AUTHOR: Paul Miller
TITLE: Brown's green bit 
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DATE: 12/07/2006 05:09:43 PM
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Ok, so the Pre Budget Report was a bit boring. Generally a steady as she goes kind of speech. But there was a sneaky commitment in there which seems better than most commentators have given Brown credit for. 

He said that the Government <a href="http://politics.guardian.co.uk/economics/story/0,,1965497,00.html">would make all newly built homes carbon neutral by 2016</a>. Now only 0.8 per cent of the houses in the UK are built each year, but my calculation that means that by 2050 this single little announcement will mean that 31 per cent of the UK housing stock will be completely climate neutral. That's not bad when you consider it doesn't include anything we do to improve the existing housing stock too.

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AUTHOR: Paul Miller
TITLE: Johnson vs Eno
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DATE: 12/06/2006 05:41:39 PM
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<img src="http://static.flickr.com/119/314498536_4eb2be16f8.jpg">

I really enjoyed Monday night's chat between Steven and Brian. They started off talking about <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghost-Map-Epidemic-Battled-Victorian/dp/0713999748">The Ghost Map</a> but the conversation spread its tentacles to include Second Life, neighbourhoods, modern renaissance and slums. Great stuff and Brian got a good chance to talk about <a href="http://www.longnow.org">Long Now</a> ideas as well.

A podcast is coming soon if you missed it or couldn't get a ticket - the event sold out completely which isn't bad for a Monday night.

Some links to follow up:

Matt Jones (he of EnoQuest) has posted his <a href="http://www.blackbeltjones.com/work/?p=1329">raw notes</a>, 

My friend Joe Lee was photographer for the evening and got some <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephlee/tags/ica/">great shots</a> (including the one above)

Sebastian Mary asked the best questions on the night and has some thoughts <a href="http://sebastianmary.com/wordpress/?p=21">here</a>.

And Steven <a href="http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/2006/12/international.html">admits</a> that he and Brian were attempting mind control on the audience.

I'm hoping to do more Long Now London events. If you fancy helping out drop me an email. It's all unpaid at the moment but I think this event showed the interest is definitely there on this side of the pond.

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AUTHOR: Matt Jones
EMAIL: cb8db583f3d0a970f0d604867d83eef4fc6c71aa
IP: 89.168.6.203
URL: http://www.blackbeltjones.com
DATE: 12/06/2006 10:19:54 PM
Hi Paul - count me in for helping with long now stuff, and thanks for setting up monday - was fantastic
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