One Planet One Day
a uniquely BioRegional event in central London
Wednesday 3rd December 2008 , 9am - 5pm

25% early bird discount extended

Sustainability solutions experts, BioRegional, are hosting a one day event in central London to bring together an international array of partners, who are delivering cutting edge projects that apply the 10 principles of One Planet Living®. This convergence of practitioners will provide genuine opportunities to create solutions and learn together; not just another sustainability conference!

Key reasons to attend:

Find out how to create cost-effective solutions for the challenges of creating sustainable places and lifestyles, including:

  • Cost-effective zero carbon
  • Meeting the 2012 Construction Commitments
  • One Planet Living® and Sustainability Action Plans
  • Reuse of buildings and reclamation of materials
  • Refurbishment and retrofitting
  • Local employment, transport, food and biodiversity
  • Estate management and Energy Service Companies
  • Ecological footprinting and encouraging greener lifestyles
  • Lessons from BedZED, six years on

Develop working relationships with key sustainability practitioners from the UK and around the world.
Learn from those delivering cutting-edge sustainability projects that are applying the ten principles of One Planet Living.

This important event is for developers, housing associations, local authorities, planners, architects, sustainability professionals and policy makers who are rising to the challenge of creating places and lifestyles which enable people to lead high quality lives within a sustainable ecological footprint.

The format of the day will include case studies from the following featured projects:

  • Mata de Sesimbra, Portugal
  • One Brighton, UK
  • Sonoma Mountain Village, USA
  • B&Q a One Planet Living Business, UK
  • One Planet 2012 (Olympics, London, UK)
  • Masdar City, UAE
  • London Borough of Sutton, UK

Each of these will be followed by facilitated discussion and an objective response from leading experts in the field. These are the speaker participants confirmed to date….

  • Sunand Prasad, President of the RIBA
  • Richard Simmons, Chief Executive, CABE
  • Kevin McCloud, TV presenter and Design Guru
  • Jill Rutter, Director of Strategy and Sustainable Development, Defra
  • Hank Dittmar, Chief Executive, The Princes Foundation for the Built Environment
  • Professor Paul Ekins, Professor of Energy and Environment Policy,
    King’s College London
  • Pete Halsall, Managing Director, BioRegional Quintain Ltd
  • Sue Riddlestone, Executive Director and Co-Founder of BioRegional
  • Geof Syphers, Chief Sustainability Officer, Codding Enterprises
  • Pooran Desai,One Planet Living Technical Director and Co-Founder of BioRegional
  • Professor Sir Ghillean Prance, Scientific Director of the Eden Project
  • Stephen Stone, CEO, Crest Nicholson PLC
  • Mike Beaven, Sustainability Leader, Arup Associates
  • Tom Andrews, Director of Programmes, Soil Association

The event will take place in a unique venue in Waterloo, London. Sessions will run from 9am to 5pm including sustainably selected lunch and refreshments, ending with informal drinks.

For details of the programme for the day click here.