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TEMPE — ASU grad Angie Stephanie Valencia is passionate about creating and implementing mariachi curriculum in Arizona K–12 schools and in higher education. Valencia graduated this month with a Bachelor of Music in music learning and teaching, and a minor in transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o studies, Valencia said when she discovered there was a lack of music education for mariachi educators, she decided to study music to learn more about how to fill that gap.
Earlier in the year, Transport for London set about finding a way of quantifying how much travel in London could be made by foot or bike. They took data on all of the journeys Londoners made each day, stripped out those already walked or cycled and those that were too long, or involved carrying heavy tools and equipment, and a few other criteria. The idea was they would find out how many journeys could be reasonably cycled.
The 4,000 sq ft showroom, which is in the city centre, opened its doors for the first time in July and is one of a number of initiatives being launched by Milton Keynes Council to help encourage more residents to think about and buy EVs. Speaking to Environment Journal, the council’s head of transport innovation, Brian Matthews, says the showroom booked 42 test drives in its first weekend, and ‘at least two people went out and bought an electric car’ afterwards.
The association published its Quality First report at the RWM 2017 event in Birmingham, which examined how the quality of material in the UK can be improved. The report calls for a ‘supply chain approach’ that will involve all stakeholders to create a unified approach.
The UK100 group of civic leaders has published a report, which claims by working together, central and local government will be able to develop clean energy projects of ‘sufficient scale and ambition’, as well as unlock much-needed finance. It also state a move towards local clean energy is essential for the UK’s post-Brexit export strategy and will help improve this country’s energy resilience. The report also urges Whitehall to put clean and smart energy at the heart of its industrial strategy.
Soon, many people may not have an electricity supplier in the traditional sense at all. Instead they might be trading energy with each other – sharing it at a local level with neighbours and friends. Peer-to-peer trading is a predicted area of growth and will advance the creation of ‘smart’ towns and cities. Local community energy projects are already being delivered across the UK, with at least 5,000 community groups undertaking energy initiatives in the last five years.
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