Update on the Local Air Quality Action Plan
coventrysociety In March we reported on the latest plans submitted by the council to meet the Government targets for reduction in NO2 levels in the city, which was at that time…
Environment
Council backs new temporary pavement licensing policy
On 31st July the Council’s Cabinet Members for City Services and Policing and Equalities approved a new temporary policy that will enable restaurants and other hospitality venues to increase the…
Going Smokeless in Coventry
It was 69 years ago that Coventry became the first UK city to go smokeless. March 1st, 1951 became ‘No Smoke Day’, heralding Coventry city centre as the UK’s first…
A Half Century of Earth Day
Today, 22nd April 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. A global event in more than 193 countries. In 1969, at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist…
Coventry Ring Road Open Space
Ambitious plans to breach Coventry ring road and open up the city centre have been submitted by the developers behind some of the city’s most exciting regeneration projects. Complex Development…
Don’t Lose Your Way – Saving the Country’s Footpaths
According to the Ramblers our footpaths “are one of the country’s most precious assets, hidden in plain sight, and often taken for granted. “Shaped by our ancestors over centuries, they…
Living with Beauty
The Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission published its final report at the end of January. The commission was set up to advise the government on how to promote and increase…
Coventry Ring Road Re-imagined
Covsoc Supporter Alan Denyer gives us his thoughts on the Ring Road….. Modern marvel, or outdated relic from bygone age of car-centric planning? Here’s what Wikipedia says about Birmingham’s (now…
Sorting the Waste!
Currently the blue-lidded bin recycling is sent to sorting facilities in Leeds & Nottingham which is very costly. Coventry City Council has proposed the idea of building a recycling facility…
The Vertical Forests of Utrecht
In the third and final story about Utrecht we look at a couple of other environmental projects that the city has sponsored or supported. The first is a 90m high…