March 2023 Newsletter
Dear RECLAIM Network Members,
Hope you are well. Here are updates for the last month
*NEW Website Features*
We recently added a Resource (open to all) and Members page (for all existing & new members) to the RECLAIM Network Plus site.
Opportunity to submit your work related to green and blue infrastructure via this page so other members can benefit from your work.
Please submit your published papers, reports, policy briefs, tools and guidance documents HERE!
All members of the RECLAIM Network Plus should now have received an email to set up a password to access the new members area.
The new members area will allow you to search for other members by location and area of expertise as well as contact other members (anonymously if preferred).
New members can register here
Urban Greenspace and People Awardees
This month we feature two further awardees from our Urban and Greenspace and People call.
Dr Caroline Nash, Green Infrastructure Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow at University of East London was awarded funding of £40k for a research project on ‘Clean Air Gardens’.
Karina-Corada-Perez from UEL commented: ”I am tremendously pleased to be selected to receive this RECLAIM funding. As an ECR, this is an incredible moment for my professional career. With this funding, I can continue exploring my research area in linking the effect of nature-based solutions on air quality, explicitly helping to inform decision making for more health-promoting urban settings by optimising the expected benefits of domestic gardens on air quality and temperature regulation”.
Dr Jim Parker, Reader / School of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing at Leeds Beckett University was awarded funding of £40k for a research project on ‘Small urban park environments and residents (SUPER)’ .
Dr Jim Parker added:
” We’re SUPER excited to be working with the RECLAIM Network Plus to monitor the microclimates and air quality in two small urban parks in Leeds city centre. Our project partners, University of Leeds and Slingshot Simulations Ltd. have been developing a strategic partnership over the last year or so, working on shared interests inn sustainable urban environments and city-scale digital twins. The RECLAIM funding is therefore a great outcome from these shared interests. The collective aim of this work is to characterise the atmospheric. The collective aim of this work is to characteristic the atmospheric benefits of small urban parks in the context of neighbourhood access and user motivation”. .
TDAG Workshop -
24th April 2023
This RECLAIM Network Plus funded workshop is being organised by Trees & Design Action Group in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, Myerscough College and BiFor.
The workshop is titled ‘Trees and future hot summers: What can we learn from 2022?'
For more details & to register see links below.
Urban Rewilding Project - Update
One of the Urban Greenspace and People projects funded by the RECLAIM Network Plus are delivering a project on Urban Rewilding and this month delivered a 3 day International Design Workshop.
Dr Alessio Russo, from the University of Gloucestershire who is leading the research spoke about this workshop and the wider Urban Rewilding project recently in an interview on Radio BBC Gloucestershire.
Announcement of RECLAIM Network Plus Webinar #11
We are pleased to announce Webinar #11 of the RECLAIM Network Plus Webinar Series on 05 April 2023 - 12:30-13:30 GMT.
The RECLAIM Network Webinar Series consists of 18 one-hour online sessions, once per month, until March 2024. Each webinar will have 2 speakers, each speaking for 20 minutes, with time for a Q&A afterwards. All the webinars are recorded to make it available for viewing on demand.
Further details of this event can be found here
Recording of RECLAIM Network Plus Webinar #10
Thank you to everyone who attended Webinar #10. If you missed the webinar, you can watch the recording via the link below.
To view previous webinars in the series click here.
RECLAIM Network Plus Membership
We currently have 466 members, from a wide variety of sectors right across the globe, see our membership demographic below.
Below is the sign up link for the new membership form. Please share among your network, and especially encourage your contacts in city decision-making and local government to join.
‘Festival of Nature’ Workshop in Bristol on the 14th June 2023
This RECLAIM Network Plus funded workshop organised by The Natural History Consortium will focus on Green, Blue, Grey Infrastructure with the aim of sharing best practice, problem-solving and thinking ahead across sectors. For more details and to register click on the link below.
PHD Opportunities
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What’s next?
More from our successful Urban Greenspace and People funded awardees
Update on our 7 Data Synthesis Reviews
News of our upcoming RECLAIM Network Plus Conference taking place later this year
PLUS lots more.
Thanks for reading, The RECLAIM Network Plus Team