Glasgow City Council, the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Sustainable Solutions, and Policy Scotland, are working together a series of Green Recovery Dialogues intended to progress a just and sustainable recovery from COVID-19.
Three Dialogues took place in November and December 2020.
The following videos are some of those that were prepared by some of the participants in each Dialogue to provide contexts and ideas for each discussion.
Dialogue 1. Implementing Green Futures – Increasing urban green space and implementing nature-based solutions.
The themes were:
- Promoting biodiversity through strategic use of natural assets.
- Learning from Green COVID-19 measures and extending good practice; transformation plans for active and safe travel that also encourage use and greening of open space.
- Spaces and places: stories about Glasgow’s spaces centring on history of the Clyde; development of walkways and zoning of waterway land, etc.; geolocational devices / mapping processes.
Professor Sebastien Chastin, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University
William Yeomans, Clyde River Foundation
Greening the Grey, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Dialogue 2. Raising Ambition on Net Zero – providing low carbon energy and housing solutions.
The themes were:
- Transforming existing buildings into more energy-efficient homes and spaces.
- Using digital technology to inform energy management decisions and communication.
- Harnessing the geothermal energy under the city to deliver green energy and job solutions.
Barry Morton, Director of Facilities Services, and Gillian Brown, Energy Manager, Estates Development, University of Glasgow
Dialogue 3. Rethinking Consumption – achieving sustainable recovery through green and/or circular economy
The themes were:
- Caring Economy: Transformation to a ‘caring economy’ that is inclusive, localised and just, with wellbeing at its heart.
- Doing Consumption Differently: Rethinking consumption to advance transformation of current approaches and expand conversations around circular and digital solutions.
Dr Kersty Hobson, Reader in Human Geography, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University
Professor Giana Eckhardt, Professor of Marketing, Centre for Research into Sustainability Marketing, Royal Holloway University of London
Katherine Trebeck, Advocacy & Influencing Lead for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance
Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology, Boston College, USA
More information
For more information about the Green Dialogues please contact the event organisers at sustainable-solutions@glasgow.ac.uk
