Category Archives: Top250

Over the last decade the western world’s attention has been turned to the issue of plastic pollution, namely single use plastics. Key documentaries such as the BBC’s Blue Planet II revealed just how far reaching the problem has become; showing us the vast amounts of plastics that are poured into our oceans. This got meContinue reading “How our addiction to plastic had been further exposed by the Pandemic”

The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has an enormous adverse impact on the English populations‚’ mental health compared to pre-pandemic trends. Forecasts predict that up to 10 million citizens will need new or additional mental health support, with 1.33 million new cases of moderate to severe anxiety and 1.82 million new cases of moderateContinue reading “The Increased Demand for Mental Health Services due to COVID-19”

The costs of the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of our health, happiness and the economy are going to be huge. Not only has the crisis had a massive impact on our NHS, businesses and education have been affected too. The 3 lockdowns have given many of us a chance to reflect on how we canContinue reading “Base all Government policies on the health, wealth, happiness and sustainability of our nation.”

It is generally agreed that the education gap for children from deprived backgrounds has widened over the time of the pandemic. The focus is often on what schools must do to change and improve this – school meals, after school and holiday clubs, resources. All are important in improving the situation for deprived children. OfContinue reading “Reduce ever widening education gap for children”

Encouraging Walking and Cycling 10.02.21 As a Road Transport Planner and Engineer (now retired) I was responsible for investigating road traffic accidents with the Police and providing solutions where possible. I also introduced a number of shared pedestrian/cycle routes which were very popular. My team worked with schools to provide safe walking routes to school.Continue reading “Encouraging walking and cycling”

Covid has highlighted how much citizens have knowledge, skills, talent, ideas and solutions that are so underutilised and underappreciated by the government. This contest should prove this too! Sadly, I hadn‚’t heard of Jeremy Heywood before finding out about this contest. I wish I had as he sounds like an amazing person. I truly feelContinue reading “Great ideas can come from anywhere – an opportunity”

The COVID pandemic has shown that we are quickly able to shift away from our normal routines and patterns imposed by government, business, societal norms, and plain old habits. The most obvious examples of this are the speed at which we all have adapted to schooling, working, and shopping from home. This presents us withContinue reading “COVID has proved we can break from the constraints of how we live and work”

Spending time in nature is good for our mental and physical wellbeing. It is possible to create societal change via schools by funding regular nature experiences for all children. This would help the children recover from lockdown and set them up to learn. Experiencing nature creates more pro-environmental individuals, prepared to care for and respectContinue reading “The public have reconnected with nature – opportunity”

Problem: A remote, virtual world needs a remote, virtual planning system. Solution: Virtualise the planning system. Policy: Require BIM (Building Information Modelling) digital 3D models to be included in planning application submissions. Justification: Back in 2011 the government set a deadline that in 2016 all public construction projects would be required to meet BIM LevelContinue reading “A remote, virtual world needs a remote, virtual planning system”

One key opportunity disguised in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic was the chance of proving our unity and awakening humanity in a world that has forgotten to show gratitude. We now have an opportunity to strengthen the bilateral ties that weakened during the very beginning of this phase when countries blamed each other forContinue reading “Strengthening International Relations in the Post COVID World”