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Oxford Botanic Garden
15 January 2021
Thanks to a gift of £5,000 in 1621, Oxford acquired the first scientific garden in Great Britain which now hosts over 5,000 plant species. Gardeners’ Question Time panellist and Deputy Director of the Botanic Garden, Dr Chris Thorogood, explained its history and its role in research, conservation, education and public understanding. With accelerating global warming, what…
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Proposed changes to the Planning System
The Society's formal response to the Government White Paper
3 November 2020
Having looked closely at the detail of these potentially very significant changes and sought the views of members of the Society in a webinar, Oxford Civic Society’s planning specialists submitted a formal response to the White Paper.
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Olive Gibbs: Oxford politician and peace campaigner
An illustrated talk by Oxford historian Liz Woolley
22 October 2020
Monday 19 October 8pm Olive Gibbs (born in 1918) was a redoubtable local Labour politician, peace campaigner and founding member of CND. During her long political career she helped to shape our city. Local historian Liz Woolley spoke about Olive’s extraordinary life and legacy. The recording of Liz’s talk is no longer available, but for…
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Inequality in Oxford webinar
A video of Sara Fernandez' talk and Q&A is on YouTube
30 September 2020
Oxford through the lens of social action, relationships and community cohesion.
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Rewilding webinar
A video of Paul Jepson's talk and Q&A is on YouTube
21 September 2020
On Tuesday 15 September Dr Paul Jepson, Nature Recovery Lead at the environmental consultancy Ecosulis, gave an overview of rewilding from a European perspective. He discussed the potential for rewilding in and around Oxford. YouTube link: youtu.be/ZuKXnEJQy8M
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Rewilding – restoring ecosystems
15 September 2020
On Tuesday 15 September Dr Paul Jepson, Nature Recovery Lead at the environmental consultancy Ecosulis, gave an overview of rewilding from a European perspective. He discussed the potential for rewilding in and around Oxford.
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Oxford Liveable Streets
8 September 2020
On Tuesday 8 September Dr Scott Urban of Oxfordshire Liveable Streets, explained low-traffic neighbourhoods with successful examples from elsewhere. He discussed what we could do here to claim back our streets for the people who live in them.
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Historic Oxford under Lockdown
Liz Woolley shows some easily-missed details in the City
4 July 2020
Local historian Liz Woolley takes the opportunity of lockdown to pick out some places and things in Oxford which you might easily miss when there are more people around. You can see the video on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlA0dHQyd8o
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Inequality in Oxford
15 June 2020
Sara Fernandez, Director of Oxford Hub, spoke about Oxford through the lens of social action, relationships and community cohesion. It was an opportunity to explore what it means to live in Oxford from a different perspective.
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Zero-carbon homes webinar
A video of Ian Pritchett's talk and Q&A is on YouTube
26 May 2020
A talk about the innovative work of Greencore Construction and how housebuilding can and must change to help tackle the climate crisis.
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