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BGD’s call for a Green Revolution

Prof. Čedo Maksimović, leader of the Blue Green Dream, called for a rethink of urban planning at his invited talk at the 2014, Green Infrastructure Conference in London.

Prof. Čedo Maksimović’s plea piqued the interest of reporter Sarah Cosgrove.  Writing in Horticulture Week, Sarah highlighted how this leading academic cautioned that it would take a climactic disaster to spark a green infrastructure revolution in London.

The current failure to harness UK expertise in Blue Green Infrastructure and implement the Blue Green Dream’s transformative vision would, warned Prof. Čedo Maksimović, result in the devastation of England’s capital in the event of an extreme weather event.  Moreover, we would then be dependent upon Blue Green technology developed by China or Holland to future-proof London against climate change.

Prof Maksimovic’s invited talk at the 2014, GI Conference (Cosgrove, 2014)

A video of the presentation is now available here and the presentation slides can be viewed from this link.   For further information about the Blue Green Dream, contact Dr Karl M. Smith: kmsmith@imperial.ac.uk

BGD workshop garners international attention at Valencia Innovation Festival

Climate KIC’s’s Innovation Festival, held on October 29-31, 2014, featured a range of events, including a BGD workshop that attracted over 80 subscribers.

At the event Prof Čedo Maksimović, the BGD leader, introduced the BGD concept to the sizable audience, and gave examples of its implementation in the residential, commercial and industrial domains.  In addition, workshop participants were canvased on how they thought the BGD could be realised and what the barriers were to its implementation.