Landscape Journal - Autumn 2020: Greener Recovery

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LI life: links and downloads

Watch our most recent CPD Day and view the Jellicoe Lecture CPD Day: Tackling the Climate Emergency

Jellicoe Lecture 2020: Diversifying a Profession: An Opportunity for Change

On 22 and 23 September our CPD day addressed climate emergency. Keynote speaker Ugandan climate activist Hilda F Nakabuye, spoke about the actions we need to undertake as individuals in order to join the fight against climate change. The keynote speaker on Day 2 was Baroness Julia Brown, Chair of the Adaptation Committee, Committee on Climate Change who led a conversation on ‘Adapting to Climate Change’ and the importance of nature-based approaches in the built environment. Expert speakers explored climate change from an international perspective looking. These included: Maimunah Mohd Sharif (Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme), Ignace Schops (EUROPARC President and Climate adviser to the UN) and Jane Hutt (Deputy Minister and Chief Whip for the Welsh Assembly). Available to view on LI Campus now. https://campus.landscapeinstitute.org/

This year’s Jellicoe lecture was devoted to discussing how we can best foster a diverse and inclusive landscape profession. The keynote speaker was Priya Shah, communications consultant and founder of BAME in Property, one of the foremost ethnic diversity networks in the built environment sector. The panel was chaired by Diana Chrouch, Consultant at Diversity Means Business, FSB Chair of National Policy for BAME Business Owners, and Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee at the Worshipful Company of Constructors. The panel included: – Sarah Atkinson, Chief Executive at the Social Mobility Foundation – Jane Fortescue, Senior Landscape Architect at FPCR – Donald Roberts, Director, ETLA – Kush Kanodia MBA, Director of Strategy at the Kaleidoscope Group – Martin Pong, Product Manager at 10x Banking and Stonewall Young Leader Available to view on LI Campus from 13 November.

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