by Anna Gaffney | 17 Feb, 2023 | Climate and environment, Urban planning
Last week, we reported on an exciting project APiC co-led with Sustrans Scotland, using the game Cities: Skylines to explore urban design with pupils at Tynecastle High School in Edinburgh. We discovered a wide range of uses for Cities Skylines in the classroom, which...
by Anna Gaffney | 10 Feb, 2023 | Climate and environment, Urban planning
In December 2022, we had the pleasure of working with Sustrans Scotland and the Edinburgh & Lothians Developing Young Workforce team to deliver a session on urban design at Tynecastle High School. The was to introduce young people to the idea of a 20 minute...
by Jenny Wood | 12 Apr, 2022 | Climate and environment, Urban planning
We recently submitted a consultation response to Scottish Government’s draft National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4). NPF4 is a document that sets out the spatial and land use planning approach of Scottish Government up to 2045. In this blog, we lay out a summary of the...
by Jenny Wood | 12 Jan, 2022 | Climate and environment, Events, Urban planning
Play Scotland and A Place in Childhood are inviting representatives of organisations that work with children and young people to a discussion on planning, to help inform responses from the sector to the National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) draft, released by Scottish...
by Anna Gaffney | 15 Nov, 2021 | Climate and environment, Urban planning
In June 2021, we had the absolute pleasure of working with Sustrans Scotland, St Paul’s Youth Forum, and St Philomena’s Primary School (in north-east Glasgow), on a pilot placemaking project to engage local children using game Minecraft. Working with a team of 10...
by Sean Peacock | 3 Jul, 2020 | Climate and environment
Air pollution has a particularly damaging effect on children. They’re still growing and breathe faster than adults do. They also live closer to the ground, where the most polluting gases from vehicles accumulate. Pollution from traffic has been linked to problems with...
