From 1st February 2025, Building with Nature (BwN) will introduce updated accreditation fees and revised payment arrangements.
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Building with Nature is excited to announce that as of May 2024, it has joined forces with Sintali Ltd in a strategic move to scale and grow its impact across the United Kingdom, as well as expand internationally.
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Building with Nature are proud to have sponsored the Landscape Institute Annual Awards for the last three years. The Building with Nature category within the Awards is a key platform to amplify the messages at the heart of our approach, showcasing high-quality green infrastructure and placemaking that works for people and wildlife. Discover which BwN Awarded projects have made the 2022 shortlist of nominations.
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We are delighted to announce the launch of our new online Green Infrastructure Training for local authorities. With over 230 councils across the UK having declared a Climate Emergency, delivering high-quality green infrastructure is a key priority for local authorities. Local authorities have been telling us that they would like help getting to grips with the practical next steps of how to tackle the triple challenges of the climate, ecological, and public health emergencies.
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Andrew McNair, Planning Officer explains how Falkirk Council utilised the Building with Nature approach in the writing of its draft supplementary guidance for green infrastructure and new development, to help deliver good quality green infrastructure.
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We are delighted to be launching our new Building with Nature National Award today in collaboration with the Landscape Institute (LI). This award, judged by LI’s expert panel, celebrates developments that have put nature at the heart of decision making.
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West Dunbartonshire Council’s Local Development Plan 2 was the first strategic policy document to use the Building with Nature Standards to bring forward local plan policies which put high-quality green infrastructure at the heart of policy making and development strategy.
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Building with Nature are delighted to announce a brand new ‘Building with Nature’ category at the Landscape Institute Awards which will put the spotlight on schemes across the UK that are delivering high-quality green infrastructure on the ground.
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13 Oct 2020. Gemma Jerome, Director of Building with Nature launches our new film showing how we can build better for wildlife, better for our climate and better for people's health when we are Building with Nature.
Read MoreAugust 2020. Building with Nature Chair Professor Peter Madden will be speaking on 15th September at the The Biodiversity Crisis and the Built Environment online seminar hosted by the Good Homes Alliance.
Read MoreMarch 2020. We would like to reassure you that Building with Nature is still here and still open for business during this time. We are responding to our clients, customers and partners needs during the Covid-19 crisis and offering support where we can to continue to deliver high-quality places for people and wildlife.
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Building with Nature is delighted to announce the appointment of the organisation’s Standards Board. Eleven additional members join the Chair, Professor Alister Scott, and will act as the guardian body for the Building with Nature standards.
Read More15 February 2019 Building with Nature is delighted to announce the appointment of the organisation’s Board. Four additional members join the Chair, Professor Peter Madden OBE, and will be responsible for steering Building with Nature as it enters its next phase of growth.
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September 2018 Building with Nature were awarded RTPI’s Sir Peter Hall Award for Wider Engagement.
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In the May 2019 edition of the Town and Country Planning Association journal, guest editor Professor Alister Scott looks at ways to mainstream green infrastructure through the planning system. Read our article in the TCPA journal special edition: Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure.
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People value living in places that are close to nature. As well as allowing wildlife to thrive, green infrastructure provides spaces for people to enjoy, and cost effective ways to manage water naturally and prevent flooding.
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Cities in the UK are great places to live. But they also face challenges: congested roads, polluted air, hotter summers, and ageing infrastructure. And with local authority budgets being chopped, resources to sort out these problems are scarce. Building with Nature Director, Dr Gemma Jerome, asks ‘ will our cities be green cities?’.
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