There’s benefit in being a not-for-profit, Aythan Lewes
IN professional consultancy in construction, profit often takes precedence over purpose. However, at EALA Impacts community interest company (CIC), we have taken a different approach:…
Tag: The Friday Column
Giving a day for one’s community, Mike Wilson
THE LOGIC of turning this idea into a nationwide phenomenon requires the relatively modest start of a single community offering itself as a pilot project.…
Retrofitting our economic approach in a time of climate emergency, Sarah Longlands
NEWS this week (here) from the Climate Change Committee – the independent, statutory body established under the Climate Change Act 2008 – that the UK…
Edinburgh city centre – accelerated change, Roddy Smith
MY first day at work in my current role at the business improvement district, Essential Edinburgh, was March 1 2015. Eight years on, I don’t…
Do we really have the leadership skills to progress the ‘place-based agenda’?, Phil Prentice
place noun 1. a particular position, point, or area in space; a location HOME is across the sea – in Armagh, Northern Ireland – and I…
Creative placemaking – necessary, not just nice to have, Matt Baker
I WANT to start by saying something about creativity, in general. When I use using the word, ‘creativity’, I’m meaning a way of working that…
Scottish can-do approach to Passivhaus, Sarah Lewis
AT the start of this year, Scottish Government minister, Patrick Harvie, announced to parliament plans (here) to “introduce new minimum environmental design standards for all new-build…
Tollcross maybe first, but how exactly?, Mike Wilson
HE was a fellow passenger on the overnight bus from Edinburgh to London. If I clocked his name at the time, I have long since…
The challenges and opportunities of ‘greening’ vacant and derelict land, Mike Batley
IT sounds seductively easy, instituting a nationwide programme that seeks to convert each and every plot of vacant and derelict land into a nature reserve.…
Coworking to build community, Claire Carpenter
WEDNESDAY was an auspicious day for people in my line of work. It was the first European Coworking Day – here – and it couldn’t…