on public relations education for universities and professional associations around the world. CPRE's latest signature report, “Navigating Change: Recommendations for Advancing Undergraduate PR Education,” offers an in-depth look into what's needed and expected of educators and practitioners when it comes to guiding the next generation of PR professionals. The report is based on a survey of nearly 200 educators and just over 460 practitioners, including members from IABC.  Matt Tidwell, IABC board member, sits down with Drs. Elizabeth Toth and Pamela Bourland-Davis, lead editors of the report, to understand the research and its findings. Tune in as they discuss key findings of the report, from the role of ethics to DEI, data/analytics, the future of the workplace and more. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Matt Tidwell, PhD, APR, is on the faculty of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas and directs KU's master's degree in digital and integrated marketing communications. Tidwell is a member of IABC's International Executive Board. Pamela Bourland-Davis, PhD, is professor of public relations and professional communication and leadership at Georgia Southern University, where she also served as department chair. She was co-editor of the Commission on Public Relations Education's signature 2023 report, “Navigating Change.” She was the Journal of Public Relations Education's editor from 2021-2023, SSCA's past president, and she served in a variety of roles within AEJMC and its PR Division. Elizabeth L. Toth, PhD, is professor emerita of the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland, College Park. She has produced 10 books and more than 90 refereed journal articles, book chapters, monographs and conference papers on public relations. She has won numerous awards for her research and service. She co-edited the CPRE 2023 Report on Undergraduate Public Relations Education, “Navigating Change.” ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ LINKS Mentioned in This Episode Commission on Public Relations Education website Navigating Change: Recommendations for Advancing Undergraduate PR Education Connect With IABC on social media https://twitter.com/iabc https://www.linkedin.com/company/iabc/ https://www.facebook.com/IABCWorld  https://www.youtube.com/user/IABClive https://www.instagram.com/iabcgram/ Visit IABC Online https://www.iabc.com/ https://catalyst.iabc.com/ https://wc.iabc.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iabc/message

Welcome and welcome back to Leaders in Conversation with me, Anni Townend, the podcast that helps you to grow confidence, care and courage in your leadership.I created this series of candid conversations for leaders to share their inspirational personal leadership stories, weaving together the threads of their life - the people, places and experiences that have shaped them and made them the leader that they are today.They offer valuable insights and rich experience to help and inspire you on your own unique leadership journey. If you are not already please do subscribe to the podcast, review and share it. Thank you!About This EpisodeIn this episode I am delighted to be in conversation with Roger Mortlock, Chief Executive Officer, CPRE, the countryside charity. Together we delve into what it means to lead:A heritage organisation, being openIn a federated structure, being humbleA campaigning organisation, being braveROGER'S THREE ENCOURAGEMENTS TO LEADERSDo it your way - learn from the leaders who help you grow as a person as well as a leaderFind and honour that which gives you joy at work, what you love - give yourself space to flourish as well as face into the challengeKeep making the time and space to imagine the futureTo contact RogerLinkedIn: Roger MortlockWebsite:  www.cpre.org.ukAbout Roger MortlockI first met Roger some twenty years ago and have had the privilege of partnering with him, and the teams he has led and been part of over the years.  To listen to other Leaders in Conversation with me Anni Townend go to my website, www.annitownend.comA big thank you to my support team at the Conscious Marketing Group for helping me with all the marketing of the podcast, to Coco O'Brien for the wonderful intro and outro music, for the lovely design, and for the excellent editing and sound production.To contact me Anni Townend do email me on anni@annitownend.com visit my website www.annitownend.com, subscribe to my newsletter and follow me on LinkedIn.  I look forward to connecting with you, thank you for listening.

Acute and overlooked - that's how the rural charity, the CPRE, describes the shortage of affordable housing in the English countryside in a report out this week. It says rural homelessness has risen by 40% in the last five years, driven by record house prices, long waiting lists for social housing and a proliferation of second and holiday homes. 34 new Landscape Recovery projects have been announced this week. This is part of the Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS) which are replacing the EU's Common Agriculture Policy in England. Landscape Recovery, as the name suggests, is work on a grand scale, giving farmers and land managers the opportunity to co-design a plan to provide environmental and climate benefits across a whole landscape. These latest projects will involve more than 700 farmers and landowners working over 200,000 hectares and have been given £25 million between them. This is the second round of projects - 22 pilot projects were given the go-ahead to develop plans last year. We visit three of them to find out how they're coming along.And we speak to 2 of the UK's Food and Drink Attaches. A job selling British food and drink round the world sounds rather glamourous - in fact its more about tackling trade barriers than wining and dining. The UK's has 11 Agri-Food Attaches based in embassies and consulates around the world - 5 more will be added next year. Presented by Charlotte Smith Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons

Swine flu has been diagnosed in pigs on 33 farms in the UK so far this year. But now, it's been diagnosed in a human. The person, in North Yorkshire, is now fully recovered after what's described as a 'mild illness', but the UK Health Security Agency is investigating. We ask what this means for pig farmers, and the rest of us.The CPRE, the Countryside Charity, describes the shortage of affordable housing in the English countryside as "acute and overlooked" in a report out today. It says rural homelessness has risen by 40% in the last five years, driven by record house prices, long waiting lists for social housing and a proliferation of second and holiday homes. And we visit the Brecklands in East Anglia. It's an unusual landscape covering 400 square miles across Norfolk and Suffolk which, despite having poor soil, is an growing veg, pigs, sheep and free range poultry - along side being home to 12,000 wild plants and rare birds like the nightjar and the stone curlew. Now, a group of more than 50 Breckland farmers have joined together to take part in a Government funded Landscape Recovery Scheme, to try and improve the habitats there.Presented by Anna Hill Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Pausing AI might be good policy, but it's bad politics, published by Stephen Clare on October 23, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. NIMBYs don't call themselves NIMBYs. They call themselves affordable housing advocates or community representatives or environmental campaigners. They're usually not against building houses. They just want to make sure that those houses are affordable, attractive to existing residents, and don't destroy habitat for birds and stuff. Who can argue with that? If, ultimately, those demands stop houses from being built entirely, well, that's because developers couldn't find a way to build them without hurting poor people, local communities, or birds and stuff. This is called politics and it's powerful. The most effective anti-housebuilding organisation in the UK doesn't call itself Pause Housebuilding. It calls itself the Campaign to Protect Rural England, because English people love rural England. CPRE campaigns in the 1940s helped shape England's planning system. As a result, permission to build houses is only granted when it's in the "public interest"; in practice it is given infrequently and often with onerous conditions . [1] The AI pause folks could learn from this approach. [2] Instead of campaigning for a total halt to AI development, they could push for strict regulations that ostensibly aim to ensure new AI systems won't harm people (or birds and stuff). Maybe ask governments for the equivalent of a planning system for new AI models. Require companies to prove to planners their models are safe. Ask for: Independent safety audits Ethics reviews Economic analyses Environmental assessments Public reports on risk analysis and mitigation measures Compensation mechanisms for people whose livelihoods are disrupted by automation And a bunch of other measures that plausibly limit the AI risks These requirements seem hard to meet, you might say. New AI models often develop capabilities suddenly and unpredictably. It's very hard to predict what will happen as AI tools are integrated into complex social and economic systems. Well, exactly. Framing your ask as being about ensuring systems are safe rather than halting their development entirely is harder to argue against. It also seems closer to what people worried about AI risks actually want. I don't know anybody who thinks AI systems have zero upside. In fact, the same people worried about the risks are often excited about the potential for advanced AI systems to solve thorny coordination problems, liberate billions from mindless toil, achieve wonderful breakthroughs in medicine, and generally advance human flourishing. But they'd like companies to prove their systems are safe before they release them into the world, or even train them at all. To prove that they're not going to cause harm by, for example, hurting people, disrupting democratic institutions, or wresting control of important sociopolitical decisions from human hands. Who can argue with that? If, ultimately, those demands stop AI systems from being built for a while, well, that would be because developers couldn't find a way to build them without hurting poor people, local communities, or even birds and stuff. [Edit: Peter McIntyre has pointed out that Ezra Klein made a version of this argument on the 80K podcast . So I've been scooped - but at least I'm in good company!] ^ "Joshua Carson, head of policy at the consultancy Blackstock, said: "The notion of developers 'sitting on planning permissions' has been taken out of context. It takes a considerable length of time to agree the provision of new infrastructure on strategic sites for housing and extensive negotiation with councils to discharge planning conditions before homes can be built."" ( Kollewe 2021 ) ^ Another example of this kind of thing, which I like but didn't fit...

NIMBYs don't call themselves NIMBYs. They call themselves affordable housing advocates or community representatives or environmental campaigners. They're usually not against building houses. They just want to make sure that those houses are affordable, attractive to existing residents, and don't destroy habitat for birds and stuff.Who can argue with that? If, ultimately, those demands stop houses from being built entirely, well, that's because developers couldn't find a way to build them without hurting poor people, local communities, or birds and stuff.This is called politics and it's powerful. The most effective anti-housebuilding organisation in the UK doesn't call itself Pause Housebuilding. It calls itself the Campaign to Protect Rural England, because English people love rural England. CPRE campaigns in the 1940s helped shape England's planning system. As a result, permission to build houses is only granted when it's in the “public interest”; in practice it is given infrequently and often with [...] The original text contained 2 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: October 23rd, 2023 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/avrFeH6LpqJrjmGmc/pausing-ai-might-be-good-policy-but-it-s-bad-politics Linkpost URL:https://unfoldingatlas.substack.com/p/pause-ai-is-bad-politics --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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Welcome Crispin Truman OBE, Director of The Rayne Foundation. This grant-making charity supports a wide range of organisations including young people's mental health, carers of the elderly, providing opportunities for refugees, as well as the arts. Crispin has been dedicated to making a positive difference throughout his career and volunteer work. He held several leadership roles for leading non-profits in heritage, mental health, the countryside, and voluntary roles on the board of a school and charities before joining the foundation as their Director in October 2022. Crispin's academic background includes studying PPE (Philosophy, Politics & Economics BA), and Applied Social Studies (MSc) at Oxford University before starting his professional career as a social worker in London. Crispin did not let personal challenges stop him from achieving academically. He lost his father at a young age and moved to Bristol, where his new school, Ashton Park Comprehensive, did not have a history of Oxbridge entrance. Modestly, Crispin attributes his success at winning a place at Oxford to one of his inspirational teachers, along with the support and encouragement he received from his mother. Alongside his passion for the charity sector, Crispin is also an avid cyclist, riding into work each day in central London. He is a firm believer in the positive impact cycling can have on individual health and reducing our impact on the environment. He Chaired the London Cycling Campaign at the turn of the century, fighting for cyclists' rights and safety. His dedication to the voluntary sector and Civil Society saw him awarded an OBE (Officer of the British Empire) in the 2017 New Year's Honours List. The Rayne Foundation was founded in 1962 by Lord Rayne, a successful property developer operating in post-war London. The foundation was established with the mission to enhance communities and build bridges that connect people and communities. With a large donation from Lord Rayne's commercial dealings, the foundation has an endowment of close to $100 million today, and each year the charity donates the interest plus any additional increase in capital to causes that match their themes. Crispin's previous roles include CEO of CPRE, the countryside charity, CEO of the Churches Conservation Trust and Revolving Doors Agency. He has chaired and been a trustee of several organisations, including UK and European heritage networks, Rethink Mental Illness, the London Cycling Campaign, and was chair of governors at Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form in London. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-longbottom2/message

On this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung, talks to Lucy Hawthorne, a facilitator, campaigner and founder of Climate Play. Through play-based learning or, so called ‘serious play', Lucy helps make it safe, light and fun to talk about climate change issues, helping people to engage more deeply, honestly, and creatively to a topic that people would rather run away from. KEY TAKEAWAYS Serious Play is play with a purpose. It's playful methods and techniques I used in order help make progress on serious, apparently grown up stuff. I use it in the context of environmental issues, trying to make it safe, light and fun for people to have conversations that they generally don't really want to have. It's a series of different methodologies that help unlock creativity, communication, connection. It takes all of the good bits about play and applies them to something. I used to work in the UK charity and NGO sector for years and then shifted to become a facilitator because what I'm really fascinated with is psychology, specifically in what makes people change their minds, what shifts people's beliefs, what helps people engage and disengage. I combined an understanding of campaigning psychology and what helps people to learn because learning is totally fascinating.  I kept getting a familiar story of people feeling heaviness around social and environmental change, for good reason – there's a lot of injustice and inequity. But that heaviness can sometimes be demobilising for people and it can end up fuelling apathy. Over the years I've been thinking about how you can engage people's hearts and minds more effectively. You shouldn't always be playful, but there's a place for play in helping people to engage in topics that they don't really want to. We need to counter depression, anxiety, demobilisation, stress to an extent in order to get people moving. I'm really fascinated by this weird binary of how we can deal with serious existential stuff with at least a smirk on our faces. I believe you can make significant, positive progress and be well, to an extent, in the process. The fundamental principle of Lego Serious Play is that it's all based in metaphor because it's essentially a story-telling technique. You're not literally building things, you're building metaphorically and telling a story, they've got a lot of complex meaning built into them. Sometimes people build these mad, really creative structures and others just build a couple of bricks, and they can be the most potent in the story they tell. You're using a different part of your brain, feeling your way through the meaning rather than thinking. BEST MOMENTS ‘Play is a basic building block of life, it's about how we explore, learn, connect and develop.'‘Lego is the main thing that I use in Serious Play, partly because it just works and it doesn't tend to freak people out, it's got a low barrier to entry because people are very familiar with it – and adults have been cultured out of playing.'‘Fear has a very helpful role, in some ways, but it can be incapacitating.'‘The opposite of play is not work, it's depression.' ABOUT THE GUEST Lucy Hawthorne is a campaigner at heart, using facilitation, coaching and peer learning to help social justice organisations increase their impact. Nominee 'PRCA Voluntary Sector Campaign of the Year 2020' (CPRE, Don't Fast Track Fracking campaign). Particular focus on how to create open, safe and inclusive conversations that catalyse climate action. https://www.climateplay.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucyhawthorne/   ABOUT THE HOST Tze Ching started her entrepreneurial journey back in 2007 with the launch of a sustainable clothing and home furnishing ecommerce business. Next, she created a sustainable fashion brand. In 2019, she launched a social enterprise to help raise awareness about the negative impact of fashion at schools and colleges.  Through the 15-year journey, she learned so much, but easily the most meaningful lesson learned was about the importance of marketing. She now focuses on channelling those insights to help others succeed, through We Disrupt Agency, a business coaching, mentoring and digital marketing company.  Tze Ching's mission is to create a community of global change makers and to contribute to positive change in both people and planet. CONTACT DETAILS Tze Ching's website: https://wedisruptagency.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wedisruptagency  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wedisruptagency/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/wedisruptagency  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tzechingyeung/ 

Tomo Thompson, CEO of The Friends of the Peak District and CPRE for Peak District and South Yorkshire and Mountain Rescue volunteer. We discuss the background and the role of the Friends of the Peak District. During our conversation we touch on many important issues around working in the national parks. We talk about the big issues facing the Peak District National Park. We talk about how Mountain Leaders, Hill and Moorland Leaders and Rock Climbing Instructors can contribute to making a difference.

150 countries have now signed up to a global pledge launched at last year's COP26 to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent by 2030. But there is criticism that even though the largest contributor of anthropogenic methane emissions worldwide is livestock, meat hasn't been much mentioned at COP27. Methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide - but it is also shorter lived in the atmosphere - so reducing methane emissions would have a more rapid impact on the climate than reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The Chancellor's Autumn Statement ‘leaves the countryside, and those who live in it, behind.' So says the countryside charity the CPRE, which highlights a lack of support on energy prices for people in rural areas. We hear from rural stakeholders. And we visit a project in Wales where trees are being used to improve people's mental health. Presented by Charlotte Smith Produced for BBC Audio by Heather Simons

Our Special Guest this week is Helen Fadipe MRTPI, Founder and Chair of the BAME Planners Network. Decisions of the Week: Decision of High Court in R(oaf CPRE (Somserset)) v South Somerset DC & ors [2022] EWHC 2817 dated 8th November 2022 allowing CPRE's application for JR & quashing the grant of planning permission for 5 buildings to store carnival floats on open land in the countryside on account of the apparent bias and predetermination of two members who had declared their interests, Council's Code of Conduct considered. Decision of the High Court in R (oaf Tesco Stores Ltd) v Allerdale BC & Lidl GB Ltd [2022] EWHC 2827, dated 8th November 2022 an attempt by Tesco to quash a decision to grant planning permission for a Lidl store on the basis of alleged failures in the officer's report to properly interpret and apply local plan policy SA49 and S30. Decision of an inspector dated 11th November 2022 allowing an appeal by Inland Homes against non-determination by Basildon Borough Council of an application for the demolition of the Lodge & the construction of 47 dwellings with vehicular access at Maitland Lodge, Southend Road, Billericay in the Green Belt. 2007 Local Plan and March 2022 withdrawal of 2014-2034 Local Plan. Decision of an inspector dated 31st October 2022 allowing appeal by Luton Halls Properties Ltd against the refusal of Luton Borough Council, of an application for the conversion & change of use from sui generis student accommodation to 132 C3 flats and demolition of on site warden bungalow at Lea Halls, Bute Street, Luton. Issues around change of use in the context of the Luton TC Masterplan Framework, efficient use of land, living conditions and impact on character & appearance, public realm & accessibility to the town centre.

Rural organisations with millions of members are worried about what the government has planned for the countryside. Sarah McMonogal from the campaigning organisation CPRE tells Anna that they want to be consulted about future policies such as planning. Ranil Jayawardena the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has heralded a resumption of exports of lamb to the United States as a victory for UK farmers, but is it really such a big deal? And a weaker pound could be good news for exporters of cheese. Presenter: Anna Hill Producer: Alun Beach Editor: Dimitri Houtart

The May issue of Parks & Recreation magazine is out now, and on today's bonus episode of the podcast, we're diving deeper into one of this month's feature stories, “Recognizing Water Safety Month.” In celebration of May being National Water Safety Month, the article explores best practices for safety in and around the water, with an emphasis on equity and inclusion. On today's show, I am joined by the author of the article, Tara Eggleston Stewart, CPRE, division chief for aquatics and athletic facilities for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) in Prince George's County, Maryland. Tara has been in the aquatics profession since she was 15 years old, and as she has grown in the profession, she has always relied on her passion for aquatics and making a difference to drive her interests and growth, versus focusing on how she might be perceived by a profession where few people looked like her or had a similar background. Aside from her work at Maryland-National Capital, Tara has also served on NRPA's Aquatics Network, the American Red Cross' National Training Services, the Association of Aquatic Professionals, and Diversity in Aquatics. Tune in to the full episode below to learn more about Tara, how she got into the field of parks and recreation, and why making water safety programs more equitable and inclusive is so important. You'll also learn: Why drowning is a national public health crisis that disproportionately impacts communities of color and people with disabilities How park and recreation professionals play a role in ending the drowning crisis How M-NCPPC is fostering and supporting the development of a “water-well” community through its various programs and partnerships How M-NCPPC's new Southern Regional Aquatic Wellness Center was designed with accessibility in mind How agencies can hire and retain qualified and diverse lifeguarding staff How to engage our communities in critical conversations and activities around water safety during National Water Safety month and beyond, and much more! Related Links and Resources: The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Department of Parks and Recreation – Prince George's County, Maryland Aquatics at M-NCPPC Department of Parks and Recreation Southern Regional Aquatic Wellness Center Virtual Grand Opening (video) May is National Water Safety Month NRPA Aquatics Resources American Red Cross Lifeguard & Water Safety Training The Association of Aquatic Professionals Diversity in Aquatics   Pictured: An aquatics staff member from Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission's (M-NCPPC) Department of Parks and Recreation in Prince George's County, Maryland, provides swim lessons to a child at a Make A Splash event at the Sports and Learning Complex. Photo by Cassi Hayden.

From the Redmires Reservoirs near Sheffield, Clare walks up to Stanage Edge ('stone edge') a gritstone escarpment in the Peak District. Angela Lawrence and Anna Jorgensen are Clare's guests and are retired fell-runners (an accident with a vacuum cleaner ended Angela's running career) but their passion for the hills of the Peak District, which they have run across many times, remains undimmed. They have simply slowed down a little, and are now committed walkers. They wrote to Ramblings to suggest that Clare hike with them up to Stanage Pole. Along the way, on a beautiful, clear-skied day, they take in stunning views, a sociable lunch in a stone bothy, and tell Clare about another of their passions: Argentine Tango. During the walk they also talk about the "Ethels". In honour of the pioneering environmentalist, Ethel Haythornthwaite, 95 hilltops have been classified by the countryside charity, CPRE, as 'Ethels'. Clare, Angela and Anna delve into Ethel's fascinating life-story as they immerse themselves in the scenery that inspired her. The Ethels were recently created following an idea from Doug Colton. The Grid Reference for Redmires Reservoirs is SK265858. Presenter: Clare Balding Producer: Karen Gregor

Countryside charity CPRE is calling on the government to encourage all local authorities to promote Local Green Space designation. Alan James, chairman of CPRE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, spoke to Julian.

In this, our second episode on Affect, queer theorist and cultural geographer Joe Jukes asks, "What is ‘rural'?" Joe notes how the British countryside can be thought of, and has been produced, in multiple different ways and in many different forms. They suggest that ‘rural' is an affect, or feeling, that is aligned with a queer mode inquiry. This can be a surprising ‘use' of rural, especially as the countryside is often assumed to be unaccommodating to queer or LGBT+ lives. Staying with both affect and queer theory, Joe explores how the feeling of ‘surprise' can perform queer desire, and un-do rural space, opening it up to new possibilities. BIOGRAPHY Joe Jukes is a Techne-funded PhD researcher at the Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender, University of Brighton. Their study involves a creative ethnography of LGBT+ Somerset, asking whether the countryside can be thought of as a queer place, and how living in the West Country feels for queer people. Joe has curated for the Museum of English Rural Life, written for CPRE – the countryside charity, and co-convenes the postgraduate and community conference, Outside/rs 2022. CREDITS Presented by Julien Clin. Produced by Polly Hember and Julien Clin. Original art by Jonathan Mansfield: https://jonathanmansfieldart.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jsdjukes Outside/rs 2022: https://twitter.com/Outsiders2022 Royalty free music generously shared by Steve Oxen. FesliyanStudios.com Extracts from 'Little Britain' created and written by Matt Lucas and David Walliams. Produced by the BBC. The Technecast is funded by the Techne AHRC-DTP, and edited by Polly Hember, Julien Clin & Felix Clutson. Contact: technecaster@gmail.com / @technecast

This week's episode is about what costs should be paid by a losing side for mere acknowledgement of service. We also discuss how costs should be affected in environmental cases. Music by bensound.com https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe

Young people in rural areas feel outpriced and overlooked, and it's having an impact on their mental health. That's the conclusion of a survey by the countryside charity the CPRE. It surveyed 1,000 people between the ages of 16 and 25 in the countryside, and highlighted house prices, lousy public transport and poor connectivity as problems, all of which increase feelings of loneliness and isolation. Scientists at Royal Holloway College in Surrey have studied bees' waggle dances, which is how bees communicate where pollen can be found. They used them to work out how far a bee is prepared to go. We talk a lot about farms diversifications on the programme, from B&Bs to woodland burials, but a farm in the English midlands has looked back about 2,000 years for inspiration and built a bronze age style funeral barrow as an addition to their 70 acre livestock farm. Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

In this episode of Law & Mortar, Trent and John talk about Best of Success & Western Roofing Expos, roofing estimating certificates PREC and CPRE from Cotney, and how to settle an argument with the other side, if they do not want to resolve it peacefully.

Your host Sheree Mack has an in-depth and wide ranging intimate conversation with Sarah Hussain which takes into account: The privilege of having outdoor spaces at home Being an educator Being a writer University teaching Writing to bring about change in perceptions of South Asian women Amplifying the voice of women of colour within ecological research A PhD in Ecological Degradation  The women's struggle to protect the environment  Growing up as South Asian in Britain Gaining a sense of identity through family and cultural heritage Being a positive role model for future generations Writing from lived experiences Taking opportunities to sit at the table of power ‘The Campaign to Protect Rural England' research  Barriers to accessing the countryside Risk assessment for going outside    Bio: Sarah Hussain is a Huddersfield based author and educator. Her first novel Escaped from Syria was a winner finalist in the People's Book Prize Award and her short story collection Sit up, Stand up, Speak up was released in 2017. In 2018 she won the Ms Shakespeare competition and was shortlisted in a competition run by The University of Huddersfield and her short story, You will be free one day, my dearest India, is included in the anthology Trouble, celebrating protest, published by Grist and was ‘highly commended'. Sarah uses her writing as a means of expression to enable her to use her voice to promote tolerance. She is currently completing a PhD and her research is looking at ecological degradation in the Himalayan region from a postcolonial ecofeminist perspective. She aims to use her research to amplify women's knowledge and she wants to challenge negative representations of South Asian women. Sarah carried out research into barriers to engaging with nature for people of colour as part of a participant-led project commissioned by CPRE. CPRE commissioned essay, The invisible barriers that hold people back from enjoying the countryside.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As we continue to lift up stories of inclusion in celebration of Pride Month, my colleagues Allison Colman, NRPA's director of health, and Teresa Morrisey, a program manager on NRPA's Park Access team, recently published a blog post on the Open Space blog titled, “A Pathway to Trans Inclusion in Youth Sports.” I highly recommend checking it out to learn more about building more inclusive environments where all people, regardless of their gender identity or expression, are welcomed, accepted and fully able to participate in park and recreation facilities and programming — including recreational sports. One of the individuals featured in the blog post was Peyton O'Conner, AICP, CPRE, CNP, CYSA (they/she), the parks and recreation director for Buncombe County in Asheville, North Carolina. I'm thrilled to welcome Peyton to the show today to have a conversation around LGBTQ+ inclusion in parks and rec, as well as discuss the good work they're doing in Buncombe County. When NRPA released guidance on transgender inclusion in youth sports back in April, Peyton reached out in support, and expressed the need for expanding this guidance to adult recreational sports, as well. Peyton has been instrumental in advocating for LGBTQ+ inclusion in their community and in park and recreation programming, and has been on a mission to implement an inclusion policy for trans kids at their agency. And, as we're also looking ahead to Park and Recreation Month in July and this year's theme of “Our Park and Recreation Story,” I thought it would be a great opportunity for listeners to hear Peyton's story, as well. Tune in to the full episode below to learn more about how Peyton is using their own experience as a member of the LGBTQ+ community to advocate for creating more inclusive spaces and programs in parks and recreation. You'll also learn: What compelled Peyton to reach out to NRPA when they first noticed the guidance on transgender inclusion in youth sports. The importance of approaching conversations about LGBTQ+ inclusion the same as any other anti-discrimination policy — based on a set of facts and not up for discussion or debate. How Peyton's agency realized they needed a formal inclusion policy for trans kids, and how their staff and community responded. How park and recreation professionals can advocate for more inclusive policies in their own communities. How small changes, like using individuals' preferred pronouns and gender-neutral restrooms, can have a huge impact, and much more!

Crispin is chief executive of the Campaign to Protect Rural England. He has over 20 years' experience of leading and growing successful, award-winning organisations across multiple sectors, as both chief executive and chair. He was chief executive of The Churches Conservation Trust, the UK charity protecting historic churches at risk, and, prior to that, of Revolving Doors Agency, supporting people with mental health problems in the criminal justice system. Decisions of the Week: Manchester City Council v Secretary of State for HC&LG & others [2021] EWHC 858, a decision of Mr Justice Knowles allowing statutory appeals against an inspector's decision to allow an enforcement notice appeal raising issues relating to the correct interpretation of the planning unit & I‘m Your Man. Swainsthorpe PC v Norfolk County Council & South Norfolk DC [2021] EWHC 1014 (Admin), a decision of Mrs Justice Lang DBE relating to a successful claim for JR of a consultation response issued by a highway authority in the context of an application for planning permission which had regard to economic benefits. Decision of an inspector dated 20th April 2021 dismissing an appeal by North Herts DC against Central Beds refusal of a proposed crematorium in a rural location. Decision of an inspector dated 19th April 2021 dismissing Sharpe Refinery Service Ltd's appeal against the decision of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames to refuse permission for a mixed scheme of two new build units and an extension to Buildings of Townscape Merit, raising issues of loss of commercial floorspace, HLS, the applicability of the 35% uplift, fallback position, waste policies, the implications for the continuing use of Twickenham Studios.

England’s Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty are under threat from ‘reckless development’ according to CPRE, the countryside charity, which is calling on the government to halt it. AONB’s are given extra legal protections to preserve some of the country’s outstanding landscapes, but it is possible to get permission to build in them. CPRE says that since 2012 the amount of land built on or earmarked for development has more than doubled. It's been an unusually dry and cold April. Charlotte Smith speaks to the BBC Weather Centre to find out why, and hears what it means for farmers. We visit a worm farm, and find out how worms are being used to process farm waste and provide nutrient-rich fertiliser at the same time. And seven UK fishermen have died in accidents over the past few months, and a campaign is being launched to try to prevent more deaths. Over the last decade there have been, on average, 6 fatalities every year. 85% as a result of fishermen going overboard into the sea. The Fishing Industry Safety Group’s Home and Dry Campaign wants boat owners and captains to carry out risk assessments, man overboard drills and to make sure crew wear life jackets. Presented by Charlotte Smith Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons

Welcome to episode 6 of the Countryside Voices podcast!In this episode we're looking at rights - our rights to access the English countryside. Why do we only have a right to roam over a tiny percentage of our country, and what needs to happen to expand these rights? We also look at the government's controversial proposals to criminalise trespass, and how that could affect access to the countryside.Joining our host, Jamie Wyver, is campaigner and author of Who Owns England?, Guy Shrubsole, and CPRE campaigner Emma Marrington.Support the show (https://donate.cpre.org.uk/page/60073/action/1?ea.tracking.id=podcast)

Coronavirus has hit every aspect of our lives but what's it meant for food and farming in particular? We ask the man who's leading the National Food Strategy, Henry Dimbleby how he thinks the pandemic will shape the future of the food chain. The countryside charity the CPRE has described the government's national bus strategy as 'woefully unambitious and woefully inadequate'. It says with the right level of funding, England could have a rural bus service to match Swiss standards, where every village of two to three hundred people is guaranteed hourly buses from six in the morning to midnight, seven days a week. Could pop-up campsites be an answer to excessive wild camping? It was a problem last summer, when scores of campers pitched up at beauty spots that had no facilities. Planning permits for pop-up campsites are going to be extended. Usually landowners can open them 28 days a year. That was extended last year to 56 days, because of the pandemic, and that'll be the case again this year. Presenter = Charlotte Smith Producer = Rebecca Rooney

Gotz Martin, head of sustainability implementation at Golden Agri-Resources, explains why food systems face a big problem if smallholder farming communities can’t become more resilient and escape endemic poverty traps. He outlines some of the factors necessary to achieve this. While strong palm oil prices can help in the short term, there are clear deforestation risks if the sector as a whole expands to meet demand. Plus: new Greenpeace report slams forest certification schemes; 8bn drinks containers thrown away in the UK says CPRE; Oxfam research says big food and beverage companies unable to translate effectively global commitments to local level; and, shipping sector aims for $5bn zero emissions research fund, in the news roundup. Host: Ian Welsh For more content like this subscribe to the Innovation Forum newsletter here.

Following the widespread upheaval of 2020, educational leaders are now tasked with leading their districts, schools and teams through the frustration - and uncertainty - of 2021. A recent guide and companion video, created in partnership with experienced school leaders, offer a research-backed framework designed to help educators meet that challenge and drive school improvement in the months ahead. Coauthors and renowned educational leadership experts Jonathan Supovitz (Penn GSE, CPRE) and John D'Auria (William James College) join CPRE Knowledge Hub managing editor Keith Heumiller to discuss the guide, and how leaders can use this opportunity to become "scientists of learning."

Welcome to episode 5 of the Countryside Voices podcast!In this episode, we're talking about something that affects all of us: the planning system. What is it, and why does it matter? First, we take a look at the history, then the power that planning process gives us as citizens to shape our local area and safeguard nature, and finally, the serious threat posed by the government's damaging proposals to deregulate the planning system.Our host Jamie Wyver is joined by Hugh Ellis, director of policy at the Town and Country Planning Association, Madeleine Gohin, planning officer at CPRE,  and Naomi Luhde-Thompson, chief planner at Friends of the Earth.Support the show (https://donate.cpre.org.uk/page/60073/action/1?ea.tracking.id=podcast)

Rural homelessness has more than doubled in the past two years, according to the countryside charity CPRE and the English Rural Housing Association. They say in England just under 20,000 households were categorised as homeless by rural local authorities this year - a rise of 115% on 2018. Charlotte Smith asks what the solution is. The Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks are applying to become ‘International Dark Sky Parks’ in the hopes of developing astro-tourism’. We visit a community run observatory. And grants to help cope with the effects of Covid 19 have been vital for some rural businesses. But some campaigners are criticising councils for giving money to hunts. A freedom of information request by the anti-hunting organisation, Keep the Ban found more than a hundred and eighty thousand pounds has been given to hunts. Presented by Charlotte Smith Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons

Welcome to episode 4 of the Countryside Voices podcast! In this episode, we talk about the health and wellbeing benefits of spending time in the countryside and nature. It's well-established that spending time in nature is good for us, but is all time spent in nature equal, or does it matter what we do while we're in nature? And how can we make sure more people can experience these benefits?We explore these fascinating questions with Professor Jules Pretty from the University of Essex, poet, writer and artist Dr Sheree Mack, and CPRE's Campaigns Manager Maddy Haughton-Boakes, hosted by Jamie Wyver.Support the show (https://donate.cpre.org.uk/page/60073/action/1?ea.tracking.id=podcast)

Hello everyone and welcome back! Thanks for joining us today for an episode about embracing young professionals. In this episode, Chris Nunes talks with Anthony about how to break down barriers between new and older professionals and some of the obstacles that are often faced when doing so. The conversation also covers the many benefits of intergenerational workplaces - and the various outcomes of each stage in your career. Chris Nunes, CPRE, (connect on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-nunes-cpre-115a102) is the Director of Parks and Recreation for The Woodlands Township, in The Woodlands, Texas. In that position, he oversees the management of 100 full-time and 450 part-time staff divided into nine divisions (Park Operations, Planning, Recreation, Aquatics, Development, Town Center, Streetscapes, Environmental Services and Resident Care Center) a $36.3 million operational and a $6 million capital improvement budget. He is accountable for the maintenance of 148 parks, 15 swimming pools and aquatic facilities, 220 miles of pathways, 220 miles of streetscapes, 1400+ cul de sac’s and 500 acres of lakes and ponds. Prior to The Woodlands, he was the Director of Community Services for the City of Fort Morgan, Colorado, an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for the Recreation Management Program at Ashland University and Director of Parks and Recreation in Fort Kent, Maine. Chris holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Recreation Management and a Master’s Degree in Sports Management from Springfield College in Massachusetts and a Doctorate in Parks and Recreation Administration from the University of New Mexico . In 2011 became one of the first 50 Certified Park and Recreation Executives (CPRE) and in 2012, Chris was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Parks and Recreation Administrators. In 2015 he received the National Distinguished Professional Award from NRPA and in 2016 he was elected President of the American Academy of Parks and Recreation Administrators. In 2019, through his leadership, The Woodlands Township was recognized by NRPA as a Gold Medal Grand Plaque Winner. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lets-talk-parks/message

Welcome to episode 3 of the Countryside Voices podcast! In this episode, we talk about getting children out in nature, why their first experience of nature is vital to building a lasting connection to the countryside, and how we can break down the barriers they face so more young people than ever have the opportunity to experience our most iconic countryside.Our host Jamie Wyver is joined by young environmentalist and campaigner Dr Mya-Rose Craig, Iesha Small, head of strategy and policy at Youth Hostel Association, and Mark Robinson, a campaigner at CPRE.Support the show (https://donate.cpre.org.uk/page/60073/action/1?ea.tracking.id=podcast)

We're back with the second episode of the Countryside Voices podcast! This time we explore the experience of rural communities during lockdown, and how these might help regenerate the countryside in the future.We discuss the lockdown and its aftermath with Simon Murray, the new chair of CPRE, and Leicestershire farmer Donya Donger. We find out what they think needs to happen next to help rural businesses and communities thrive as we emerge from the pandemic.If you enjoy the show, check out our work at www.cpre.org.ukSupport the show (https://donate.cpre.org.uk/page/60073/action/1?ea.tracking.id=podcast)

A survey reveals that key workers - from care workers to farm workers - can’t afford most privately rented accommodation in the countryside. Charlotte Smith hears from a mental health support worker who faced living in a damp and expensive property, and Crispin Truman from the organisation which carried out the survey, the CPRE, explains what needs to change. A Kent fruit grower is trialling new techniques to adopt what he calls a third way of farming: one that moves away from using synthetic chemicals, and produces crops that are higher in quality and nutrients than organic food. All this week Farming Today is focusing on a ‘green recovery’ - the BBC's Energy and Environment Analyst Roger Harrabin explains what one is, and what it might mean. Producer: Toby Field

Tim talks with Cheshire Wildlife Trust's Evidence & Planning Manager, Rachel Giles...The conversation covers Rachel's career, her interest in and work to conserve Cheshire's Local Wildlife Sites and the sometimes daunting, but very important subject of Net Gain. As we face an unprecedented global crisis for biodiversity, how can the government mandated net gain for biodiversity from development be successfully and measurably achieved? And what can we learn from some of the old giants of ecology as we go about making sense of it?Thanks:Stacey Body - ProductionKelly Lomas & Gif Lemon - Artwork'Still Pickin', Kevin Macleod - Theme tuneRelated links:Local Wildlife Siteshttps://www.wildlifetrusts.org/local-wildlife-sitesSSSihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_of_Special_Scientific_InterestGreen Revolutionhttps://www.thoughtco.com/green-revolution-overview-1434948Avoidance, mitigation, compensationhttps://www.bats.org.uk/our-work/buildings-planning-and-development/avoidance-mitigation-compensationRank grassland definitiion: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100404256Interesting EN doc about neutral grassland: file://ce-userdata/cehomedrive$/AG255Y/Downloads/in13.9%20(1).pdfBrownfield sitesHome builders perspective: https://www.homebuilding.co.uk/what-is-a-brownfield-site/Conservation perspective: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/habitats/towns-and-gardens/brownfieldTelegraph article citing the CPRE study promoting "brownfield first": https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/03/25/england-has-enough-brownfield-land-one-million-new-homes-says/Biodiversity 2020 targets: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/biodiversity-2020-a-strategy-for-england-s-wildlife-and-ecosystem-servicesThe Northern Foresthttps://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/we-plant-trees/the-northern-forest/Habitat Bankinghttps://www.environmentbank.com/habitat-banking/Green Infrastructurehttps://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/sustainability-transitions/urban-environment/urban-green-infrastructure/what-is-green-infrastructureE. O. Wilson's Half Earth Projecthttps://www.half-earthproject.org/James Lovelockhttp://www.jameslovelock.org/

Welcome to the first episode of the brand new Countryside Voices Podcast, from CPRE, the countryside charity.A beautiful starry sky is one of the magical sights the countryside can offer. But light pollution stops many of us from seeing the stars, and it also has a big impact on wildlife.We talk with Emma Marrington, CPRE's starry sky expert, about the results from our annual Star Count and can be done to reclaim our dark skies.We also explore the fascinating world of bats, with Joanna Ferguson from the Bat Conservation Trust.If you enjoy the show, check out our work at www.cpre.org.uk.Support the show (https://donate.cpre.org.uk/page/60073/action/1?ea.tracking.id=podcast)

'I began to see what a sacred cow the Green Belt has become' said Minister for Housing & Local Government Richard Crossman in 1964. The Green Belt is a political behemoth that has long loomed over the planning system. In this episode Sam Stafford asks Paul Miner, Strategic Planning & Devolution at CPRE, and Kathryn Ventham, Planning Partner at Barton Willmore, whether housing need is becoming a sufficiently irresistible force to shift hitherto immovable Green Belt boundaries? Twitter handles: @samuel_stafford. @PaulMiner3 and @kateventham. Some accompanying reading and viewing: John Grindrod's ‘Outskirts' https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/14/outskirts-by-john-grindrod-review Ipsos Mori polling for the CPRE on public attitudes towards the Green Belt https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/attitudes-towards-green-belt-land Ipsos Mori polling for Housing The Powerhouse on attitudes towards housing development in Greater Manchester http://www.housingthepowerhouse.com/downloads/Housing%20the%20Powerhouse%20-%20Ipsos%20MORI%20Opinion%20Poll%20Press%20Release.pdf 'The Green Noose: An analysis of Green Belts and proposals for reform' by the Adam Smith Institute https://www.adamsmith.org/news/press-release-free-up-3-7-percent-of-londons-green-belt-to-build-one-million-new-homes-says-new-report ‘Planned up and be counted ‘ local plan making under NPPF 2012' by Lichfields https://lichfields.uk/content/insights/planned-up-and-be-counted ‘This Blessed Plot – This Other Eden' - A film for the Council for the Preservation of Rural England https://www.britishpathe.com/video/rural-england-aka-this-blessed-plot-this-other ‘The myth of the countryside idyll' by Steve Middlehurst https://stevemiddlehurstidentityandplace.wordpress.com/2016/10/10/a5-research-the-myth-of-the-countryside-idyll/ Keith Joseph's 1964 South East Study http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/19/newsid_2570000/2570681.stm A Policy Briefing Paper by the Landscape Institute https://www.landscapeinstitute.org/policy/green-belt-policy/ The London Society's Position Paper https://www.londonsociety.org.uk/post/londons-green-belt ‘The Proud City' – A film outlining plans for the post war reconstruction of London, featuring Patrick Abercrombie and JH Forshaw. https://archive.org/details/ProudCity

Eduardo Castro, MSc, CSPO, CPRE, PACC, SFPC, CTFL, CTFL-AT Coach, Trainer e Consultor em projetos de desenvolvimento de produtos de Software, com experiência na implantação de métodos e times ágeis, integrados aos processos de Análise de Negocio (IIBA), Engenharia de Requisitos (IREB) e teste de sistemas, com entrega de valor. Autor do livro Engenharia de Requisitos - Um Enfoque prática na construção de software orientado ao negócio, apresentando os conceitos e prática utilizando o Método iRON - integração de requisitos orientado ao negocio (www.metodoiron.com.br). Certificado CPRE-FL pelo IREB, CTFL-FL e CTFL-AT pelo ISTQB e Agile Coach PACC-AIB. Consultor e Instrutor na elaboração e capacitação em Planejamento Estratégico - PE, Plano Diretor de Informática - PDI, Instrução Normativa Nr. 04/2010 para construção do Termo de Referência na contratação de serviços especializados em tecnologia da Informação. Coordenador da Pós Graduação em Engenharia de Requisitos no Uniceub e professor universitário em Instituições de Ensino Superior – IES focadas em tecnologia com mais de 20 anos de experiência. Palestrante, nas áreas de Gestão do Conhecimento e Tecnologia da Informação, em órgãos governamentais, empresas públicas e privadas, e Institutos de Ensino Superior - IES, inclusive com trabalhos apresentados e artigos publicados em congressos internacionais. Mestre em Gestão do conhecimento e Tecnologia da Informação com pesquisa na área de aprendizagem colaborativa e mapas conceituais pela UCB - Brasília. Professor e conteudista de cursos EAD na área de Tecnologia da informação. Capacidade de liderança, habilidades de negociação e comunicação, adaptabilidade a novas funções e novos ambientes, foco em resultado, coragem e determinação para mudar paradigmas e visão estratégica de diferentes segmentos de negócio. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pipocaagil/message

We look at the European Space Agency missions coming up over the next decade, including a crewed lunar orbiter, a spacecraft that will explore the icy moons of Jupiter and probes that will analyse planets orbiting distant stars. Plus, Emma Marrington of the countryside charity CPRE reveals how you can get involved in this year's Star Count citizen science project. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We look at the European Space Agency missions coming up over the next decade, including a crewed lunar orbiter, a spacecraft that will explore the icy moons of Jupiter and probes that will analyse planets orbiting distant stars. Plus, Emma Marrington of the countryside charity CPRE reveals how you can get involved in this year's Star Count citizen science project. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sam Stafford chats with John Myers (YIMBY Alliance), Barbara Weiss (Barbara Weiss Architects) and Matt Thomson (CPRE) about how to build more and better homes and more and better places. Adding storeys, mansion blocks and other forms of gentle densification are agreeable in principle, but how can they be encouraged in practice? Do we build up in the meantime? Not everybody likes tall buildings. Do we build out in the meantime? Lots of people like the Green Belt... John Myers (@YimbyAlliance) worked as a lawyer, an analyst and in technology before cofounding London Yimby in 2016. https://yimbyalliance.org/about-us/ Matt Thomson (@MattThomson42) is Head of Planning at CPRE. Matt is a professional town planner with over 15 years' experience in local government and was formerly head of policy and practice at the RTPI.  https://www.cpre.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/meet-our-spokespeople/ Barbara Weiss founded Barbara Weiss Architects in 1987. Barbara has been involved in the Skyline Campaign that 'aims to stop the devastation of London by badly designed tall buildings in the wrong location'. http://www.barbaraweissarchitects.com/the-practice/people/barbara-weiss Some reading associated with this episode: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/building-better-building-beautiful-commission https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/jan/new-housing-design-england-overwhelmingly-mediocre-or-poor https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/comment/dont-forget-a-lot-of-housing-design-is-getting-better/5103978.article https://www.londonyimby.org/research Some listening associated with this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICG0MuzEYzw

In recent decades, new networks for school improvement (NSI) have proliferated across the country. These emerging networks present education leaders with an opportunity to build dynamic infrastructures to engage schools and improve teaching and learning. A new CPRE workbook, authored by five researchers from Teachers College at Columbia University and the University of Michigan, offers seven lessons for successful NSI management, based on years of interviews and observations in the field. Workbook coauthors Priscilla Wohlstetter (Teachers College) and Angela Lyle (University of Michigan) join CPRE Knowledge Hub managing editor Keith Heumiller to discuss the workbook, and some important takeaways for NSI stakeholders across the U.S.

Harry Barton is the chief executive of the Devon Wildlife Trust. He has worked for nearly 25 years in the environmental sector, including spells at the Earth Trust, the Council for National Parks, Kew Gardens, CPRE and the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. Amidst extolling the virtues of Devon and it’s newfound beaver population, Harry explains the Trust's mission to preserve, protect and enhance the county's areas of natural wildlife. This conversation addresses the differing roles of the wildlife trusts, environmental groups like Extinction Rebellion and individuals like Greta Thunberg in solving the crisis of climate change, but takes numerous gear changes along the way – from musings over childhood memories of cars being swept away by the river at Richmond, to the threats to our marine environment hidden beneath the waves. Harry also talks about one of the issues closest to his heart, that of the importance of the outdoors for young children, particularly for his son, who has autism. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Just how free are we to walk around our cities and countryside? Who owns our parks and public spaces and who makes the decision what you can and can’t do in them and when they can be closed for ticketed events? What can you do to make sure our green spaces stay open and accessible to all? These are all questions I asked Neil Sinden, the Director of the London branch of the CPRE (Campaign for Rural England). I’d seen mention of the Urban Right to Roam, which piqued my interest and made me wonder about how much freedom we do have to roam across our cities and indeed our countryside. I had always assumed we had inalienable rights across public land but it seems it’s not as clear cut as I thought.  As Neil mentions in the interview, 2.6million people in the UK live more than a 10 minute walk from a green space. That’s hugely important as our country becomes more urbanised and it’s important if, for you, your local green space is your only garden.   We talk about: The CPRE and why it’s needed, even in towns and large cities like London   The Urban Right to Roam Rights of Way Privately owned public spaces Protecting and improving our green spaces   Links  www.cprelondon.org.uk   www.lfgn.org.uk Go Parks London How to register an unrecorded Historic Right of Way  Blog post by Groundsure about the implications for our Historic Rights of Way of a 2026 deadline to register them by.    Get in touch; Email podcast@rootsandall.co.uk  Website www.rootsandall.co.uk  Twitter @rootsandall Instagram rootsandallpod Facebook @rootsandalluk   Patreon Link; Help us keep the podcast free & independent! Donate as much or as little as you like at https://www.patreon.com/rootsandall 

Social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies like self-efficacy and conscientiousness can be predictive of long-term academic achievement. But they can also be difficult to measure. In a new study led by NWEA's James Soland, researchers investigated whether assessment metadata - the way students approach tests and surveys - can provide useful SEL data to schools and educators. Soland joins CPRE research specialist Tesla DuBois to discuss his findings, their implications, and the promise and limitations of student metadata in general.

I think it’s fair to say that many times when people enter a career field, they do so with intentions of advancing in that career and continuing to progress, learn and grow. Of course, there are those moments of complacency that can creep up, and often we’re so busy with the work at hand that we don’t even think about the next steps in our career. Sometimes it’s just that taking that step toward your own professional development seems like a daunting task – especially if you don’t know where to start. On today’s episode, we’re joined by two people who know a thing or two about advancing in the field of parks and recreation. Joining us are Michael Kalvort, CPRE, the Recreation Services Director for City of Boca Raton, Florida, and Hayley Herzing, NRPA’s Senior Manager of Membership. Michael discusses some of the steps he took early in his career that set him up to be where he is today, including the importance of: saying ‘yes’ to everything you can; certification; networking; mentorship; being part of a state or national association; and continuing to learn. Hayley offers guidance on many of the resources NRPA provides to its members, such as: NRPA Connect; the NRPA Annual Conference; professional development opportunities; certification opportunities; Volunteer opportunities, and more

From property tax to "soda tax," U.S. cities have found creative ways to fund and grow free, high quality preschool programs. Now families - and researchers - are reporting on the personal and academic benefits of those programs for local children. We welcome Shante` Brown (Director of Operations, PHLpreK), Milagros Nores (Research Co-Director, NIEER) and Phil Sirinides (Senior Research Specialist, CPRE) to discuss two growing programs in Seattle and Philadelphia, and their unique approaches to fostering quality and improving access.

Performance-based funding, which ties a portion of a college’s state support to outcomes like graduation rates and degree production, remains one of the most widely used accountability drivers in higher education. In recent years, however, researchers have found that it can have unintended consequences for underrepresented student groups. One of those researchers, Seton Hall University’s Robert Kelchen, led a national study of colleges and universities to understand the impact of performance-based funding, and whether targeted bonuses can boost enrollment rates for minorities and low-income students. He joins CPRE research specialist Robert Nathenson to discuss his findings and their potential implications for higher education policy across the U.S.

Each year millions of entering college students are required to take non-credit, developmental education courses in subjects like math, reading, and writing, an unforeseen speed bump that can contribute to "stopout" and racial achievement gaps. In 2013 Florida took a new approach, making developmental education optional for the vast majority of students. Florida State University's Toby Park recently led a multi-year study of the initiative, finding that it led to notable gains in course passing rates and minority student achievement. He joins CPRE research specialist Robert Nathenson to discuss his findings and some important takeaways for stakeholders across the U.S.

Each year nearly 14 percent of Americans - including millions of school-age children - move from one home to another. In cities like New York, where roughly 40 percent of students move at least once between third and eighth grade, residential mobility can have significant impacts - both positive and negative - on student outcomes. We sit down with Temple University's Sarah Cordes, who recently led a comprehensive study of more than 90,000 New York City students to understand the impacts of moving on school performance. Cordes joins CPRE research specialist Adrianne Flack to discuss her findings and offer some key takeaways for families, policymakers, and stakeholders across the country.

Staying Relevant in Parks and Recreation is no easy task. Technology is moving at a rapid pace. Trends seem to change daily. What, then, does it mean for agencies to stay relevant? How do we decide when to compete, collaborate, or step back? In this episode, I talk to Chris Nunes from the Woodlands Township to hear his perspective on what it means to stay relevant in today's world! Chris Nunes, CPRE is the Director of Parks and Recreation for The Woodlands Township, in The Woodlands, Texas. In that position, a $22 million operational budget, a $4-5 million yearly capital improvement program, and is accountable for the management of 140 parks, 15 swimming pools and aquatic facilities, 220 miles of pathways, and 200 miles of the streetscape. He speaks around the country (over 300+ times) on topics including: business plans, contracting, creative programming, marketing, external funding, communication, leadership and succession planning. In 2012, Chris was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Parks and Recreation Administrators and in 2015 he received the National Distinguished Professional Award from NRPA, and in 2016-2017 he is the President of the American Academy of Parks and Recreation Administrators. If you enjoyed this episode and are looking for more information on the topic or would like to learn how you can become a contributor or guest visit us at www.letstalkparks.com. In addition please be sure to follow us on Instagram @Lets_talk_parks for more great content from purpose-driven Parks and Recreation Professionals like yourself. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lets-talk-parks/message

For decades, education researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders have advocated for a wide range of reforms to elementary school instruction. A new study of five urban school districts set out to determine how - and how well - those reforms are being implemented in the classroom. Harvard University's Heather Hill joins CPRE senior researcher Caroline Ebby to talk about her article "Learning Lessons From Instruction: Descriptive Results From an Observational Study of Urban Elementary Classrooms." Hill discusses her key findings and provides some important takeaways for districts, teachers, researchers, and policymakers across the country.

Catherine Augustine, director of the RAND Corporation's Pittsburgh Office, discusses one of the first ever rigorous evaluations of restorative practice in a city school district. Augustine joins CPRE senior researcher Ryan Fink to discuss her findings, which included notable impacts on school climate and student suspension.

New York City's "school improvement industry" - the myriad external groups and organizations working to help schools meet specific goals - is so large, and often so fragmented, that it can be difficult to even measure. Thomas Hatch, a Columbia University researcher and co-director of the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching, recently set out to map those organizations working to support K-3 reading in New York schools, and understand how they operate, interact, and impact education. Hatch sits down with CPRE senior researcher Ryan Fink to discuss his new research brief - "The Role of External Support Providers in Improving K-3 Reading Outcomes in New York" - and its potential implications for stakeholders across the country.

Renowned cognitive scientist, author, and former K-12 teacher Pooja Agarwal joins CPRE senior researcher Abigail Gray to share four simple, science-backed strategies to improve teaching and learning. She also shares insights from her upcoming book "Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning," her new article in Kappan Magazine, and provides a wealth of free resources for teachers and policymakers hoping to close the gap between learning science and the classroom. Part of the CPRE Knowledge Hub and Kappan Magazine's 'What We've Learned About Learning" podcast series. To read more about learning science and education, pick up the Dec/Jan 2018 issue of Kappan Magazine or visit www.kappanonline.org/

Despite a growing demand for post-secondary education in communities across the U.S., millions of residents currently live in what researchers call “higher education deserts,” areas where students have limited or no access to a public, broad-access four-year university. On this episode of Research Minutes we speak with University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher Nicholas Hillman, one of a small number of researchers currently studying higher education deserts and their impacts on local students and families. Hillman joins CPRE research specialist Robert Nathenson to discuss his research and offer some tips to those hoping to understand and address this unique problem.

Bit angry this week, lads. The CPRE – officially the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England; known also in certain circles as the campaign for the protection of the rural elite – has put out the latest volume of its great work of magical realism, the State of the Green Belt report.It’s nonsense, on multiple levels. I think the CPRE’s firmly held belief that the green belt should be sacrosanct is nonsense of course, but more than that – the figures it’s collected to show the rising tide of brick gradually swallowing the fields of England are demonstrably inaccurate; and its claim that brownfield can solve the housing crisis is demonstrably rubbish, too.So, I decided to spend this week’s podcast shouting about all this. I dragged New Statesman political correspondent and official young person Patrick Maguire into the podcasting bunker with me, so that I wouldn’t just be shouting at myself.Episode 100 next week, lads. Exciting times. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Established in 2008 as a partnership between the City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Public Schools, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, The Pittsburgh Promise has since provided more than $120 million in college scholarships to eligible graduates of Pittsburgh's public schools. But is it working? On this episode of Research Minutes, University of Pittsburgh School of Education researcher Lindsay Page speaks with CPRE researcher Robert Nathenson (University of Pennsylvania) about her recent study of the Pittsburgh Promise and its impacts on college enrollment and persistence. Her study, The Promise of Place-Based Investment in College Access and Success: Investigating the Impact of the Pittsburgh Promise, was co-authored by Jennifer Iriti, Danielle Lowry, and Aaron Anthony (University of Pittsburgh). It was published in Education Finance and Policy in 2018. Lindsay Page is an assistant professor of research methodology at the School of Education and a research scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Her work focuses on quantitative methods and their application to questions regarding the effectiveness of educational policies and programs across the pre-school to postsecondary spectrum. --- To learn more about The University of Pennsylvania's CPRE Knowledge Hub, visit http://www.cprehub.org/ or follow @cprehub.

CPRE Hub director Bobbi Newman speaks with CPRE senior researchers Henry May (University of Delaware), Abigail Gray (University of Pennsylvania), and Philip Sirinides (University of Pennylvania) about their monumental study of Reading Recovery, a national intervention designed to improve literacy achievement in struggling first-graders.

Joshua Goodman, Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, sits down with CPRE, Research Specialist, Robert Nathenson to discuss Benjamin Castleman and Joshua Goodman's study, Intensive College Counseling and the Enrollment and Persistence of Low Income Students, which was published in the journal, Education Finance and Policy in January 2018. Goodman shares the findings of their study on the impact of intensive college counseling to improve college enrollment and completion for disadvantaged students and the importance of studying interventions in education.