Name:
Anthony Howson
Qualifications:
BSc (Hons) Building Surveying |
| Q:
What types of jobs did you do in your past life? |
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A:
I think I was one of the naughty people that either
took a kicking or woke up one morning realising there were
other more wholesome ways to a brighter future. So I became
a court jester and friend of the poor.
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| Q:
What experience do you think you gathered from them? |
| A:
Perception is everything, the ability to change a mood, or
an emotion by the way one looks at it, the future is in getting
the right balance between what surrounds us and ourselves. |
| Q:
What area are you currently working in now? |
| A:
Housing and Regeneration. |
| Q:
What interests you about it? |
| A:
The opportunities for improvement in this nation are vast,
we sit at the tip of the iceberg in terms of practicing sustainable
mantras and applying the message. |
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Q:
What aspects of the environment really interest you and
why?
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| A:
The human race could/will be a healthier one, with greater
productivity and understanding of the planet and its people
through symperthetic measures towards future development of
our race and our neighbouring lifeforms, could it help bring
peace? |
| Q:
How do you see the environmental agenda progressing in Britain? |
| A:
Still a niche market, but slowly hitting the mainstream. I
feel people will be embarassed into doing more when they realise
the Jones are doing it. Still waiting for something to kick
the environmental agenda into the mainstream. Needs greater
education at the coal face. |
| Q:
What sustainable technologies do you see finding adoption
in the UK by 2010 and why? |
| A:
Carbon monitoring. Each and every person will be allocated
an allowance of average yearly carbon used (holistic) and
how it is used (home, travel, food, clothes shopping etc).
People should be fined if they selfishly exceed their allowance.
The scheme will be instigated to make people realise where
the responsibilty lies. |
| Q:
How does your field fit in with the environmental agenda? |
| A:
Property is the most expensive commodity in terms of the greenhouse
effect, as well as a building's ability to inspire or destroy
the human pschye. |
| Q:
Is it a burgeoning sector in the long term or just a fad? |
| A:
Hopefully there's going to be some work in housing for
a few years/decades to come. |
| Q:
What are your other current/continuing interests? |
| A:
Music, love, life, football, the arts, people, becoming
an environmental/housing/urban professional (about to start
training at the Royal Institute of Chatered Surveyors). |
| Q:
Are there any other subjects/areas that you are just starting
to take an interest in? |
A:
How we can improve the global quality of life, and how
to take the "green" message further, improving housing
&
help Spurs win the league (sustainably though). |
| Q:
How do you see your role as a member of HBC? |
| A:
I have been loving the learning so far. To keep learning
& doing, getting experiance in the field, debating new
ideas and practices. Working for, promoting and assisting
in developing more projects for the collective and it's partners.
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Q:
If HBC reaches its stated goals of achieving national training
schemes throughout the UK in the environmental field in the
next couple of years - what role do you see yourself playing
in the organisation at that
stage? |
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A:
Probably more lecturing. I also see myself as a representative
from a professional body pushing the agenda onwards and
upwards, and hopefully helping to make it greener still!
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