Dr Nick Hacking
@nickhack.bsky.social
Lecturer, Urban Planning & Development, Cardiff University | Circular Economy | Community Science Lab | Science, Technology & Society | Sustainable Transitions | Energy | Waste
https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/hackingn
https://nickhacking.co.uk/
https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/hackingn
https://nickhacking.co.uk/
On 23rd April, Glyncoch residents marked 1 year of the anti-quarry 'Save Craig Yr Hesg Mountain' campaign by marching through Pontypridd.
Specific place-based narratives linked to nature help feed community dissent and 'community science' in the face of unwanted development.
Specific place-based narratives linked to nature help feed community dissent and 'community science' in the face of unwanted development.
April 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
On 23rd April, Glyncoch residents marked 1 year of the anti-quarry 'Save Craig Yr Hesg Mountain' campaign by marching through Pontypridd.
Specific place-based narratives linked to nature help feed community dissent and 'community science' in the face of unwanted development.
Specific place-based narratives linked to nature help feed community dissent and 'community science' in the face of unwanted development.
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Your Earth Day reminder that the dual crises of economic inequality and climate change are no accident. Both are the result of decades of deliberate choices made, and policies enacted, by ultra-wealthy and powerful corporations.
But we can fix them both. Here's how: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuXU...
But we can fix them both. Here's how: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuXU...
The Solutions to the Climate Crisis No One is Talking About | Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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April 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Your Earth Day reminder that the dual crises of economic inequality and climate change are no accident. Both are the result of decades of deliberate choices made, and policies enacted, by ultra-wealthy and powerful corporations.
But we can fix them both. Here's how: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuXU...
But we can fix them both. Here's how: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuXU...
"Housing is urgent, but it doesn’t need to happen at nature’s expense."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Threats to nature in Labour’s planning bill | Planning policy | The Guardian
Letter: The government’s proposals lack the safeguards necessary to preserve key ecosystems, including chalk streams and woodlands, warns Prof EJ Milner-Gulland
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April 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"Housing is urgent, but it doesn’t need to happen at nature’s expense."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"If we don’t achieve [a 50% cut in emissions by 2030], it will not be because of a lack of options.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Down to Earth: The path to radically lower emissions tucked away inside the devastating IPCC report | Environment | The Guardian
In this week’s newsletter: The world has no choice but to halve carbon output by 2030 – one chart shows the way forward
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April 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
"If we don’t achieve [a 50% cut in emissions by 2030], it will not be because of a lack of options.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I also suggest an alternative route, a politics of belonging, in which political power and control of local resources are returned to communities.
Why is Keir Starmer's government adopting policies that look perfectly designed to prevent its re-election? This column seeks to unravel the mystery and explain the fundamental forces that now govern our politics. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How has fascism in Britain got this far? Neoliberalism has opened the door for it | George Monbiot
We need a new politics of belonging, not Labour’s craven appeasement of capital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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March 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I also suggest an alternative route, a politics of belonging, in which political power and control of local resources are returned to communities.
Reposted by Dr Nick Hacking
More than worrying to find evidence that tenants of Berkeley Homes are banned from objecting to planning applications submitted by Berkeley Homes by a gagging order in leases
Developer admits to discouraging residents from making planning objections
A councillor at the meeting described the move as an 'attack on free speech'
www.mylondon.news
December 17, 2024 at 10:07 AM
More than worrying to find evidence that tenants of Berkeley Homes are banned from objecting to planning applications submitted by Berkeley Homes by a gagging order in leases