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Comment UK 2008

 * New Start editorial April 9 2008 Last week a canvasser knocked on my door on behalf of my local councillor. As it was the first time this had happened in nearly six years, I felt modestly privileged.


 * Eco towns are a drop in the ocean, FoE, April 4


 * Government shortlist fails to put ecology into eco-towns, The Wildlife Trusts, April 3


 * Eco towns must embrace green infrastructure, the Woodland Trust, April 3


 * Eco towns: right idea, wrong place, CPRE, April 3


 * Eco towns an opportunity to set new standards for green living, April 3 Green infrastructure - networks of green spaces that bring the natural world into every new neighbourhood – benefiting people’s health, supporting local wildlife and helping to combat flooding - must be at the heart of all new developments, if they are to win public support and present themselves as truly sustainable.