Event overview
Join us for our hybrid event with great talks looking at ways we can use data to restore and manage landscapes, Sara Telahoun, 3Adapt, and Geoff Carss, Wilder Sensing.
An evidence based, digital approach to sustainability and land management
Come and hear about how 3ADAPT, sustainability consultancy, are taking a holistic approach to sustainability. Using the Six Capitals approach, supporting a variety of organisations including land owners, local authorities, utilities companies, universities and museums to help build decarbonisation plans and adapt to climate change. Hear about how they are launching Landarna, the world’s first platform to assess, inform and report the holistic impact of land opportunities, enabling more people to make more sustainable land use decisions.
About Sara
Sara is an experienced project lead and consultant with over 10 years’ climate change and sustainability experience. Sara recently joined 3ADAPT as an Associate Director to support the organisation’s growth in developing net zero strategies across public and private clients and roll out the Landarna platform. Sara is also a Trustee for climate action charity Possible and is a mentor supporting young women into green careers through Catalyse Change CIC.
Sara’s slides
240718-Green-Tech-South-West_Sara-Telahoun-minListening to nature
Biodiversity is declining in many parts of the world and both the private and public sectors are starting to invest more in restoration. But what works and how do investors know if the right biodiversity returns are being delivered?
Wilder Sensing is a cloud based platform that uses audio and AI to identify what’s living in a landscape – what species are present and how the species mix changes over time – both through the seasons and year over year. This talk will explore how we can use this is practice and explore a local case study.
About Geoff
Geoff has had a deep passion for nature since childhood. He was a bird ringer and Trustee of Bristol Avon Rivers Trust. He’s worked as a geologist, software engineer, management consultant and sales in marketing director for companies such as EY, IBM and Oracle.
Geoff’s slides
Geoff-Carss-Green-Tech-South-West-July-2024-minWatch the event video
Key timings – minutes from the start
- 06:00 – Event starts with a welcome from organisers, Ellen, Hannah and Mike
- 08:18 – 60 second intros – a chance for in-person and online attendees to introduce themselves, ask for help or share something interesting
- 22:23 – Sara’s talk
- 46:25 – Geoff’s talk
- 01:13:17 – Questions
Resources and links
One of the perks of holding events online, and having such a wonderful and engaging community, is we share a huge amount of useful resources and information throughout the event. Here’s a summary of what we unearthed.
Links and resources
- Data for change
- GTSW: Forecasting solar power & managing water using Machine Learning
- aether.green – open source project to measure carbon emissions from cloud and on-prem servers
- GTSW interview with Sara Telahoun
- GTSW event: Project Vana – using data to plant trees
- Nandy cites Bennett Institute’s Wealth Economy work in address to policymakers
- GTSW interview with Geoff Carss
- Wilder Sensing on Spring Watch 2024
- Will Generative AI Implode and Become More Sustainable?
Community 60 second intros
An opportunity for you, our community, to (very quickly) share something with the rest of us. This can be anything from a green tech project or initiative you are working on, a request for help or guidance or even some knowledge/resource you’d like to share with others
Chris Pointon – Joining from Cambridge, Chris is on the steering group of Data for Change, the environmental data network, which was formed by Friends of the Earth and Wildlife Trust. They’re share information about things like tree cover, GIS mapping, and are running a session about the council’s use of date this Autumn. They’re keen for their community of people using data for environmental good, so if this sounds of interest, simply head to their website and apply to join, or you can get touch with Chris via his LinkedIn.
Ed Garrett – MD and founder at The Discourse, a design agency, certified B-Corp and proud sponsors of Green Tech South West! They are on a mission to enable the changemakers of this world by partnering predominantly with green tech businesses and charities who work in social impact, to help raise awareness of their work, to attract funding, to grow and ultimately grow their impact. They do this by helping them communicate effectively through brand, web and content. Understanding that communication is a major challenge when it comes to the wider adoption of greener solutions, Ed is keen to share his expertise and knowledge for anyone who is eager to know more. You can get in touch with via their website.
Brad Fulford – Head of User Product and Full-Stack Developer at Open Climate Fix, a London based product hub with a focus on renewable energy forecasting. They’re currently working with the National grid and are branching out to other countries such as India. All of their data and code is Open-Source and they’re keen to make their offering more widely available, so if anyone with any experience or simply enthusiasm for energy and renewable forecasting (no prior experience required), please get in touch!
Tim Johnson – Delivery Manager at Scott Logic (one of our wonderful sponsors) he is currently working on an air quality dashboard where they’re looking at open using data from low cost sensors to make forecasting better. Scott Logic’s Oliver Cronk has also recently published a blog on sustainable ideas for artificial intelligence and how we can make it less power hungry called ‘Will Generative AI Implode and Become More Sustainable?‘