BES Facebook pageBritish Science Festival 2010
The 2010 British Science Festival, organised and run each year by the British Science Association, took place at Aston University, Birmingham.
Landscapes of the Future
The BES organised a panel discussion on 'Landscapes of the Future', working with the Instiute of Ecology and Environmental Management:
Panellists and Presentations
Click on the talk titles to see copies of our panellists' presentations:
- Landscapes of Desire: Professor Roy Haines-Young, University of Nottingham
- Food and Agriculture from our landscapes: Mark Felton, Director of Strategy, Natural England
- Urban ecology: Dr Jon Sadler, University of Birmingham
- The importance of Green Infrastructure: Francis Hesketh, TEP Environmental Consultants and Landscape Architects
- Public participation in decision-making about our landscapes: Professor David Miller, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
We also supported the exhibition of the Virtual Landscape Theatre by the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute.
Further Information
See the BES blog to see what our panellists had to say about how our landscapes might change to 2030 and beyond.
- Read the BES Press Release: Time travel, landscapes of the future and death of the nimby (14 September 2010)
