BioRegional busy at Ecobuild

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BioRegional had a busy time at this year's Ecobuild, with speakers taking part in at least five seminars and conference sessions, and a series of five BioRegional workshops as part of the Ecobuild Fringe.

The interactive workshop programme proved popular, offering practical solutions to issues that can prevent developments becoming more sustainable. Topics included:

• What does One Planet Living look like? -  download presentation slides
• Shifting stubborn embodied carbon - download presentation slides
• How do you sell a car free development? - download presentation slides
• What's food got to do with it? - download presentation slides
• Specifying and procuring reclaimed materials and components - download presentation slides
• Using residents ecological & carbon footprint to drive sustainable design download presentation slides

We were really pleased to welcome Kevin McCloud to the One Planet Living workshop on 2nd March, where he gave an entertaining talk to a packed room about how he is using the One Planet Living framework at his HAB sustainable housing development in Swindon.

Other Ecobuild highlights included:

• Pooran Desai, One Planet Communities Director and BioRegional Co-founder, opening the conference programme with a speech about whether regulation to get carbon under control has worked.
• Jonathan Essex, BioRegional's Reclaimed Materials Manager, talking about specifying and procuring reclaimed materials and components .
• A packed seminar on One Planet Communities: designing for sustainable lifestyles, chaired by Sue Riddlestone, and featuring Pooran Desai, and One Planet Sutton partner Chris Reid.

View some of our photos from Ecobuild 2010 below.