Following the popularity of the Green Infrastructure breakfast seminars held across the UK, WRAP and the Landscape Institute will be holding a new series of study days, starting with Sheffield. These events will focus on the Landscape Institute's recent Local Green Infrastructure campaign and include a site visit to Sheffield Manor Fields, a case study featured in the publication.

Green infrastructure is a critical approach to landscape management, design and planning. As part of the Landscape Institute's dissemination of its work in this area, the LI and WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) are delighted to invite you to attend an event which looks at how this approach has been developed at a policy level and how it is being implemented locally.

This study day is sponsored by WRAP, the government funded agency which helps individuals, businesses and local authorities to reduce waste and recycle more, making better use of recources and helping to tackle climate change. Places are restricted so register as soon as possible.

Programme

10:00 am – registration and tea

10:30 am – leave for site visit to Manor Fields - Ian Stanyon CMLI, Sheffield City Council

12:15 pm – lunch

1:00 pm – Update on LI’s Local Green Infrastructure campaign – Paul Lincoln / Stephen Russell

1:20 pm – Introduction, Councillor Pat Midgely

1:30 pm – Neighbourhood sustainability, management and community engagement – Alexandra Shilkoff, Sheffield City Council and Sue France, Green Estate

2:00 pm – Lessons learned and next steps for the city, Ian Stanyon CMLI, Sheffield City Council

2:20 pm – A review of the Manor Fields project, its use of soils and recycled materials, David Hackett, Solum Environmental in association with WRAP

2:40 pm – Q& A

2:50 pm – close