SEEDS (Sustainable Ecological Design for Society) Conference 2020: The Climate Emergency

The built environment has a significant role to play in climate change, it uses more natural resources and produces more waste than any other industry. That in mind, research is being applied to address the balance between the built and natural environment and reduce emissions and waste. It is essential that we rapidly draw expertise and centres of knowledge together to address and better understand the action required.

Watch Director Ben Powell’s keynote presentation to this years SEEDS International Conference which addressed the topic: ‘ Climate Emergency – Applying Sustainability’

https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/events/conferences-and-symposiums/seeds-conference-2020/

The presentation touches on the Eco-Lab, which is a collaboration between the University of Suffolk and BT and fits into the wider conference which recognises that there is a need to consider how the built and natural environment can be integrated for natural carbon capture and ensure eco and biodiversity is restored. “The places that we live and work, and our national ecosystems need to be sustainable if we are to slow down greenhouse gas emissions, which continue to grow at an accelerating pace. Current methods of development have led to a loss of biodiversity that presents an immediate danger to our ecosystem needs and food security.”