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Came across this delightful wildlife patch/allotment/outdoor gym /green housing at the BedZED community gardens Sandmartin Way, Hackbridge. Amazing what you can do with what was derelict land! #communitygarden #urbanecology #bedzed #kevthenatureguide (at Hackbridge) https://www.instagram.com/p/CESlHEkjEMl/?igshid=1wmk08u3oq1ew

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An early morning stroll around BedZED. After four years living here, and several years before that working for Bioregional, I’m moving to new pastures. I’ll miss this place. It has been a big part of my life. Some further reflections coming soon on the blog.

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Cosmo on route to BedZED

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Sunflowers in the field at BedZED. Planted by my wonderful neighbours.

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A bee at #BedZED looking me straight in the eye. At least I like to think she was. ... I'm pretty sure this is a common garder bee, a species of bumblebee throughout Europe. #bee #biodiversity (at Beddington)

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BedZED – Solar PV BedZED is the UK’s largest eco-village. The aim was to help residents and office workers reduce their ecological and carbon footprints to a sustainable, "one planet" level. The plans cover reducing energy use, providing renewable energy, minimising the embodied energy of the buildings, reducing fossil fuel miles and also tackling food, waste, water usage and flooding. Find out…

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Case study: BedZED

BedZED is the UK's first large-scale, mixed use sustainable community with 100 homes, office space, a college and community facilities. Completed in 2002, this pioneering eco-village in south London suburbia remains an inspiration for sustainable neighbourhoods and our One Planet Living Communities across the world.

BedZED is a mixed-tenure development. It is built on reclaimed land owned by the London Borough of Sutton, sold to Peabody at below market value due to the planned environmental initiatives. Peabody Trust, a London housing association and charity is the main investor of the project with the help of local authorities. The residential homes were sold at standard market prices.

Want to live here? I do! People make close friends here; kids ride bikes on no-traffic streets in the interior of the development; everybody has a garden.

It’s hard to see such a thing working for developers in our high-density urban spaces. But could it work in a place like Katy, Texas, a satellite city outside Houston, where land is cheaper? Are there people in suburbs dominated by single-family homes who might be attracted a project like this?

Here’s another thought. Might people who love L.A. be interested in raising families in a BedZED-like community in, say, Long Beach?

After all, though BedZED is known as a London project, it is in reality a 45-minute train ride from the center of London.