Robin Bennett

Powerful research with a clear message.

“Children are fascinated by the natural world. It’s maintaining that through their childhood and schooling that’s essential, alongside urban greening. There’s policies starting to do that but we’ve got to think in transformational terms – not 30% but 1,000%.”

Poster for the event. Day of Action: Stop Starving Gaza Bring a pot or pan. Friday 25th July, 6pm Carfax tower, Oxford

✋ Stop Starving Gaza.
🕕 This Friday 25th July, 6pm
📍 Carfax Tower, Oxford.

Anyone within hailing distance - please join us.

Or if you have money to spare but not time, donate to MAP: www.map.org.uk

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I came here to say this too.. hadn’t been to Cornmarket for a while and I was shocked to see them all last week.

and outside of cities? for example, all the priority schemes in the Didcot LCWIP have a (very loosely) estimated cost of £100m... multiply that by every town in the county plus strategic links between them and we could more than spend the whole UK allocation just in Oxfordshire

Great idea! 💚 🚲

I think Kevin is making a different point - whether the emissions reductions are sufficient to hit Paris targets, etc - which they are not. But if people are aware that some reductions have actually been achieved, more chance of them being on board to try achieve more extensive reductions.

"Despite the existence of PPE degrees..." 😂

3 Reform in the top 10.
1st Lib Dem is at 24
1st Green at 84

This is a failure of the UK new media ecosystem.

Wantage Market Place Welcome to the engagement page for the Wantage Market Place Improvements project. About the project We want your help to make Wantage Market Place more vibrant, welcoming and accessible for everyone. ...

Anyone know anyone in Wantage?

Consultation launches today on how to make Market Place a nicer public realm and better for walking and cycling. Do share the below with any people and groups you know there.

letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wantage-mark...

Oxford temporary congestion charge for cars We are asking for your views on six temporary congestion charge locations for cars in Oxford. The temporary congestion charge is being proposed to reduce traffic around Oxford during Network Rail’s ex...

Two thoughts:

1) A (de)congestion charge will be effective in reducing traffic and making buses faster + more reliable. The thought put into the exemptions (eg for care workers, blue badge holders) is positive to see.

2) I hope an online survey is not the main/only way people are being consulted.

Citizens' assembly Introduction Participants of Oxfordshire County Council’s first citizens’ assembly on travel and transport presented their 20 recommendations to council decision makers on Sunday 16 March, at the asse...

One of the pdfs is titled 'paper version' so presumably those exist... the council also ran an in-person citizens' assembly on transport earlier in the year letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/citizens-ass...

Great explainer of how we got to today’s broken housing market…

Outstanding!

we should probably be prouder of the UK's success in reducing its share emissions... even including offshore footprint it's a 36% reduction since 1990

A bit clearer here: www.ons.gov.uk/economy/envi...

Both, but total footprint emissions have also gone down by 36% since 1990 www.ons.gov.uk/economy/envi...

happy to be back, and enjoying the show!

#NowPlaying The Dreaming Spires - Normal Town - on 107 Meridian FM
Who thought we'd be playing them on #NewMusicMonday in 2025?
The album us out on October 24th...

"first album in 120 years.." 😂

Black and white photo of The Dreaming Spires on stage

Black and white photo of The Dreaming Spires on stage

Black and white photo of The Dreaming Spires on stage

Black and white photo of The Dreaming Spires on stage

The Dreaming Spires at Sutton's @soundloungecio.bsky.social yesterday evening, featuring @robinfbennett.bsky.social

Great gig, highly recommended - apparently a new album is on the way...

#photography #music #London

Exciting night down in Sutton tonight where our great friends (and band mates!) The Dreaming Spires & Demo Buttons are taking the stage at the @soundloungecio.bsky.social…This promises to be a night of fantastic songwriting, brotherly harmonies & melodic sunshine…So get down there folks!! 😎💥❤️

I’m told the feasibility work is quite advanced.. hoping to see something later this month

An important but under-funded way to boost the amount of social housing is for councils to buy existing homes into their stock.

It pays off in rents, less benefit £ and huge wider gains, and it helped the Mayor of London achieve his housing targets. I call it Buy the Supply. 🧵

this is what we've been doing in South Oxfordshire to rebuild the housing stock (from zero..)

hey Robin it was great to chat to you about this project at @woodhq.bsky.social... let us know how we get a performance by 'NWA' to happen at a future event..

Some think inequality is fine if those with the least are getting a bit more than before,
But inequality in resources means inequality in power,
& any widening power gap is a threat to us: henry-tam.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

Kindling ideas ... tales from the speakers forum of Wood Festival

I hosted 7 hours of talks @woodhq.bsky.social this year - some amazing people - here is a necessarily brief write up! open.substack.com/pub/hughwarw... @robinince.bsky.social @miaeisenstadt.bsky.social @caperoxford.bsky.social

yes, weird take on the results!

sage advice - I wish I'd joined the place scrutiny committee sooner!

did you see this @trailerstar.bsky.social ?