The first session of the RECLAIM Network Plus Webinar Series took place on the 8th June 2022.
Webinars will share best-practice and facilitate knowledge exchange between practitioners, researchers, policymakers, businesses, environmental groups, charities and individuals interested in implementation of green-blue-grey infrastructure for making our vulnerable living spaces more healthy, sustainable and resilient.
Speakers
Dr Tijana Blanusa
RHS Principal Horticultural Scientist
Title of the talk: Right plant, right place, right purpose: Environmental horticulture research at the RHS
Biography
I lead and deliver RHS research on the environmental benefits of gardens and urban green infrastructure. I am particularly interested in the contribution of plants to urban cooling, rainfall mitigation and air quality improvement. We are working to understand what underlying plant traits are most successful at this so that these plants can be harnessed to deliver multiple benefits.
Dr Netsanet Mebrate
Product Owner, Causeway Technologies
Title of the talk: Traditional versus Sustainable drainage in the UKCauseway Technologies
Biography
Netsanet brings over 17 years of both academic and commercial experience within drainage design software. Having completed a PhD in Scientific Computation, Netsanet is involved in Flow's strategic roadmap at Causeway, conducts both technical and market research, and builds the training and support capability for Flow. Netsanet will present how to harmonise the different opportunities and challenges that impact the development of sites and the communities who live within it using Sustainable drainage systems.
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