February 2024 Newsletter
Dear RECLAIM Network Members,
FEATURED NEWS
Wetlands, parks and even botanical gardens among the best ways to cool cities during heatwaves
Botanical gardens are not just beautiful – they can cool the city air by 5°C during heatwaves, according to the most comprehensive review of its kind led by the University of Surrey and the RECLAIM Network Plus.
Click on the link above & press coverage in The Guardian & Telegraph links below
The Guardian article
The Telegraph article
RECLAIM GBI International
Photography Competition
Calling all photographers!
The RECLAIM Network Plus has launched it's first photography competition!
Upload your pictures of blue-green-grey infrastructures and nature based solutions to help build a public library of images that can be accessed by all & to be in with a chance to win multiple prizes of £400!
The deadline for entries is the 26th April, click on the following link for more details
2024 GBI Competition (squarespace.com)
Webinar Series
RECLAIM Network Plus Webinar #22 - Community perceptions of GBGI & Promoting societal transformation
We are pleased to announce Webinar #22 of the RECLAIM Network Plus Webinar Series on 6th March 2024 - 12:30-13:30 GMT.
The RECLAIM Network Webinar Series consists of monthly one-hour online sessions, until February 2025. 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 #21 - Engaging the public in GBGI projects
Thank you to everyone who attended Webinar #21. If you missed the webinar, you can watch the recording via the link below.
To view previous webinars in the series click here.
Green Infrastructure Partnership
A growing network of 2,000+ people and organisations that support the creation, enhancement, protection and promotion of green infrastructure in the UK.
Click here to sign up to their newsletters with all the latest GBI news, find out more about the network and access their resource library.
Add NEW Resources
An opportunity for you to submit your work relating to green and blue infrastructure via the new resource page on the RECLAIM website so others can read & benefit from your research.
Please submit your published papers, reports, policy briefs, tools and guidance documents here
RECLAIM Network Plus Membership
We currently have 573 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.
Website
Our website lists all network activities. To view the RECLAIM Network Plus website click here
You Tube
Our You Tube channel provides recordings of RECLAIM Network events including the webinar series. To view click here
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Our X page currently has 548 followers. You can follow us for the latest RECLAIM Network Plus updates here
Our LinkedIn page currently has 668 followers. If you are on LinkedIn, you can follow us for the latest RECLAIM Network Plus updates here
What’s next?
More on our Conference in May.
Updates from our funded Urban Green Space and People projects.
News on our new Workshop Awardees.
PLUS lots more.