In this debate Green Alliance brought together a high-level panel and audience in Westminster to discuss the question: what will it take for localism to work for the environment ?

On the panel (left to right):

Chair: Peter Hetherington, Society Guardian and Town & Country Planning Association
Faye Scott, senior policy adviser, Green Alliance
Tony Travers, visiting professor, London School of Economics
Simon Marsh, head of planning and regional policy, RSPB
Alex Thomson, chief executive, Localis
Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE, director general, National Trust

The debate was held at the Ideas Space in Westminster on July 20th, 2011. It was kindly supported by Rockwool (rockwool.com)

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