Lancaster University's Wind Turbine Community Benefit Fund is a beacon of hope for local projects striving to make a meaningful impact Established 10 years ago with the foundation of the University wind turbine the fund supports initiatives that foster community growth and sustainability the fund allocates up to £20,000 to Lancaster District-based not-for-profit organisations community groups or voluntary organisations and has created numerous success stories across the area We are showcasing some of the successful projects that the fund has supported and the De Vitre Community Garden is one example of this The garden is based in the Ashton area of Lancaster city centre and was awarded funding from the Community Benefit Fund to improve the biodiversity of the community garden they used the funding for the creation of a wildflower meadow area and the planting of new trees and fruit shrubs By creating a useable wildflower area from scrubland the project has created a project for the local community to volunteer and socialise together and created a space for local wildlife to thrive rabbits and hedgehogs have all been spotted in the garden from the Friends of De Vitre Community Garden “The garden is creating a green environment with rest areas for local community use – there have been numerous volunteers recruited and we regularly receive 50-60 visitors daily including elderly residents and patients at nearby day-centre.” Friends of De Vitre Community Garden have cleverly used the funds to design a space that can continue to be sustainable with or without community involvement and volunteers Lancaster University remains committed to empowering more projects like this encouraging other organisations to apply for the fund and make a lasting difference The garden is creating a green environment with rest areas for local community use Best Places to Work in South Carolina Vitré Ravenel Stephens Receives the Entrepreneurial Spirit Award at 2023 CREW Awards Gala The Entrepreneurial Spirit Award honors a Charleston CREW member who has achieved a unique career success or milestone in the past 12-18 months as the result of an exceptional entrepreneurial spirit This person is often a risk taker and is willing to step outside the box to create something new or different or improve practices by innovatively organizing either within their own company or a larger organization and Tradd Varner founded Harbor Commercial Partners The real estate company has since been named “Best New Commercial Property Firm,” by the Southeastern Chamber of Commerce Vitré was honored to receive the Entrepreneurial Spirit Award at the CREW Charleston Annual Awards Gala on Saturday Vitré is an established broker with over 16 years of experience and has served as the CID (Commercial Investment Division) President for Charleston Trident Association of Realtors Board Member for Charleston Trident Association of Realtors and various other industry groups Throughout her career in Commercial Real Estate she has been recognized as a CoStar Power Broker and has received the Realtor of Distinction award five times Her entrepreneurial spirit is one of the many reasons that she continues to flourish in this industry The “Old Hollywood” themed gala was held at the Francis Marion Hotel and awards ceremony recognizing top performing commercial real estate professionals in the low country Check out the new summer cocktail menu at Bumpa’s In an initiative to preserve one of Charleston's most beloved green spaces The College of Charleston has received a generous $2.5 million gift from the Zucker family – The road that runs behind The Beach Company’s new Johns Island multifamily community SC - 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Visit www.dzair-tube.dz, and for the English version, go to www.dzair-tube.dz/en/ Join Dzair Tube’s dynamic community on social media platforms office workers across the globe have acclimated to only seeing their coworkers as floating heads on video calls But a French startup at CES showing off its 7-foot digital video chat system wants you to see colleagues from head to toe While it may sound like a solution to our collective Zoom dread the massive video portal has an intrusive element that makes using it as a work-from-home device ripe for mishaps Like the two cabinets at Hogwarts and Borgin and Burkes that form a passage la Vitre is "permanently opened to another space," the company says While it "can be blurred for privacy reasons," having something that's always on in your home office has the potential to get complicated The screen is currently used mostly in office settings and at events to present speakers on stage said in an email that expanding to home offices could be in the company's future open it to other scenarios such as homes?" he said It isn't the first company to try to make virtual interaction at work more lifelike; a video-conferencing robot nicknamed "FaceTime on wheels" comes to mind But unlike a tablet on a rolling stick-shaped robot "It was designed to provide the most immersive experience possible," said Boulanger everything was thought of to make discussions more fluid." But whether you're at work or working from home would the sudden lifelike appearance of your colleague be a little too immersive users tap on the screen "as if they were knocking on the door of the neighboring office," according to the company When you hear a "knock," one would simply move in front of la Vitre to engage in the conversation Nothing like a friendly knock from a digital abyss to start your work day Users can upload and share documents and media while awkwardly standing face to face as they converse also allows users to write messages like "help" or "I'm watching you." OK The product can also translate what's being said in 60 languages into text on screen Boulanger said the company has yet to set a price for the U.S market and didn't share pricing in other markets If la Vitre does eventually make its way into remote home offices just make sure to wear pants if you're walking near the portal As part of a series highlighting the work of young people in addressing the climate crisis writer Patricia Lane interviews Lister de Vitré a teenager designing Green New Deals for Vancouver Island communities brought a Green New Deal to their village of Cumberland these two teenagers are designing a roadmap for a sustainable future for their entire region I had just finished Grade 12 when I read Naomi Klein’s book On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal I thought nothing less than country or even worldwide change would matter It felt like a dull worry in the background since I did not believe there was anything I could do I saw a flyer sent by the Council of Canadians in our family’s mailbox It said local government action might inspire senior levels of government to act suggested residents could encourage local councils to adopt a Green New Deal Cumberland has only a mayor and four councillors but I was nervous because she explained I would have to make a speech to council She also pointed out that to have an impact Lister de Vitré (left) and his friend Ben Mason (right) pushed for and won a Green New Deal for Cumberland Photo submitted by Lister de Vitré I was a bit stumped because most of my friends are not very interested in politics But my friend Ben Mason had taken an intensive sustainability and social justice course in high school He is funny and creative and performs music in public My neighbour helped me get Rotary support and suggested I contact the school parent advisory committee Both groups asked their members to sign our petition We went to council with a list of resolutions and a significant amount of public support Council worked with us to fine-tune our proposal to make it relevant to Cumberland The motion passed unanimously and staff are now working out the details Can you give us some examples of the new direction to staff I am proud of how seriously council treated the proposal The plan must include meeting Paris accord environmental targets affordable housing is a big problem for migrant racialized and Indigenous people in our community and the plan must demonstrate how to meet housing and climate targets What are some of the barriers that lie ahead There are plans to build a natural gas vehicle refuelling station Staff are now working to ensure the fuel is renewable Current development rules encourage the use of natural gas for heat and power and there is growing evidence it is hazardous to consumer health We have waited so long to introduce carbon reduction measures that meeting the Paris targets may seem overly ambitious to many I see politicians who pretend to care about what kids are saying We are both leaving to go to university in the fall We are taking this region-wide over the summer but hope the Comox Valley Youth Climate Council will support a solid implementation plan Sometimes I think about the vast scale of the universe and the problems confronting this planet and everything I can do seems irrelevant Being able to bring about this change has been very empowering for me When Lister de Vitré pitched a Green New Deal to the village of Cumberland Vickey Brown helped persuade her colleagues it was a good idea Photo submitted by Lister de Vitré What gives you hope I suppose we can say that the ball got rolling 30 years too late Things can be bad and things can be getting better at the same time Older people often tell me they don't think they could have done what we did “You miss every shot you don't take.” Look around you You know people who know people who make decisions What would you like to say to older people You have been doing this work for longer than I have been alive I really hope others will read this and see you By: 7:00 am on June 28 Interiors by Catherine Serreau-Thompson of Elianart are described as a “contemporary expression of the Upper East Side” with modern styling and classic materials Kitchen areas will feature distinctive White Carrara marble Future occupants will also enjoy spacious bathrooms with frameless floor-to-ceiling glass showers Rendering of residential kitchens at Vitre (Credit: PAX Brooklyn) Rendering of residential bathrooms at Vitre (Credit: PAX Brooklyn) Condominium rendering at Vitre (Credit: PAX Brooklyn) Rendering of penthouse unit at Vitre (Credit: PAX Brooklyn) Vitre represents a joint venture from Wonder Works Development Group and Pacific Development & Management Company Full completion is expected towards the latter portion of 2018 Subscribe to YIMBY’s daily e-mail Follow YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates Like YIMBY on Facebook Follow YIMBY’s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews Please pardon me 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seeks to unite the once isolated site with a series of interventions that facilitate pedestrian and vehicular traffic a pedestrian footbridge traverses the siteimage © thomas vittu (also main image) the brief called for a car park that would provide space for more than 600 cars, naturally occupying a large portion of the site. as a result, tetrarc made the structure as inconspicuous as possible despite its 130 meter length and 10 meter height the garage is topped with greenery and vegetation the positioning of the car park frees up space for additional programming on the opposing side of the tracks the scheme seeks to unite the once isolated site with a series of interventionsimage © thomas vittu taking into account the site’s geographic and topographic complexities the design team traversed the entire site with a footbridge positioned above the parking lot the thoroughfare has been carefully laid out in order to connect not just the station creating a pedestrian route to the station’s north car park the footbridge joins the adjacent place de la victoire while a further pathway on top of the parking garage leads to rue pierre lemaître the thoroughfare has been carefully laid outimage © thomas vittu the footbridge also forms an observation deck allowing both locals and visitors to view vitré from a new perspective particular sightlines are directed towards château de vitré a medieval castle whose presence dates back to the end of the 11th century materials that reference the region’s appearance have been used throughout — timber cladding that echoes the existing roofs of the old town and gabions that refer to vitré’s characteristic stone walls timber cladding echoes the existing roofs of the old townimage © stephane chalmeau particular sightlines are directed towards château de vitré, a medieval castleimage © stephane chalmeau the project allows both locals and visitors to view vitré from a new perspectiveimage © stephane chalmeau materials that reference the region’s appearance have been used throughoutimage © céline lejamtel a car park provides space for more than 600 carsimage © stephane chalmeau the footbridge connects not just the station but also the neighborhood as a wholeimage © stephane chalmeau lighting is integrated into the bridge’s handrails image © stephane chalmeau the parking garage is topped with greenery and vegetationimage © stephane chalmeau AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style ShareSaveReal EstateForbes Global PropertiesThis $1.83-Million French Chateau Is The Ultimate Fairytale SettingByLauren Beale A medieval town center, cobblestone lanes, a stone fortress reached by drawbridge. Sound like a scene plucked from a storybook? In fact, this is Vitre, Brittany, in northwestern France, known for a wealth of history, culture and notable houses. Among the historically significant homes are the city’s so-called porch houses, whose extensions over the street create an arcade effect. Half-timbered residences are plentiful. Stone cottages built into hillsides can be found outside the town walls. The 12 acres of grounds include an English-style park Voluminous rooms with intricately paneled ceilings give the more than 8,000 square feet of interiors a baronial atmosphere. Wainscoting, moldings, parquet flooring and fireplaces add to the elegance. French doors topped by transom windows open to Juliet balconies bringing light into such spaces as the grand living room, the formal dining room and an intimate parlor. Voluminous rooms with intricately paneled ceilings give the more than 8,000 square feet of interiors ... More a baronial atmosphere. The 12 acres of grounds include an English-style park, a French garden, ponds and a garage. An orchard includes cherry, apricot and apple trees. Lawn and mature trees ring the house. The bedrooms, bathrooms, facade, part of the roof, the park and a pond were tackled in the first round of renovations. More recently, the kitchen was redone and restored to its original size. The three stories of living space, plus the basement, are served by an elevator. There are nine bedrooms, seven bathrooms and eight toilets. the park and a pond were tackled in the first .. Although the chateau is in use these days as a private residence in the past it has been operated as a B&B with rooms rented to guests The 2021 Tour de France is set to travel through Vitre, which is a railway hub and popular tourist destination. Stage Four will take riders along streets lined with 15th and 16th-century buildings in what was once the thriving center of the canvas industry. Although the chateau is in use these days as a private residence More as a B&B with rooms rented to guests Besides taking in Le Tour and such historic sites as the Gothic Church of Notre-Dame bike and enjoy water sports at several nearby lakes The French Ministry of Culture has designated the city a ville d'art et d'histoire for its historical importance Paris can be reached in about two hours by high-speed train a consumer marketplace and membership network of elite brokerages selling the world’s most luxurious homes The dates displayed for an article provide information on when various publication milestones were reached at the journal that has published the article activities on preceding journals at which the article was previously under consideration are not shown (for instance submission All content on this site: Copyright © 2025 Elsevier B.V. Many of the contemporary apartments come with a private terrace pricing for the first crop of the building’s 48 one- to three-bedroom apartments to hit the market with just a few six digit apartments but the majority of them asking over a million dollars with prices ranging from $915,000 to as much as $4.29 million The residences come with interiors by Elianart and feature a contemporary design that includes smoked European oak floors “spa-like” bathrooms equipped with a soaking tub and bedrooms with fancy Italian wardrobes as well as leather accents Many of the apartments will offer private spaces of their own but a few new renderings reveal that the building will offer a rooftop sun deck with stellar views of the East River and city skyline Other building amenities are set to include a two-story lobby optional on-site parking space for an extra fee Vitre’s sales gallery at 1776 Second Avenue has incorporated virtual reality into the its tactic allowing prospective buyers to walk through the apartments and even step out onto terraces for as close to a real-life experience as it’ll get right now The building is expected to see its first move-ins sometime in late summer 2018 TrendingPopularNew YorkAWonder Works’ UES condo being shopped at foreclosure saleJLL has scheduled a December auction for the project’s mezzanine loan An Upper East Side condo developed by Wonder Works Construction is facing UCC foreclosure the latest in a spate of recent actions taken against struggling condo developers including Brett Rosenberg and Jeffrey Julien has been retained by mezzanine lender Nahla Capital to shop the loan for the Vitre condo at 302 East 96th Street according to marketing materials reviewed by The Real Deal It was not immediately clear how much Nahla’s mezzanine loan was being offered for in the UCC foreclosure auction — subordinate debt is not recorded with the city the tower secured $68 million in refinancing last year which included a $43 million loan from Deutsche Bank Nahla and JLL did not respond to requests for comment who is handling sales at the building and is married to Wonder Works principal Eric Brody The Vitre condo launched sales in 2017 and nine of its 48 units were in contract by July 2018 according to an amendment to the offering plan and the latest filing shows that 40 units remain unsold developers had pitched investors on bulk-buy opportunities at the 21-story project according to two sources familiar with the matter Lenders can use the Uniform Commercial Code to foreclose on collateral — usually an ownership interest in a property — without having to go through a lengthy court process However the code’s requirement that the foreclosure be “commercially reasonable” complicated matters during the pandemic as borrowers queried the reasonableness of foreclosing when the economy is in such a state of disrepair A New York Supreme Court decision in August held that a UCC foreclosure in that case could not go ahead until Oct The Vitre’s UCC auction is scheduled for Dec In 2017 alone 1.24 million deaths, or 12.5 percent of the total deaths recorded that year, were attributed to air pollution 4,80,000 died from household or indoor pollution Average life expectancy in India in 2017 would have been higher by 1.7 years if air quality were at acceptable healthy levels While air pollution affects everyone, it does not do so equally. Factors such as age, gender, income, and location play a significant role in intensifying the vulnerabilities to air pollution In the case of pregnant women, exposure to air pollution during their first trimester increases both stunting as well as wasting for children aged below five years At the other end of the life spectrum, the elderly experience the greatest loss of healthy life years attributable to non-communicable diseases affected by particulate matter or 12.5 percent of the total deaths recorded were attributed to air pollution | Picture courtesy: Shutterstock Airborne pollutants including particulate matter are also drivers of climate change — leading to a rise in temperature and changing rainfall patterns Most recently — in January 2019 — the Indian government launched the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) as a ‘war against pollution’ The overall objective of the NCAP is the prevention as well as to increase and improve the air quality monitoring network across the country and make efforts towards improving awareness of the issue If successful it could help extend life expectancy of the average Indian by 1.3 years and those currently exposed to the most polluted air could gain 3 years of life there are genuine concerns about the lack of a legal framework Having been described as a “collaborative and participatory approach involving relevant central ministries local bodies and other stakeholders with focus on all sources of pollution,” the NCAP appears to be more advisory than mandatory It is not notified under the Environment Protection Act or any other appropriate act to create a firm mandate with strong legal framework backing it up for effective and time-bound implementation state and city governments will find it near-impossible to foster the inter-ministerial cooperation required for successful implementation The government has allocated INR 300 crore for the first two years of the five-year plan Although the plan is expected to target urban and rural India if we account only for the 102 listed cities this amounts to less than INR 1.5 crore per city per year– a figure that experts estimate is too low to achieve significant results Uncertainty over what interventions will take place in rural India further cloud the fiscal strategy of the NCAP The NCAP does not contain emission reduction targets for polluting sectors (such as transport and construction) or specific pollution reduction targets for cities It mentions regional and trans-boundary action plans without elaborating on how and what will be done Even if the cities were to reduce their pollution levels by the national target of 20-30 percent, their citizens will still not be breathing safe air | Picture courtesy: Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy Poirrier/Flickr. This image is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 A robust air pollution monitoring network plays a significant role in identifying problem areas and using data to make informed decisions and evaluate policy impacts While the plan emphasises increasing and improving this network there is limited expertise and resources to handle equipment regulatory bodies do not have the authority or flexibility to enforce the plan or to even get different stakeholders to work together the NCAP puts the onus on the cities to create their own plans over the next five years In the absence of a legally binding framework and without clearly prescribed targets it is unclear how most cities will make significant progress Even if the cities were to reduce their pollution levels by the national target of 20-30 percent their citizens will still not be breathing safe air For the 14 cities that make it into the global worst list, even if the NCAP targets are achieved, the cities will be unable to match the national standards for PM2.5 by 2024 even if we were to comply with its existing pollution control policies and regulations it has one of the most comprehensive air quality monitoring programmes in the world It has also made significant gains by reducing emissions from the power sector By enforcing the law — the Action Plan for Air Pollution Prevention and Control — in 2013 the Chinese government helped millions of households switch from coal to natural gas for winter indoor heating In 2015, the Chinese government collected USD 28 million from fines for pollution from Beijing To curb emissions from vehicles it set an annual quota of 1,50,000 new cars in 2017 of which 60,000 were only for fuel-efficient cars Employing all these and a host of other interventions over a five-year period between 2012 and 2017, Beijing was able to reduce its air pollution by 35 percent After the original action plan expired in 2017 the Chinese issued a new three-year plan with a wider scope targeting more cities According to Greenpeace India, India’s NCAP however fails to emulate the effective Chinese plan that had specific pollution reduction targets for cities emissions reduction targets for polluting sectors and a stringent legal framework to ensure implementation and accountability The Greenpeace report Airpocalypse: Assessment of Air Pollution in Indian Cities clearly demonstrates that extreme air pollution is not limited to Delhi-NCR or the metros Any effort towards addressing the air pollution problem will require a holistic and nuanced approach that strikes at the very heart of the issue We cannot adopt a piecemeal or knee-jerk approach to the problem We cannot adopt a piecemeal or knee-jerk approach to the problem. For example, the National Green Tribunal’s ban on crop burning in much of north India without providing any effective alternatives is highly unfeasible for farmers who have neither the means nor incentive to clear their fields any other way Most sources of outdoor air pollution are also beyond the scope or control of individuals and require a range of actions at the national and international level by policy makers For an environmental and health crisis of this magnitude an urgent effort involving both government and civil society is required Disclaimer: The author is related to a team member at IDR The theme for World Environment Day 2019 is Beat Air Pollution – one that is extremely pertinent for India While air pollution is a global problem – the World Health… Zarir De Vitre is an independent sustainability consultant with experience across the corporate He advises and supports clients on a range of services he worked at the Tata Sustainability Group He has a master’s degree in environment and development from King’s College London and a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from Knox College If you like what you're reading and find value in our articles India Development Review is published by the Forum for Knowledge and Social Impact a not-for-profit company registered under Section 8 of the Company Act Retrouvez en vidéo le résumé de la Route Adélie de Vitré remporté par Fredrik Dversnes (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) le Norvégien de 26 ans a réalisé la surprise du jour suite à une attaque décisive à 6 kilomètres de l’arrivée Le classement complet email et site web dans ce navigateur pour la prochaine fois que je commenterai Ce site utilise Akismet pour réduire les indésirables. 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