Lords to debate mandating swift bricks in new homes in England
Lords to debate mandating swift bricks in new homes in England
Hollow bricks are ‘easy win’ to help several endangered species, say experts and Zac Goldsmith who is tabling amendment
I really don’t see any reason someone would be opposed to helpin out the birds. Birds are fucking awesome and if/when the day comes that I can’t hear them on a summer day anymore I’ll be furious and extremely depressed.
27My neighbours got upset with me feeding the birds because they poo down the fence. They do the same my side, but as my garden isn't empty of all life you can't really tell.
21I have a friend with bird phobia, I don't think he'd agree.
-2Surely him seeing a therapist is a far more practical solution to that problem then telling everyone else they can't help out wildlife.
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we have no mosquitoes here, because the bats and swifts eat them all (or at least nearly all)
12This is so clever! This is the sort of thing we want to be seeing
6This is the best summary I could come up with:
The change to the controversial levelling up bill is being tabled by the Conservative peer Zac Goldsmith, who resigned from government over Rishi Sunak’s “apathy” towards environmental issues.
Britain’s population of the migratory swift – whose “screaming” over house roofs is an evocative sound of summer – declined by 60% between 1995 and 2020.
A number of Tory MPs and leading Conservatives have spoken in support of mandatory swift bricks alongside some major housebuilders.
As a housebuilder, Thakeham recognise the opportunity we have to support nature recovery through the landscape-led master planning, but also within the homes we build.
The writer and campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor, who set up the petition, said: “This amendment is a golden opportunity for the government to honour its own commitments to halt biodiversity loss by 2030.
The Conservative peer Lord Randall of Uxbridge, who is supporting the amendment, said: “Hannah’s campaign has been amazing but now it’s down to us in parliament to legislate for this.
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1I'm all for helping the birds but houses should be made out of timber. Lower carbon, more sustainable and easier to recycle at end of life.
-6My house is currently about 120 years old. I'm not sure I want it to have an end of life. On the other hand - there is a very very active secondhand market for London yellow and soft-red bricks - so there are a lot of brick structures being recycled.
3Timber?! That's a fucking terrible idea. It's inexcusable that modern homes aren't build out of mud and wattle. Lower carbon, more sustainable, and you don't have to do anything and end of life because it's a stupid fucking idea that no one thinks is good.
2Much more expensive, and how would you guarantee that it had been sustainably sourced?
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