Events
December 2008
Compost from waste for local authorities
- When
- 01st December 2008
- Where
- Centre in the Park, Norfolk Park, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Time
- 09:00
This event will be held in to help specifiers, procurement managers, planners and landscape architects learn how they can use waste-derived compost to great advantage in regeneration, highways and grounds management.
Compost from waste for local authorities
- When
- 02nd December 2008
- Where
- Great Limber Village Hall, Grimsby, Humber
- Time
- 09:00
This event will be held in to help specifiers, procurement managers, planners and landscape architects learn how they can use waste-derived compost to great advantage in regeneration, highways and grounds management.
LCN Workshop: Landscape and Ecosystem Services
- When
- 02nd December 2008
- Where
- Reading Town Hall, Blagrave Street, Reading, RG1 1QH
- Time
- 09:30
Humanity has always depended on the ecosystem services provided by the landscapes in which we have settled. In current policy and research, there is often a focus on the more tangible ecosystem services: provisioning services, such as food production; regulating services such as flood control; and supporting services such as nutrient cycling. Often, there is less attention on the cultural services provided by ecosystems such as recreational activity, spiritual associations and community identity.
Re-making Places Conference
- When
- 03rd December 2008
- Where
- 76 Portland Place, London W1
- Time
- 09:00
Unlocking potential: Finding the right solutions for today's economic, social and environmental challenges.
Compost from waste for local authorities
- When
- 03rd December 2008
- Where
- Askham Bryan College, York, North Yorkshire
- Time
- 09:00
This event will be held in to help specifiers, procurement managers, planners and landscape architects learn how they can use waste-derived compost to great advantage in regeneration, highways and grounds management.
Upgrading impact assessment for greater effectiveness
- When
- 04th December 2008
- Where
- Oxford Brookes University
- Time
- 09:30
The Ireland-UK Branch of IAIA and Oxford Brookes University are collaborating to stage this event on 4 December 2008 at Oxford Brookes University.
Compost from waste for local authorities
- When
- 04th December 2008
- Where
- Myra Shay, Bradford, West Yorkshire
- Time
- 09:00
This event will be held in to help specifiers, procurement managers, planners and landscape architects learn how they can use waste-derived compost to great advantage in regeneration, highways and grounds management.
Future Housing 2008
- When
- 04th December 2008
- Where
- Business Design Centre, London
- Time
- 09:00
2009 will see a continued transformation in the way that the sector is run and will present a unique set of challenges for the social housing sector.
Landscape Institute South West branch P2C Seminar - Mentoring and Contracts
- When
- 04th December 2008
- Where
- Genesis Centre, Taunton
- Time
- 10:00
The seminar will be split into 2 sessions, a lunchtime talk (12-1.30pm) by Alex Whittaker, the Landscape Institute's Head of Professional Development, on the Art of Mentoring.
Landscape Institute London Christmas Event
- When
- 04th December 2008
- Where
- Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7LB
- Time
- 19:00
This year's Landscape Institute branch Christmas event will be at the newly re-opened Garden Museum which has recently been refurbished.
How to Tender with Success
- When
- 05th December 2008
- Where
- BERR Conference Centre, London
- Time
- 09:00
Starting with an overview of how to get the best from the Supply2.gov.uk website and what to look out for in contract adverts, the Roadshows will also deliver an insight into the most important issues to consider when tendering. They will explain what to look out for in the documentation you receive and will detail those areas of evaluation that are critical to tendering success. Ideas for enhancing your submissions to make them stand out will be offered, along with hints and tips about areas such as presentations, site visits and debriefs.
Garden Ornaments in Artificial Stone: London Companies in the 18th and 19th Centuries
- When
- 08th December 2008
- Where
- Garden Museum, London
- Time
- 18:30
Coade Stone and Pulhamite are well known, but other types of artificial stone were made by a number of companies, most of which were based in London. John Davis will trace the use of these materials in the creation of garden sculpture and ornament.
The Role of Transport in Tackling Social Exclusion and Ensuring Equality of Opportunity for All
- When
- 11th December 2008
- Where
- The Studio, 7 Cannon Street, Birmingham
- Time
- 09:15
Reducing social exclusion is at the heart of the Government's agenda for reducing poverty and to enable equality of opportunity for all. One of the Government's five key goals set out in their 'Towards a Sustainable Transport System' paper is social equity and promoting greater equality of opportunity. The core aim of transport policy is to ensure that all groups have effective access to jobs, services and social networks as poor accessibility can reinforce social exclusion.
ICOMOS-UK Christmas Lecture and Wine Reception
- When
- 11th December 2008
- Where
- Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street London EC1M 6EJ
- Time
- 18:30
This year's Christmas lecture is on the theme of 'Food, Farming and Cultural Landscapes' and will be given by Professor Bill Slee, Head of the Socio-Economics Research Group, Macaulay Institute.
Wilderness and Inner Space Conference
- When
- 13th December 2008
- Where
- University of Kent, Canterbury
- Time
- 09:15
A multidisciplinary two-day Conference exploring the theme of Wilderness featuring landscape architects, Gilles Clement, Peter Latz and Mary Bowman.