Very true, which is one reason why participation is a central part of sustainability. Connect2 has a participatory approach built in to it, whilst not perfect and in some respects prey to the scale and ethics of 'national' 'competition', the projects ideas generally come from people in the various communities and local people are involved in the work themselves, often through voluntary efforts, for example,
Dr. Larch Maxey
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Just because resources may be built it doesn't mean they will be used!
Much research shows this to be true for a whole variety of social and
cultural reasons..
Steve
Maxey L. wrote:
> To my mind this is the most sustainable option reducing carbon
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> I'm posting this to ask you to help sustainable transport charity
> Sustrans win £50 million from the Big Lottery Fund to invest in 79
> communities UK-wide. In this winner-takes-all contest Sustrans'
> Connect2 project is up against 3 other organisations - the Eden
> Project: The Edge, Black Country Urban Park, and Sherwood: The
> Living Legend, with the winner to be decided by public vote over the
> coming weeks.
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> I'm supporting Sustrans' Connect2 because it will transform local
> travel in towns, cities and villages throughout the UK. By building
> new bridges and crossings over busy roads, railways and rivers, and
> linking these into networks of paths, Connect2 will make it much
> easier for people to get where they want to go under their own
> steam. So whether children are going to school, people to work and
> the shops, or friends and family to visit each other, they'll be
> able to walk or cycle for many more journeys.
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> As many as 6 million people live within a mile of a proposed
> Connect2 scheme, and 1 million children go to school within a mile
> of a scheme. It is calculated that over 60 million active, low
> carbon journeys will be made each year on the Connect2 routes,
> potentially saving 79,000 tonnes of carbon - the equivalent of
> emissions from 79,000 people's annual car use.
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> If you'd like to know more about Connect2 before making up your mind
> take a look at www.sustransconnect2.org.uk
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> To make Connect2 happen we now really need your support and just a
> few moments of your time could make all the difference. We need
> your vote and the votes of as many people as you know.
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> There are three opportunities to vote - online, from a landline and
> by mobile.
> Online voting began at 9am on Monday 26th November at
> www.thepeoples50million.org.uk with phone voting starting at 9am on
> Friday 7th December. All voting concludes at 12 noon on Monday 10th
> December. If you want to be sent a reminder to vote please register
> at www.sustransconnect2.org.uk or text 'Connect2' to 80010.
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> If you do vote for Sustrans' Connect2 (and I really hope you do!),
> many thanks and please do forward this e-mail to your own contacts
> and urge them to vote too
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