Public Inquiry result as Credit crunch spreads to U.K.

Very sad news to hear we lost in our Save The Festival Gardens Campaign....HOWEVER all is not lost as this 'credit crunch' means that the property developers LangtreeMcLean will delay building for 12 to 18 months.
The housing market may completely collapse so they don't get to go ahead building at all.
Meanwhile we must try and save the trees, shrubs and grasslands from being destroyed by asking the developers to leave the site alone for as long as possible so we keep our enchanting mature forest, shrubs and grasslands which are essential for bio-diversity and our health and happiness.
'LONG LIVE THE GARDEN FESTIVAL SITE'

GARBAGE WARRIOR EARTHSHIP FILM

There is a film called 'Garbage Warrior' showing at the Institute for Contemporary Arts,  London, at the end of May. It is about American outsider architect MICHAEL REYNOLDS who has spent more than 20 years creating beautiful earthships/homes in the New Mexico desert. They are created out of discarded beer cans, reclaimed wood, old tyres and clay, using new and unorthodox theories of architecture. He has a lifetime passion for sustainable living.
He is a 1 man eco-movement whose ideas will maybe help save the planet.

The film, by director Oliver Hodge, UK2007, 86mins, was shot over 3 years in New Mexico, U.S. and India. It is a portrait of a man energised by his dreams of making a better world. (Google : Michael Reynolds ICA film).
I would like to try and get it a Liverpool showing at FACT.
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FACT cinema will try and get a showing of the film to run concurrent with' tenantspin from the BOX at FACT's debate:
The end of my world
This is on wednesday August 13th from 2-3pm live on the internet (google: tenantspin)
This is a discussion with various speakers about the environment, consumerism out of control and what we can do to save the planet.

EARTHSHIP LIVERPOOL WEBSITES AND E MAIL ADDRESS

If you would like to learn more about this sustainable building look at:
www.lowcarbon.com or google low carbon trust
or e mail:
earthship.liverpool@gmail.com

EARTHSHIP afternoon on Sunday 6th April 2008

On Sunday 6/4/2008 at the Old Police Station, Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool 17 there will be an afternoon all about 'Save The Festival Gardens' campaigners' plan for an EARTHSHIP eco/environmental centre at the Garden Festival site in Liverpool.Meeting starts around 2pm and runs until 6pm. All are welcome.
Local architect David Backhouse has designed a plan of an EARTHSHIP for the old dome site near Riverside Drive.
If you google: EARTHSHIP you will see what it is.
It is a fully self sustaining building made of recycled materials, built by volunteers and very cheap to run. It would be an ideal building for:
2009 Liverpool's Year Of The Environment
People in Liverpool could visit if it's built and learn about solar power, wind energy, climate change, reducing emissions, lowering carbon footprint etc.
Hope to see you there!

Save the Festival Gardens Public inquiry

The Public Enquiry resumed again on January 7th 2008 in Blackburne House, Hope Street, Liverpool 8. This was the final week in the inquiry to save the Garden Festival site down by Otterspool promenade on the River Mersey. Our campaign would like to keep all the trees and build an environmental centre (google 'Earthship' for details).
The Daily Post's front page covered our concerns for the Garden Festival Site and Professor Bradshaw from Liverpool University, a well respected environmentalist who has been awarded a rare medal for his work (other medal awarded to David Attenborough), stated in the newspaper article that the site should be left a wilderness. The feature continued inside the paper as well.
It really is an ideal opportunity in "Liverpool's Year Of The Environment 2009" to build an eco-centre for the people of Liverpool and visitors to our city in the years to come.
We'll hear in mid July central government's decision.

FUTURES DAY IDEAS FOR GARDEN FESTIVAL SITE

SAVE THE FESTIVAL GARDENS PUBLIC INQUIRY

The public inquiry has been running for 3 weeks and will now recommence in January 2008. There has not been enough time to cover everything during the inquiry at the Adelphi hotel, Liverpool.

The Garden Festival Campaign was out in force daily and put across an expert case for keeping our 'Green Wedge' for the people of Liverpool rather than allowing over 1300 apartments to be built by property developers Langtree McLean.

The Sefton room where the inquiry took place looked great with the Campaigners' displays which included a giant tree banner which said "SAVE THE FESTIVAL GARDENS' hanging high in one of the alcoves. Well done to those local people who made it.

There was also a giant colourful map (thanks to John Davies) of the Festival Site covered with post-it notes stuck on at the successful Futures Day held on October 27th at Lark Lane. The post-it notes were peoples hopes for the site.

There seems to be a desire for an ECO environmental centre like an EARTHSHIP and various nature style things like bike trails, nature trails and of course lots of trees.
There were plenty of photos, books, leaflets and literature relating to the Garden Festival, placards
(including SAVE THE PROM), a huge Earthship display board and giant photos of before and after the tree massacre (felled without permission by developers).

Big thanks to everyone who helped in any way whatsoever. We will continue to Save our Garden Festival Site.

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The property developers have been told to amend their "incorrect boundaries" regarding the Otterspool Prom 'land grab'. They have been pulled up for taking EVEN MORE of our public land. Well done to Garden Festival Campaigners for finding this out.