Tag: wales

Happy Easter 2012!

Posted on 04/07/12 by Andy Middleton No Comments
200m sand art

Easter Bunny, Whitesands beach, St Davids. 7 April 2012. Design & concept by the Whitesands collective – Andy, Keith, Kevin – assisted by the wonderful raking skills of Jas, Jess, Sally & Jake.  


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Pembrokeshire days

Posted on 03/25/12 by Andy Middleton 1 Comment
AM-whitesands-left-long

There are disadvantages of living on the far west coast. It’s a long way to London for meetings, and Stoke, where I’m working on a city sustainability project tomorrow, will be an 8 hour return drive; it’s a small price to pay for the pleasures of playing here. For the last few days, and most [...]


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Incomplete Manifesto for Growth

Posted on 01/13/12 by Andy Middleton No Comments

The most interesting project on the calendar for 2012 so far is the prospect of bringing a bunch of good, foolish people to Wales to break some new records, following on good traditions. The Malcolm Campbell and Thomas Parry set world speed records down the road in Pendine. Sir Edmund Hilary and the team that [...]


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Counting the cost

Posted on 12/04/11 by Andy Middleton No Comments

  Puma is one of the largest business brands to date to publish the estimated cost to nature of a year’s trading – which they’ve estimated as EUR94 million for water and CO2 and an additional EUR51million for land use, pollution and waste. It’s a bold, important move that they’ve taken, and one that in time, must [...]


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A new Single Environmental Body for Wales

Posted on 11/29/11 by Andy Middleton No Comments

  Today, the Welsh Government confirmed its commitment to create a new environmental organisation for Wales that would include the present services being delivered by the Countryside Council for Wales, the Environment Agency and the Forestry Commission. The road to get to this point hasn’t been straightforward (I sit on CCW Council and know the [...]


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