Comments on: Judi Dench Fights Back Against UK Eco Village

By: Judi Dench And Protestors Lose Initial Fight Against UK Eco Village // Archives // ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:59:06 +0000

[...] Last April, we reported that UK actress Judi Dench was joining a growing movement against a proposed eco-village near the birthplace of William Shakespeare. The location would be about six miles from Stratford upon-Avon in the heart of the English countryside. At the time, Dench had said she wasn’t against eco-villages in general — just the development of one within close proximity to a national treasure. [...]

By: The Green Quote: Julian Lloyd Webber Joins Judi Dench In Opposing Eco-Town // Archives // ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:13:35 +0000

[...] homes built on a former Royal Engineers depot. Ecorazzi previously reported that Judi Dench had taken to the streets in an effort to prevent [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:06:56 +0000

Jennifer is right — so I googled it. You can find the details on news.aol.co.uk under Big Story, “Eco-Town Shortlist Unveiled”. The last 3 paragraphs are about the Stratford site.

Evidently, the Stratford site will hold 6,000 new homes in an area with no real demand for new housing and inadequate transport. It’s far from definite, however — it’s only one of 15 proposals that will be shortlisted to 10.

By: Remy Chevalier

Remy Chevalier — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:57:32 +0000

Never mind that the whole town of Stratford is considered to be a fake by many historians now convinced the man parading as Shakespeare was in fact an actor fronting for Francis Bacon who couldn’t reveal his true identity as the author of his own popular plays because of the role he played at the court of England. In other words the whole “birth place” of Shakespeare is a fake. Dame Judi, bless her heart, is victim, along with everyone else, of a gigantic fraud perpetuated on the British people, and the world, never dispelled by the royals, for the massive profits the town brings.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:30:33 +0000

I don’t know about the proposed site, so will someone please explain why the eco village would wreck Stratford? I understand the concern in theory, but I don’t know why, in concrete terms, people are worried that Stratford will be adversely affected.

By: Lord Rudi Loehwing

Lord Rudi Loehwing — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:05:32 +0000

Dame Judi’s concerns are quite real and quite admirable. Our efforts to quickly comply with popular new measures have often come at great and sometimes fatal expense to existing ecologies and cultural foundations.

With just a little more forethought and evaluation, popular new measures have their more ideal place and can achieve their goals and objectives without threatening time honored, proven and existing foundations. In this case, one of Britain’s more significant literary and cultural contributions to the World.

Please take the time to identify locations to test for the success of the eco-village prototypes in more ideal locations.

By: Emmieb

Emmieb — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:39:44 +0000

I completely agree, here.