Talk Wellington / May 2022
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Suburbia is subsidised: here’s the maths
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- Fun fact: Inner-city areas are subsidising suburbs – to the tune of hundreds of millions every year. A great video lays out this big fact that’s hidden in plain sight. Ahhh, the wide open spaces of the suburbs… Where the roads are generous, it’s easy to find a carpark, and you can have your very...
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What does decolonisation look like in our towns?
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- Heard of decolonisation? What about re-indigenisation? What do these mean for how we design our towns and why should we care? Here’s our crash course on everything you need to know! We’ve been thinking about decolonisation and what decolonising our spaces means. But we realise these are huge topics that can be intimidating. Still, we...
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The housing crisis: how we made it, how we can fix it – in person!
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- An important report from Te Waihanga | the Infrastructure Commission shows that our current housing crisis didn’t have to be this way. Special treat: hear from Te Waihanga’s own experts at the next Urbanerds this Tuesday! The New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga released a report in March called “The Decline of Housing Supply in...
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We need trees more than ever, but will that be enough?
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- Shady trees do wonders for cities, people and the climate. But are they enough to make a difference now? Trees aren’t the only form of urban greening, so what else can we do? As the climate warms, tree-planting is an obvious and attractive solution. But these initiatives can take 30 years or more to bear...
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