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Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Tue, 03/04/2012 - 12:51. Article | 2012 Finance | 2012 Legacy | London 2012 | Planning & Development London 2012 bars Games Monitor from Net Impact debateLondon 2012 has always claimed it has ‘an agenda of inclusion’ and wants to hear what members of the community have to say. Back in January I was invited by an organisation called Net Impact London Professionals to speak at a debate which will be held on 14th March 2012 entitled ‘After the 2012 Olympics: Legacy and Regeneration’. I had never heard of them before and was told ‘Net Impact is a global volunteer-led organisation which seeks to explore and promote business to create a sustainable world.’ In its invitation Net Impact had said: ‘you may be willing to highlight some important aspects of the sustainability London 2012 legacy.' I didn’t understand what they meant by this and was confused as they had already said I had been recommended by someone who they knew was a critic of London 2012. So I had responded saying:
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Sun, 11/03/2012 - 17:43. Article | 2012 Legacy | 2012 Sustainability | Clays Lane | Displacement | London 2012 just not cricket?Perhaps that fragile 'Legacy' shifts quicker than the underground aquifers round here: Some of the new cricket pitches (and what remains of the wildflower meadow) might want digging up for new flood protection (to protect the posh in those 'new neighbourhoods' downriver)? Submitted by Steve Dowding on Fri, 17/02/2012 - 13:37. Blog | 2012 Legacy | Displacement | Habitat and wildlife | Planning & Development | Regeneration | Sport | Sustainability Losing the MarshesA story of what happens when the Olympics comes to town. The Olympic Games and the attendant juggernaut of its needs will threaten an area rich in history and loved by its community and visitors from the rest of London. Hackney has its own unique qualities, a wealth of community projects and a history of great significance and symmetry with today and the prescience for the behemoth of the Olympics, steadily rolling into view. Submitted by Martin Slavin on Wed, 08/02/2012 - 21:43. Article | 2012 Legacy | 2012 Sport | Displacement | Habitat and wildlife | Hackney | Hackney Marsh User Group | Local groups | Regeneration | Sport | Sustainability Open Letter to Meredith Alexander former Commissioner on the Commission for a Sustainable London 201230th January 2012 Dear Ms Alexander I wholeheartedly congratulate you on your decision to resign from the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012. As far as I am aware you are only the second person involved with London 2012 who has had the integrity, courage and conviction to take such a morally justifiable action. Submitted by Mike Wells on Mon, 30/01/2012 - 11:57. Article | Contamination | Radioactivity | 2012 Business | 2012 Legacy | 2012 Sustainability | Corruption & Ethics | Environment | Legacy | Mega Events | Sponsors Torygraph Poll: No 'Worthwhile Legacy'The Torygraph Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Tue, 10/01/2012 - 16:01. Blog | 2012 Legacy | 2012 Media | Legacy | London 2012 fortunes always hidingFantastic news for the Irons, though perhaps no better as yet for the Os. (West Ham to be the 'winter tenant'?) Submitted by Steve Dowding on Tue, 11/10/2011 - 06:40. Blog | 2012 Legacy | Corruption & Ethics | Displacement | Newham | Sport luvly jubblyVia Twitter in a convo with @NOGOE2012:
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Mon, 03/10/2011 - 21:17. Blog | 2012 Legacy | Government | Legacy | London 2012 ![]() |
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