To what extent is your ward/SOA resembles a sustainable community and to what extent do you think it does.Give some evidence from your observations of this judgement.
A sustainable community is a place where people want to live and work now and in the future. It is a community that meets the needs of existing and future residence.
I live in Lumbertubs which is under Northampton North. My community is sustainable we have a tesco nearby, a leisure centre, schools and medical centre is within a walking distance.My community actively minimise the effects of climate change eg the council sends leaflets informing people that there will be locating a skip for household waste. The skip is normally paid by community cashback.They put the skip in a place which is easily accessible. There is also a local tip disposal in my community for things like TVs, computers,washing machines etc.You can also join Northampton north/ freecycle if you want to throw stuff away, this shows that my community is a sustainable community and people are well informed of events taking place.
The community offer opportunity for cultural leisure activities. The leisure centre nearby respect and engage with people from different cultures, backgrounds and beliefs. There is a good park which benefits young children and supports social cohesion.Also a church attended by people from different backgrounds. My community is fair to everyone, the public school in the area is composed of people from different backgrounds.The 2001 census show that there are people from different backgrounds and religions in my community.
My community is well built, there are a lot of decent homes and there are good parking areas. There is a good run of public transport that helps people travel from one place to another.Most people in my community use pulic tranport because it is very reliable. All in all my community is working hard to improve the lives people.
Friday, 26 March 2010
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Blogprompt8
EDUCATION AND CITIZENSHIP
I live in Lumbertubs. My constituency is Northampton North and the MP for this constituency is Ms Sally Keeble of the Labour Party. Labour dominates Northampton North. It is the people's party and believes in fairness.
The elections will be held in June 2010. My attitude is people have the right to vote. People need to informed that voting is their right and they need to claim that right. They need to be informed that their votes count so it is their duty to change something if they are not happy about it. Some people find it time consuming are demotivated by poor campaigns for example people read negative campaining messages which demotivates them.
Most young people are not interested in Politics. They need to be encouraged to go out and vote. Raising an awareness so that they understand why it is important for them to vote. Some failures by the government to address impotant issues faced by British public demotivates people.
I think enviromental problems should be addressed. My concern is there will be congestion on roads, due to personal car travel so gass emissions and air pollution will be higher during the election time.
I live in Lumbertubs. My constituency is Northampton North and the MP for this constituency is Ms Sally Keeble of the Labour Party. Labour dominates Northampton North. It is the people's party and believes in fairness.
The elections will be held in June 2010. My attitude is people have the right to vote. People need to informed that voting is their right and they need to claim that right. They need to be informed that their votes count so it is their duty to change something if they are not happy about it. Some people find it time consuming are demotivated by poor campaigns for example people read negative campaining messages which demotivates them.
Most young people are not interested in Politics. They need to be encouraged to go out and vote. Raising an awareness so that they understand why it is important for them to vote. Some failures by the government to address impotant issues faced by British public demotivates people.
I think enviromental problems should be addressed. My concern is there will be congestion on roads, due to personal car travel so gass emissions and air pollution will be higher during the election time.
Sunday, 21 February 2010
blogprompt six and seven
SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL.WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS.IS THERE REALLY A TRANSPORT PROBLEM?DO THE BENEFITS OF MOTORIZED TRANSPORT OUTWEIGH THE COST?ARE THERE ANY MINOR (OR PERHAPS MAJOR) CHANGES YOU PERSONALLY FEEL COULD MAKE OUR PRESENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM MORE SUSTAINABLE?
Trasportation activities support increasing mobility demands for passengers.Tranport activities have resulted in growing levels of motorization and congestion leading to enviromental problems.Personal car travel contributes to greenhouse gas emissions,local air pollution.Transport industry release several millions of gases into the atmosphere.It also causes a lot of noise during busy hours which can affect quality life and have impact on human beings.
Motorised transport have advantages and disadvantages.Being able to transport yourself without relying on others is good but may have impacts on environment.A car is convinient and enables people to travel fast and one can drive it any time they like.It also saves time, however single car use cause air pollution and cars are partly reliable for greenhouse emissions.
Road transport is a major contribution to air pollution. To make the present situation more sustainable people should leave their cars at home and finding other ways of travelling.This can help reduce climate effects, local air pollution and congestion. Car sharing schemes can help combat congestion and reduce co2 emissions.People can share vehicles for same journeys, they improve air quality and fewer carbon emissions due to reduced traffic and there will be less competition for parking space. Service levels of public transport should be raised to cut down emissions and congestion.If public transport is easily accessible and at a lower price commuters would leave their own cars and flock to public transport.The government should encourage people to use Biofuels because they reduce climate change impacts.
Trasportation activities support increasing mobility demands for passengers.Tranport activities have resulted in growing levels of motorization and congestion leading to enviromental problems.Personal car travel contributes to greenhouse gas emissions,local air pollution.Transport industry release several millions of gases into the atmosphere.It also causes a lot of noise during busy hours which can affect quality life and have impact on human beings.
Motorised transport have advantages and disadvantages.Being able to transport yourself without relying on others is good but may have impacts on environment.A car is convinient and enables people to travel fast and one can drive it any time they like.It also saves time, however single car use cause air pollution and cars are partly reliable for greenhouse emissions.
Road transport is a major contribution to air pollution. To make the present situation more sustainable people should leave their cars at home and finding other ways of travelling.This can help reduce climate effects, local air pollution and congestion. Car sharing schemes can help combat congestion and reduce co2 emissions.People can share vehicles for same journeys, they improve air quality and fewer carbon emissions due to reduced traffic and there will be less competition for parking space. Service levels of public transport should be raised to cut down emissions and congestion.If public transport is easily accessible and at a lower price commuters would leave their own cars and flock to public transport.The government should encourage people to use Biofuels because they reduce climate change impacts.
Monday, 18 January 2010
blogprompt five
What do you think?Is Christmas sustainable?How would it all work in a changwd world?
Christmas is a day set aside for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.Christmas cards and presents are exchanged between friends and families during the weeks preceding to christmas day.it is also a day celebrated by many people.Homes and shops are decorated with all kinds of decorations,coloured lights decorate town centres,shops and many shiny decorations.In homes christmas trees,real or plastics will also be decorated with lights and ornaments.Work places hold christmas parties.It has been made a day where by people spend money on presents.
Christmas is somehow not sustainable.Families meet on christmas and have special christmas dinner as it is an important part of the celebration.Too much food is cooked on this day and a lot end up in bins which is not good for the environment.It would help if people freeze left overs or use it in salads,stews,or compost it.People should also try to buy food with less packaging and wrap gifts in recyclable wrapping paper to avoid too much waste.A lot of disposable papers are used during the festive season instead of using dinner plates which can later be washed and used again.
To live in a more sustainable way during the festive season people should turn off the christmas lights and night because they use a lot of energy.It is also important to buy locally made gifts to avoid transportation which causes a lot of greenhouse emmissions and global warming.It would work if people re-use christmas decorations and recycle christmas cards,cans,bottles,cardboard and old mobile phones.
Christmas is a day set aside for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.Christmas cards and presents are exchanged between friends and families during the weeks preceding to christmas day.it is also a day celebrated by many people.Homes and shops are decorated with all kinds of decorations,coloured lights decorate town centres,shops and many shiny decorations.In homes christmas trees,real or plastics will also be decorated with lights and ornaments.Work places hold christmas parties.It has been made a day where by people spend money on presents.
Christmas is somehow not sustainable.Families meet on christmas and have special christmas dinner as it is an important part of the celebration.Too much food is cooked on this day and a lot end up in bins which is not good for the environment.It would help if people freeze left overs or use it in salads,stews,or compost it.People should also try to buy food with less packaging and wrap gifts in recyclable wrapping paper to avoid too much waste.A lot of disposable papers are used during the festive season instead of using dinner plates which can later be washed and used again.
To live in a more sustainable way during the festive season people should turn off the christmas lights and night because they use a lot of energy.It is also important to buy locally made gifts to avoid transportation which causes a lot of greenhouse emmissions and global warming.It would work if people re-use christmas decorations and recycle christmas cards,cans,bottles,cardboard and old mobile phones.
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
blogprompt number four
Tabloids on serious issues.
Newspapers are there to keep people informed but tabloids focus on local interest stories and entertainment.Tabloids tend to exaggerate stories and gossip columns.They are full opinions and pictures and they fabricate headlines to attract customers.They focus less on climate change.
Since circulation of tabloids is higher than broadsheet sources they should use that opportunity to cover issues on gobal warming.It shoud shape public awareness of the effects of global warming.These shoud make people understand the world they live in and the steps they should follow to decrease gobal warming but they seem to be interested in making money.
Journalist have the power to make the reader believe anything. They should write worrying stories about climate change, people will buy the newspaper again to see if the government is doing anything about worrying issues.Tabloids have the power to make an issue seem the most important thing in the world.Most peope believe in them so they should give a correct picture of society.The society`s view on global warming will change for the better if they cover these issues.Tabloids are good in making people love/hate celebrities so they should use that power to influnce people to live in a more sustainable environmemt.
Newspapers are there to keep people informed but tabloids focus on local interest stories and entertainment.Tabloids tend to exaggerate stories and gossip columns.They are full opinions and pictures and they fabricate headlines to attract customers.They focus less on climate change.
Since circulation of tabloids is higher than broadsheet sources they should use that opportunity to cover issues on gobal warming.It shoud shape public awareness of the effects of global warming.These shoud make people understand the world they live in and the steps they should follow to decrease gobal warming but they seem to be interested in making money.
Journalist have the power to make the reader believe anything. They should write worrying stories about climate change, people will buy the newspaper again to see if the government is doing anything about worrying issues.Tabloids have the power to make an issue seem the most important thing in the world.Most peope believe in them so they should give a correct picture of society.The society`s view on global warming will change for the better if they cover these issues.Tabloids are good in making people love/hate celebrities so they should use that power to influnce people to live in a more sustainable environmemt.
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Blogprompt3
To what extent do you think that it is your duty as a citizen to get "informed"?Are you informed?How do you plan to be informed about serious issues?To what extent do you think that you should leave the complicated decisions up to others?
Climate change is a threat to life on earth.People should be encouraged live in a more sustainable environment.This can only be achieved when people are treated equally and in fairness and also working in an environment which is free from discrimination.Guidance and support need to be provided to prevent any problems.
To make our community a better place now and future people need to help prevent future climate change.People need to take resposibilty to make their practice more sustainable by reducing green gass emmissions,protect air and land.
I get informed about sustainable development by learning about it through internet,watching news,reading books and letters.I feel i am informed about climate change but feel the government should take more action though if people are to live in a more sustainable way for example those with big cars should pay more taxes because they pollute more or people who do not re-cycle should be fined.This will encourage people to live in a more sustainable way because people will be aware of the consequences of their actions.
I think it is the government`s duty to inform people about serious issues of sustainable development.People tend to listen to people in power so the government should use their position because they are more likely to be listened to.Complicated decisions should be left for the government to deal with, for example big issues like bussiness/industry are accountable for carbon emmissions so it is the duty the government to pressurize them to reduce carbon emmission.
Climate change is a threat to life on earth.People should be encouraged live in a more sustainable environment.This can only be achieved when people are treated equally and in fairness and also working in an environment which is free from discrimination.Guidance and support need to be provided to prevent any problems.
To make our community a better place now and future people need to help prevent future climate change.People need to take resposibilty to make their practice more sustainable by reducing green gass emmissions,protect air and land.
I get informed about sustainable development by learning about it through internet,watching news,reading books and letters.I feel i am informed about climate change but feel the government should take more action though if people are to live in a more sustainable way for example those with big cars should pay more taxes because they pollute more or people who do not re-cycle should be fined.This will encourage people to live in a more sustainable way because people will be aware of the consequences of their actions.
I think it is the government`s duty to inform people about serious issues of sustainable development.People tend to listen to people in power so the government should use their position because they are more likely to be listened to.Complicated decisions should be left for the government to deal with, for example big issues like bussiness/industry are accountable for carbon emmissions so it is the duty the government to pressurize them to reduce carbon emmission.
Sunday, 1 November 2009
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