📅 Held on Wednesday, 20th March 2024— 🕠 17:30-19:30— 📍 Dryden Enterprise Centre, Dryden Street, Nottingham

Synopsis:

Join Leonard Design and recent collaborators in a discussion on How to really truthfully green a city. How and why do it properly and increase biodiversity.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Grey to Green – John Morgan, Zac Tudor (Arup)
• Down to Earth Derby – Jamie Quince-Starkey
• Community Parklets – Steve Lane, Jason Elliott from British Recycled Plastics

Don’t miss the chance to contribute to a brighter future for our region and beyond. All are welcome.

Refreshments will be provided.

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Meeting Minutes + Notes:

This evening event was another great success, showcasing biodiversity on the front stage and challenging the audience to be nature advocates and pioneers of biodiversity. The event demonstrated the importance of collaboration in creating a sustainable and regenerative built environment.

The event eclipsed with a great interactive activity and everyone jumped in and got involved: contractors, engineers, manufacturers, architects and landscape architects working together.

Some highlights:

✔ Insights on Sheffield’s green transformation year on year.
ℹ Zac Tudor of Arup

✔ Seeing neglected city spaces transformed to beautiful environments.
ℹ Jamie Quince-Starkey of Down to Earth Derby.

✔ Investigating the advantages of recycled plastics for planters in the city.
ℹ Jason Elliott of British Recycled Plastic

✔ Inspirational stories of neighbours creating a green-fingered community.
ℹ Heather Hodkinson of Green Meadows Project

✔ The story of a biscuit business providing jobs / support for the homeless.
ℹ Half the Story

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We want to say a big thank you to everyone that attended and to all of our amazing guests.

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