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How to build an activist base on the Airplot - we need your ideas!

Posted by jamie — 28 January 2010 at 11:59am - Comments

Update April 23: The deadline for this competition has now passed. No further entries are being accepted.

Exhibition: Come and see the Heathrow Contest entries »

Ever since we bought our piece of land on the site of the proposed third runway at Heathrow, we've been receiving suggestions for what to do with it. We've already sunk our roots into it by establishing an allotment and planting an orchard, but now we want to go one step further and for that we want to get your ideas. Watch the video above for more details, and read on for the full lowdown on how to enter the competition.

The judging panel

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Peter Clegg
Senior Partner MA(Cantab) MEnvD RIBA, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Peter CleggPeter Clegg established Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios with Richard Feilden in 1978. Educated at Cambridge and Yale, he is a Visiting Professor at the University of Bath.

Thank you

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Thank you for registering your interest in the Heathrow Contest.

Please download the declaration of authorship form and provide it with your entry.

Competition rules

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  1. The closing date for all entries is 5.30pm on Friday 23 April 2010. That includes postal entries so make sure you get yours in on time. Only one entry per person.
  2. Entries must be either:
    • Up to two A3 pages of designs by post;
    • One or more JPEG files totaling no more than 2MB in size by email;
    • up to 500 words can accompany the designs to provide further explanation, but you don't have to.
  3. We can't accept any other form of entries, including models (although you can send us pictures of them.).

How to enter

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  1. Make your fantastic idea into a design you can send to us, and you can do this on paper or on a computer. It can be either:
    • up to two sides of A3 paper
    • or JPEG files or artwork or photos up to 2MB in total
    • you can also include up to 500 words to accompany your designs, but it's not essential
    • No models, please!

The Airplot Design Contest

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Airplot panorama

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The Heathrow Contest: Judging panel

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Peter Clegg
Senior Partner MA(Cantab) MEnvD RIBA, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Peter CleggPeter Clegg established Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios with Richard Feilden in 1978. Educated at Cambridge and Yale, he is a Visiting Professor at the University of Bath.

Government's aviation policy blown out of the water

Posted by jossc — 8 December 2009 at 5:10pm - Comments

The Committee on Climate Change's (CCC) report on aviation, published today, explicitly undermines government plans to allow a tripling of passenger numbers on commercial aircraft by 2050.

While its Chairman Lord Turner has been careful not to totally rule out the possibility of creating extra capacity in the form of new runways, the committee is recommending that "the policy focus for aviation must be on limiting demand for flights and investing in alternatives such as better rail links and video conferencing." In an interview on the BBC's Today programme this morning, Lord Turner confirmed that a 200% growth in consumer demand for air travel by 2050, assumed in the 2003 Aviation White Paper, would make reaching proposed emission reduction targets impossible.

Wave of supporter Airplot activity sweeps country

Posted by jamie — 25 November 2009 at 3:17pm - Comments

Gerald Kaufman MP (far right) joins Manchester supporters in planting an apple tree to oppose the third runway

From small acorns do mighty oak trees grow. Okay, we've been planting apple trees instead of oaks, but the sentiment certainly rings true for the Airplot tree planting ceremonies being held up and down the country.