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This site exists as an archive of Urban Pollinators’ work. Julian Dobson, Urban Pollinators’ director until 2022, can now be contacted via the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University.

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How much more evidence do we need to invest in green spaces?

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We know green spaces are good for us. The evidence is overwhelming. So why don’t we invest in what we know to be healthy and helpful, when we can find £522 million to subsidise people who want a meal out?  In case there’s any doubt about the evidence, earlier this year a team at Sheffield Hallam University […]

Space to Thrive: the benefits of parks and green spaces

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We all know parks and green spaces are good for us. One of the problems is that this is not always reflected in policy and decision-making. There always seem to be more pressing – or more desperate – priorities, particularly in circumstances where local government funding has been cut in half over the last decade. […]

Squalor plus philanthropy: no recipe for healthy parks

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In the squalor of Victorian Britain, the creation of the first great public parks was a beacon of humanity and hope. Philanthropists and civic leaders understood that greenery, a place to breathe and somewhere to walk and play were the least that could be done to lighten the nasty, brutish and short lives the Industrial […]

Inspiration of the Week: The Parks Trust, Milton Keynes

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Concrete cows notwithstanding, Milton Keynes has always been a town with a commitment to the natural environment. When the vision for the new town was birthed in the 1960s, the plan was to make it a ‘forest city’, integrating the countryside into the urban landscape. The result was more than 4,500 acres of river valleys, […]