Sustainable Development Blog Posts
Green Sports Stadiums are Leading the Way!
There is no better feeling than being a part of a significant sporting event, feeling the positive [...]
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Greening Our School Infrastructure
As part of the Levelling up White Paper, government initiatives pledged £1bn to rebuild schools and [...]
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Is Nature at the Heart of your Neighbourhood?
Have you considered how your community is benefiting from green infrastructure? Noticed enhanced [...]
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The Regeneration Generation – It’s Time!
70% of European citizens live in cities, a number that is expected to increase to 80 % by 2050. A [...]
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Creating the Best Mixed Use Developments
Many of our town and city centres appear ghostlike when the commuters have returned to their [...]
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Lets Become the Collaboration Generation
Different disciplines working together from early planning is often a hot topic discussed within [...]
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30 Years of Continued Innovation
The last 30 years have been an astonishing journey – from a small one-person business operating [...]
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Resilience at its Best!
In previous blogs, we have discussed resilience, what it means, how it can be achieved and how it [...]
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The Value of Nature Based Solutions
Throughout 2022 we have been highlighting the need for change to accelerate the implementation of [...]
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Recognising Resilience
During our #Resilientplaces campaign, we have asked the question: what does resilience mean to you? [...]
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What is Resilience?
Resilience is a current “buzzword”, particularly in relation to our urban spaces and [...]
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Following up – The Urban Green up!
Following our blog published on 2nd September 2021, GreenBlue Urban was privileged to be on the [...]
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Combatting Climate Change through Green and Blue
Cop26 Glasgow is here! Green and Blue Infrastructure are one of the most critical solutions to [...]
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Placing Green at the Heart of the Development
In our previous blog – “Will we see tree-lined streets on all new developments?” – we [...]
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Guest Blog: UBU Environmental discovers GBU!
It’s been almost 7 months since the public consultation period for PAS 115 closed and since then, [...]
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Multi-Functional Blue-Green Developments
The 25-year Environmental Plan (2018) and more recently The Environment Bill (2020) has been a [...]
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Building for a Healthy Life
Building for a Healthy Life (BHL 2020) updates England’s most widely used design tool for creating [...]
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Are there Post Planting Constraints?
Many potential tree-planting schemes are cancelled because of misunderstandings over the long term [...]
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Our Climate is Changing, are we?
In celebration of Earth Day – 22nd April, GreenBlue are proud to endorse our team as industry [...]
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The Conservation Volunteers: Let’s Get Planting
Mini Urban Forests – for people and green spaces Trees – we all know they are good for the [...]
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City of Trees: Let’s Get Planting!
City of Trees is the Community Forest for Greater Manchester and is one ten Community Forests [...]
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Introducing 9 Trees
9 Trees, as a concept, was formed in 2018 by Michael Cunningham, an experienced habitat and [...]
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The Barbican: Green Space in the Heart of London
Sited in the heart of the current City of London, the Barbican development represents a fascinating [...]
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The Role of Maintenance in Successful Urban Tree Planting
Unfortunately, the maintenance-free tree has yet to be discovered. However, the correct species [...]
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Introducing Cool Towns
Readers may remember that GreenBlue Urban have been fortunate enough to work on two European funded [...]
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