Shows a black bag filled with rubbish and tied at the top. The bag is shown next to a public litter bin.
Today I did my first football litter pick whilst youngest watched his team playing (heβs injured so not playing today) 30 mins along the fence and car park fringes until my bag was heavy enough. Mostly water bottles and coffee cups - but dog poo bags, vapes and crisp packets also featured.
NEW: A mega snow storm - SNOWPOCALYPSE - recently hit residents of Juneau, Alaska.
I spoke to heat pump owners there to find out how they coped. Their heat pumps did great, apparently!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/my-heat-pu...
Half of Irish businesses view housing as the biggest barrier to competitiveness
SSP5 High challenge to mitigation Fossil-fueled Development Taking the Highway Policy focused on free markets High consumption Effective international cooperation Reduced inequality High economic growth Low population growth SSP3 High challenge to mitigation and adaptation Regional Rivalry A Rocky Road Policy focused on security Barriers to international trade High inequality Slow economic growth Low population growth in rich countries, high in other countries SSP2 Medium challenges to mitigation and adaptation Middle of the Road Continue with current development patterns SSP1 Sustainability Low challenges to mitigation and adaptation Taking the Green Road Policy focused on sustainable development Effective international cooperation Reduced inequality within and across countries Low consumption Low population growth SSP4 High challenges to adaptation Inequality A Road Divided Policy focused on elite High consumption High inequality Low to medium economic growth Low population growth in rich countries, high in other countries Source IPCC via https://climatedata.ca/resource/understanding-shared-socio-economic-pathways-ssps/
Soooo what say you climate peeps? What path are we actually on so far in the 21st century? Seems like maybe somewhere between SSP2 and SSP3?
Clare MacDonald, Caroline Brown and Elaine Campbell raise a toast
An aerial performer is suspended by two scarlet silks hanging from the ceiling of a Big Top
An aerial performer can be seen suspended from the ceiling of the Big Top. There are tables of diners looking up at the performer.
Another busy week:
- interviews for a new intern project officer to join the RTPI Scotland team
- an outing to Glasgow Uni to discuss metropolitan mayors and other regional-ish options for policy coordination
- a night in London for the @rtpiplanners.bsky.social Awards for Planning Excellence
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Dear @lner.co.uk thanks for sending me a text letting me know which seat I have reserved for my journey to London this morning -
Welcome as that was, it would have been more useful to know that the train was cancelledβ¦.
Traffic deaths are policy choices.
Event alert! π£
Guest lecture: Prof John Tomaney (UCL) on Mayors & π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
Discussants: Dr Caroline Brown @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social (RTPI) & Prof Iain Docherty (Stirling University)
ποΈ Wed, 26 Nov, 4-6pm
π Clarice Pears Bld, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow
Come & join us!
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A hand is holding up a copy of Philip Pullmanβs new book βthe Rose Fieldβ
Just picked up this, and cannot wait to get into the story and see where Lyra and Pan end upβ¦
One of those images reminds me of an excellent joke:
Q: how do you get Pikachu on a bus?
A: PokΓ©mon
There are bike racks in quite a few spots on campus - can I suggest getting in touch with the lovely Anna Clark sheβs the sustainability coordinator and will be able to give you all the info you need.
You can also try David Jenkins (EGIS). He cycles to campus β¦
We will have to do some sleuthing on Jean to see if the RTPI records can shed any light on thisβ¦
#WomenIPlanning
Chief planner for Wales, Scotland and England chat with RTPI chief executive Victoria Hills. Neil Hemingtaon (Wales), Fiona Simpson (Scotland) and Joanna Averley (England) are sitting on a stage with a purple backdrop
A cosy fireside chat with three of the nationβs Chief Planners provides insights and commentary on planning reform, supporting and growing new planners and streamlining a complex system.
RTPI president Helen Fadipe, Dan Williams from Planning Portal and Dr Victoria Hillβs, RTPI Chief Executive are on the conference stage.
National Planning Conference gets underwayβ¦
An almost empty box of quality street chocolates.
Did my bit for @rtpiplanners.bsky.social today, spending 2hrs at a high school careers fair talking about planning as a career. Many thanks to everyone who came along.
I forgot to take a photo of my stall & banner, so all I have to show is this almost empty box of chocolates!
#PlanningCareers
Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shows Professor Husam Al Waer standing at a lectern
The focus of the afternoon is on net zero - hereβs Husam AlWaer talking about densityβ¦
Alex MacLaren stands at a lectern in front of a large display screen.
We had some fun playing with an ai visualisation tool brought to us my Alex MacLaren from Heriot Watt University and hearing from Aline Kirkland about using EPC data to help monitor housing policy in the digital planning session.
Craig McLaren - national planning improvement champion starts session 3. He is standing at a lectern, with other panel contributors sitting on the stage
Session 3 is focussing on the wellbeing of planners - chaired by Maura McCormack and with Craig McLaren, Susan Rintoul, Elaine Campbell, Kevin Murray and Rim Chouaib.
A panel of 4 women: Irene Beautyman, Rowena Statt, Margaret Douglas and Meadhbh Maguire sitting on the stage in Perth Theatre
Session 2 with speakers focussing on planning for health, chaired by Irene Beautyman including Rowena Statt, Margaret Douglas and Meadhbh Maguire
Prof Jenny Roe prepares to speak - she is sitting in the front row of Perth Theatre studio. Her face is lit up by lights from the stage.
Keynote speaker @profjennyj.bsky.social prepares to open the RTPI Scotland Annual Conference 2025
Last chance to book for the RTPI Scotland Annual Conference in Perth next week.
The theme is healthy and resilient places, and weβve got walking tours, a sketching workshop and lots of fab speakersβ¦.
www.rtpi.org.uk/find-your-rt...
Congratulations to the 5 winning entries for the 2025 RTPI Awards for Research Excellence. π
Discover the winners π
https://www.rtpi.org.uk/events-training-and-awards/awards/rtpi-awards-for-research-excellence/
Meet the young people who are ready to change the future... introducing the winners of the fourth global Students Reinventing Cities competition.
From Amman to Tshwane, over 1,200 students from 150 universities took on the challenge of reimagining urban spaces across 11 cities this year.
A rainbow in a grey blue sky, above the Belfast dockyards. The yellow Harlow & Wolff gantry crane can be seen in the centre of the photo
Sunshine after the rain: dropping into the Planning Research Conference in Belfast today.
A group of people in a classroom listening to Dr Sacha Hassan, welcoming them to Heriot Watt University
A group of people in a University classroom - to the far left there is a person standing up and smiling. The person is Dr Caroline Brownβ¦
Had a lovely jaunt out to see old colleagues and friends at #HeriotWatt University today - and to meet the class of 2025 as they start their journeys as #FuturePlanners!
Welcome to the planning family and best of luck with your studies.
Great to see Issue 201 of the #ScottishPlanner out this week - itβs a wee festival of planning celebrating this yearβs winners in the Awards for Planning Excellence plus all the usual contents, including the latest episode of my Podlicious recommendationsβ¦ www.rtpi.org.uk/media/21122/...
Shows a stone building on a street corner in central Edinburgh. The building has some lettering above the open doorway βScrewfix City Centreβ
2 weeks ago I noticed this: a shop unit in George Street - a prime retail street in Edinburgh city centre- which has been repurposed from a bank into a screwfix store.
Last week I noticed a branch had popped up on Nicolson St too. It seems like a good thing to me - but one to keep an eye on.
I live in Edinburgh where 20mph speed limit was introduced to some streets about 10 years ago. It does feel slow at first, but you get used to it. And, evaluation studies show that it has cut RTAs. If our brains adapt to higher speeds, then they can also adapt to slower ones.
