rsa leeds 2 july event tom bliss presentation
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Tom Bliss Leeds Met, Leeds Sustainability Institute, Feed Leeds
Incredible Edible • Incredible Enterprise • Incredible Futures
Leeds: Fertile Ground
Leeds72% open space
Good farmlandwith green spokesrunning into the city
From ‘The Urbal Fix’ www.urbal.tv
Source UDP 2006
‘Continuous Productive Urban Landscape’ theory:
33% of fruit and veg produced within built-up area
edible public space project
Viljoen and Bohn 2008
33% within the built up area (inner zone)100% within the outer zone
Plus ‘local food’ within 30 mile? limit
Joining the dots...
LCC Parks and CountrysideLCC Redhall Nurseries
304/383Schools
Allotments
ENTERPRISE
EDUCATIONCOMMUNITY
ENTERPRISE
EDUCATIONCOMMUNITY
Allotments
LCC Parks and CountrysideLCC Redhall Nurseries
ENTERPRISE
LCC Parks and CountrysideLCC Redhall Nurseries
EDUCATIONCOMMUNITY
Allotments
MEASURING CHANGE
TRUG : UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, LEEDS MET / LSi et al
Urban Food Justice(Dr Chiara Tornaghi) Workshop Series, Feed Leeds research projectRevisiting Leeds Food Strategy (?)
Urban metabolism, agro-ecology and the challenge of food security(Prof Les Firbank, Dr Andy Ross, Dr Chiara Tornaghi et al)
• Assessment of main constraints identification of a strategy• Policy brief - built environment, neighbourhood planning and eco settlements• Education and popularisation programme including a film• Experimental gardens• Figures for up-scaling to city level
• Leeds Food Hub
Enough Group - Smart Volunteering
Leeds Met - Leeds Sustainability Institute / Green Vision, Landscape and Planning Dpts• LESSN Leeds Edible Schools Sustainability Network• Living Building Challenge - Strawworks pilot project• Leeds Met Welfare Allotments (Leeds Edible Campus)• Green Infrastructure and neighbourhood planning research• Design and Community projects
Much else...
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