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Stop confusing BLM and D&I. They are not the same thing

In a business context, organisations don’t lose out on amazing black talent because of a lack of D&I initiatives. They lose out because of unconscious racism, biases and systems that hold the talent back. Source: Campaign Live, June 2020

New research shows £5.5bn fund needed to level up access to urban green space as part of UK’s green recovery

As the Prime Minister set out his ambition for the country’s recovery in the West Midlands last week, the National Trust, the Mayor of the West Midlands, Sustrans, Create Streets and local council leaders[3] have written to him urging a £5.5billion commitment to an urban green infrastructure fund to level up access to urban green space as part of his “infrastructure revolution”. Source: National Trust, July 2020

The pandemic will change the way our homes and offices are built

The new normal will mean a reinvented workplace designed to mitigate risk of a coronavirus resurgence Source: Wired June 2020

Generation Coronavirus?

By April, 2020, over 90% of the world's students were unable to physically attend school. Closures intended to slow the pandemic's spread have been controversial and distinctly double-edged.Children and adolescents should be involved in the rebuilding at every step and allowed to decide whether Gen C will stand for something more than coronavirus. Source: The Lancet, June 2020

Comment: Coronavirus and transport – challenges and opportunities

Tim Hollingsworth, CEO of Sport England: Cycling doubled from 8% to 16% in the past week (end of May/start of June), the number of people walking has increased to around two thirds of all adults. Source: Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, June 2020

Coronavirus: Challenge of reshaping UK cities after lockdown

UK transport groups and public health experts to call for radical changes - some already happening globally - such as wider pavements, traffic restrictions and cycle networks. Source: BBC May 2020

There will be no 'back to normal' - Analysis on the impact of COVID-19

The pandemic will change the world permanently and profoundly. Even if countries can control the spread of COVID-19 in the coming months, there will be vast political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental consequences which will last many decades. Source: Nesta, April 2020

Systems thinking our way through this together

Greame Sinnott blog on systems thinking amid COVID-19 Source: Activepartnerships.org, April 2020

Opinion: Sport England Research - Are new habits forming during the crisis?

Today's Sport England survey data shows interesting findings on how people are engaging in exercise within the limits of current social distancing rules and suggests there's a possibly growing stronger appreciation of the importance of exercising. More detailed work is needed to understand how far peoples' behaviour has changed from their usual patterns, and to gauge what the likelihood is of new habits forming into a new normal for individuals and families. Source: Sports think tank April 2020

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