Living Walls Knowledge Transfer Day - 15 April 2014 (02/13 Gary Grant)

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Gary Grant, Ecologist and Green Infrastructure Planner

I am an independent ecologist with 30 years of experience of ecological survey and assessment, habitat creation and restoration, green infrastructure planning and site design and management. I work closely with built-environment professionals encouraging them to use the ecosystem services approach. I began work with the London Wildlife Trust in the 1980s and moved into consultancy in 1989, spending most of the 1990s in Hong Kong, Until 2009, I was a Director at AECOM Design + Planning working on large scale planning projects like the Bedford River Valley Park, London 2012 Olympic Park, Education City in Doha, Qatar, Zavidovo Resort, Russia, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi and the Whitehill-Bordon Eco Town, Hampshire.
http://greenroofconsultancy.com/

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1. Gary Grant Email: gary@greenroofconsultancy.com Twitter: @ecoschemes Gary Grant Email: gary@greenroofconsultancy.com Twitter: @ecoschemes
2. Horniman Museum Extension 1993
7. HQ of Transport for London
8. London Underground Central Line Train Depot
9. Lend Lease HQ, London
10. Brighton
17. Benefits of living walls . .include most (but not all) of those associated with green infrastructure in general, namely: - Dust suppression - Noise abatement - Wildlife habitat - Evaporative cooling - Shade
18. Convention on Biological Diversity introduced the ecosystem approach in 1992. A holistic approach to land management. Working with nature to maintain healthy ecosystems that provide ecosystem services. Respect environmental limits. Protect and restore. UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005
19. • Hot • Dry • Pollution (Air, Water, Light) • Traffic • Noise • Disease • Crime • Governance • Unemployment • Housing • Food City Challenges
20. Multi-functional biodiverse green infrastructure networks
21. Make Water Sensitive Cities
25. Make Cities Cooler
26. www.livingroofs.org www.greenroofconsultancy.com
27. Namba Park, Tokyo
31. Climbers on Shopping Mall
32. Vertical Rain Garden, social housing near Tower Bridge
34. email: gary@greenroofconsultancy.com twitter: @ecoschemes Twitter @ecoschemes