Environmental, Social and Economic Think Tank

Debate Topic #1

If we were to design, from scratch, a sustainable waste management system for London suitable for the twenty first century, what would it look like?

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London Sustainability

It is now ten years since the Greater London Authority came into being, charged with the responsibility of “contributing to the sustainable development of the UK”. Is London a more sustainable city as a result?

Waste Efficiency

How can London reduce the waste the city's households and businesses produce? And how do we ensure that the various waste streams produced are managed in an efficient, responsible and sound way?

Resource Efficiency

A resource efficient London would use the fewest resources whilst producing ‘enough’ of the things that society requires. But should we be thinking beyond physical materials. And how much is ‘enough’?

Economic Efficiency

London's economy is considered efficient by economists when no alternative allocation of resources exists that would not involve a lower level of total production. Is efficiency best for people or the planet?

Climate Change London

The challenges and costs of climate change are upon us. Mitigating possible future climate change and adapting to the changes that are already in the pipeline will require huge efforts. Can London do it?

London Remade brings you its redesigned website and the first Provocation!

Welcome to the new era of London Remade. Here is the first in our new series of quarterly explorations of the profound challenges facing London. Our programme of provocations will consider resources in the broadest sense - materials, finances, people, infrastructure, institutions - and explore how they might be developed, deployed and distributed in our city in the most sustainable way.

London Remade believes the challenge of resource management in London - Europe's largest city - is so great that a wide-ranging and open debate is urgent. London Remade is an independent, non-sectarian body of experienced resource management practitioners with an in-depth knowledge of London. We are unrestricted by sectoral or political interest or reliance on funding source. We aim to enable those who are concerned about London including the many who are affected by and involved in managing its resources to use our on-line debate space to express where the current systems are failing us and how they can be improved and replaced by better ones. Read more about London Remade

The starting point for each debate is essays from a range of expert contributors. The first provocation essays are written by Kit Strange of the Resource Recovery Forum, Professor David C Wilson, consultant and Visiting Professor at Imperial College London, Dr Julian Parfitt of Resource Futures and David Fell of Brook Lyndhurst. Thereafter it is over to you to take part online by simply clicking join the debate and adding your comment, amending what other commentators have said or writing your own essay.

This is a unique opportunity through an open and interactive site to engage in deep and expansive debate between stakeholders throughout and beyond the capital.

The outcome from each debate will be synthesised and available online for all to see and use.

Read the opening essays on our First Provocation: If we were to design, from scratch, a sustainable waste management system for London suitable for the twenty first century, what would it look like? Join the debate now...

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