Hi Deidre, Thanks for starting this great initiative! I recently posted on my LinkedIn page a series of videos that clearly highlight one of the environmental impacts of the non-pharmaceutical intervention (namely, the lockdown of countries). Using data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, the videos show the nitrogen dioxide emissions using a 10-day moving average. […]
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CES-Wide blog, 29 March 2020 The Coronavirus / Covid-19 disaster has gripped the world and has led to unprecedented, far-reaching and decisive decisions. The implications for the world, for countries, regions, sectors, groups and each of us that are unknown as yet, but likely to be impactful, permanent and momentous. We speak of the ‘new […]
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by Dr James Suckling As statements go it can’t get much plainer than this: “Public transport and active travel will be the natural first choice for our daily activities.” The opening bullet point of the ministerial foreword from Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps in the new Department for Transport Decarbonising Transport plan. In […]
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What is sustainability? It’s not always an easy question to answer. We might talk about looking after the environment and improve the lives of people. But what does sustainability mean for companies? Does it even have a place in the world of work? Geotechnical companies can feel the weight of these questions more than most. […]
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by: Luke Deamer, Erica Russell and Jacquetta Lee, Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey Introduction We all know the issues of multiple industry PQQs; often irrelevant, time consuming, repetitive and with requests for similar, but slightly different, standards and accreditations. With such barriers, is sustainability being addressed in PQQs? If so, do they […]
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“A built environment that enables people & planet to thrive” is the UK Green Building Council mission. Recently, doctoral practitioners Rocio Martinez and Luke Deamer contributed towards this mission through a challenging, innovative and fun sprint on the topic of community engagement . But first, what do we mean by “sprint”? An Innovation Sprint is […]
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