Sophie motivation is to bring Sustainable Ecological Planning into main stream planning system and to continue working on designs and plan communities that are vibrant, healthy and safe, and which reflect respect for the local and the global environment and where individuals and enterprise interact with each other, just like nature. She aims to work with communities, public bodies, private companies and other Social Enterprise Companies and the Voluntary Sector organisations to deliver projects and programmes that bring abut concurrent social economics and environmental benefits.
The Challenges – Part 3 The housing market has experienced boom and bust cycles for the past 40 years. These distort housing choices and increase risk. They drive mortgages arrears and repossession rates, curtail house-building capacity and increase inter generational inequality. So, even if there were a massive fall in house prices unlikely in an ear of ultra- low Interest rates- there [...]
Continued The main players: The 2008 global credit crunch brought the housing market and house building industry down to earth with a thud. Diggers were stooped in their tracks leaving half -built sites. New mortgages disappeared almost overnight and house-builders found themselves counting the costs of sky-high borrowing used to fund the purchase of land [...]
Our garden faces west so we get a north west wind. We have places a wind chime in the garden facing a West wall. The wind chime catches the wind, and create a beautiful sound. Wind chimes is an art and a science. The windchimes that we have in our garden is a tuned wind chime, these have [...]
Whether you are new to gardening, or already have a plot thinking about how you want to divide and layout your plot from the beginning will reap dividends later on. Questions to consider and priorities: Do you want to grow fruit trees? Do you want to grow potatoes? Do you want to grow soft fruit? Do you want to grow rhubarb? Where are you going to [...]
The British public has long had an obsession with owning one’s own home. However, as Aron Morby explains, the signs are that there will be an increasing emphasis on providing new housing for rent. How the Industry Developed The dream of mass home ownership traces its roots back to the 1930s. Cheap virgin, land and [...]
This is a process compared to making tea, as boiling water is poured on to the finely chopped herb and left to infuse for up to fifteen minutes. When I make tea I use either a small tea pot and then strain the leaves when the tea is poured or a cup with a lid [...]
Sophie Christopher Bowes one of the Directors at Abingdon Hydro will be doing a talk at this sustainabiltyLive 2013 Presentation: Hydro Electric Power From Thames Abingdon location: Energy from Waste Theatre 1 Date: Tuesday 16th April 2013 Session Time: 15.30-16.00 Sustainability Live is the ‘no1’ event for sustainable business management, providing a comprehensive showcase of the [...]
A balcony, patio or window box is all you need to grow herbs to stock your own pharmacy, which can flourish just about anywhere, and “homegrown remedies”. We will show you how to grow dozens of nourishing plants (even in limited space) and then turn then into infusions, tinctures, syrups, decoctions, poultices and other preparations that can relieve, refresh [...]
The ultimate event for energy, water and energy from waste sectors We will be talking on Tuesday 16th April at the Infrastructure Development and Planning at the Energy from Waste Theatre 1. Sustainability Live is the ‘no1’ event for sustainable business management, providing a comprehensive showcase of the latest products and services across the energy, water [...]
Learn to build your Home, Eco-Village, Sustainable Community Help others in need of Safe Shelter around the world One Week Intensive Hands-on Retreat in Earth Architecture 4th – 11th May 2013 THRESHOLDS CENTRE Picklescott, Shropshire, SY6 6NU “Every man and woman is a doctor and a builder – to heal and shelter themselves” – Nader [...]
Home is where the heart is – Part 3
The Challenges – Part 3 The housing market has experienced boom and bust cycles for the past 40 years. These distort housing choices and increase risk. They drive mortgages arrears and repossession rates, curtail house-building capacity and increase inter generational inequality. So, even if there were a massive fall in house prices unlikely in an ear of ultra- low Interest rates- there [...]
Home is Where the heart is – Part 2
Continued The main players: The 2008 global credit crunch brought the housing market and house building industry down to earth with a thud. Diggers were stooped in their tracks leaving half -built sites. New mortgages disappeared almost overnight and house-builders found themselves counting the costs of sky-high borrowing used to fund the purchase of land [...]
Launch of England China Business Forum on Friday 8th February, 12 pm to 2 pm
Launch of England China Business Forum on Friday 8th February, 12 pm to 2 pm, at the Birmingham Hippodrome with the theme England China – the Next 10 Years. Speakers include Gisela Stuart, MP; Adrian Shooter, Regional Chair of the Confederation of British Industry; John Rider, Regional Chair of the Institute of Directors and Dr [...]
Happy Christmas & Merry Positive New Year.
We would like to wish all our clients and friends a Happy Christmas and positive New Year. We look forward to sharing ideas, being creative, and working with you in 2013.
The aims of the Pilgrim Centre project are to: 1. Provide a research library, museum, small astronomic observatory, meditation room, small bookshop, cafe sitting room and large central circular space for gatherings ceremonies & Celebrations. 2. To provide simple floor accommodation where the spiritual & research pilgrims to Stonehenge & its wealth of surrounding [...]
