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Teach the Future: Campaigning for sustainability in the education system
In our latest blog, we look at why the messages from Teach the Future are so important as they campaign for an urgent reform of the education system around the climate emergency and ecological crisis.
The new normal – what does that look like?
During Covid-19, there has been lots of noise on social media about what the new normal will look like when this is over and there appears to be a growing agreement that things should change and that the current situatio...
IEMA Responds to call for comments on BS8950 – BSI’s Guide to Enhancing Social Value
In March, the British Standards Institution (BSI) launched the draft version of BS 8950 – Guide to enhancing social value’. The Guide focuses on the role of organisations in understanding, preserving and enhancing social...
The Third Way - Innovating workshops and training sessions for online delivery
This morning, I was going through my diary trying to work out how long it has been since I have been under Covid19 lockdown. It seems to be a daily (or hourly) swing between feeling energetic and positive to feeling anxi...
Physical distancing not social distancing – virtual coffee hours for sustainability stay-at-homes
Cup of tea at the ready, I waited for a few colleagues to join me for informal networking and sustainability chat. I’d arrived a bit in advance to check out the space and get everything ready. Who would come? Would we ge...
Approaching traffic surveys during the Coronavirus shutdown
Travel demand is ‘derived’, being driven by employment, shopping, education etc.. Traffic surveys always need to be taken at ‘representative’ times to be valid. They’ll typically be done midweek during school term-time, ...
Leading an ecology team through a pandemic
I am part of the environmental leadership team at WSP. Specifically, I lead our UK ecology team and our environmental team in India. Over recent weeks it has become common to hear reference to ‘unprecedent events’ and ‘c...
CMS & IEMA EIA Consultation
Robert Garden & Ashley Damiral from CMS Law look into legislative amendments to ensure that pre-application for project development can progress through the EIA and planning process efficiently and without delay. 1.T...
Environmental opportunities of future transport
The way we interact with transport in our urban areas is set to dramatically change over the coming decades. Cities are already seeing the changes with new transport options like scooters, electric vehicles and hire bike...
How can we work with nature to help tackle flooding and increasing climate risk across England?
In the last few months, we have seen devastating and unprecedented floods which ransacked homes, businesses and communities with many rivers across England peaking to levels which had never been seen before. Each time we...