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Environment

Spotlight: Let’s bottle it! Piloting a deposit return scheme

3 August 202128 July 2021 by Tara

Every week, each adult buys on average 3 plastic water bottles in London, amounting to 1.6bn bottles a year. Leaders Plus grad & Arup associate Adriana Moreno Pelayo explores how to implement this proven initiative reduce waste and create green jobs.

Categories Achieving Net Zero, Leaders Plus, Spotlight

Virtually co-creating a park with residents

15 September 202126 July 2021 by Lisa

Co-design with residents in Barking’s Gascoigne neighbourhood has produced a great shared-use space with life beyond its temporary home. Be First planner and Leaders Plus alumna Emma Thorpe shares how they did it.

Categories Achieving Net Zero, Communities in Transition, Estate Renewal, Healthy Neighbourhoods, Leaders Plus, Placemaking, Social Value

Enhancing green infrastructure through development and renewal

9 October 201912 June 2018 by Charli

Across London, a growing number of developments view green infrastructure (GI) as valuable, multi-functional assets, supporting the delivery of quality homes and neighbourhoods. At May’s London Housing Network event, we heard from practitioners working to integrate GI within housing developments.

Categories London Housing Network

Placemaking field trip: Thamesmead

30 July 20205 July 2017 by Amanda
thamesmead placemaking field trip

On 20 June, Future of London visited Thamesmead to learn about placemaking strategies that are shaping the town’s cultural offer and open spaces.

Categories Placemaking, Site Visits

Retrofit for… Event series with UCL

6 March 201715 April 2014 by Jennifer

This May, we’re partnering with UCL’s Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities for three panel discussions focused on non-domestic retrofit.

Categories Energy Efficiency, Events

London 2062: The future for our cities in the next 50 years?

15 November 20197 June 2012 by Natalia

As part of our London2062 collaboration, University College London’s Sofie Pelsmakers considers the effects of global warming in relation to London’s future housing design challenges.

Categories Energy Efficiency, Housing, London 2062

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