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An ecologist with more than 5 years of experience in the waste management sector. For the past 4 years, he was popularizing tools for adaptation to climate change including Nature-Based Solutions. He is also the co-author of the "Catalog of Nature-Based Solutions" (www.plato.lviv.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/katalog-por-1.pdf) and co-founder of the urban garden space "Rozsadnyk" in the city of Lviv (www.fb.com/rozsadnyk).
The head of ecology and natural resources office of Lviv City Council of Ukraine. With a sociological and urban development background, Oleksandra works on improvements of urban parks, greenery and surface water management. With the beginning of full-scale war caused by russian aggression, the bureau rethinked all our city policy from the point of view of social safety. Much more people using parks, alternative water supply resources, construction of the settlements for displaced people, development of new areas for displaced industry are our new main challenges.Department of Urban Planning - Lviv City Council.
An award-winning landscape architect with her own practice 'ANNA GALAGAN garden art' and a partner in a landscape bureau 'ORIGAMI'. Creating private gardens and public spaces, roof gardens and ponds, terrain solutions, and landscape art. With a focus on naturalistic planting design and sustainable landscaping in climate change. Believing in the therapeutic power of the garden
Her awards: gold medals at Kyiv Landscape Festivals 2017, 2018, RHS gold medal at Malvern Spring Festival 2019 (Great Britain).
A graduate of the Faculty of Hydrotechnics at the Gdańsk University of Technology, a specialist in the field of water management and environmental protection. He completed postgraduate studies in ecological auditing (University of Gdańsk), economic foundations of project management (University of Warsaw, Harvard University), natural resources management (Dresden University of Technology), environmental projects in the European Union (International Center for Agriculture and Environmental Protection in Wagheningen in the Netherlands) . Since December 2003, he has been the director of the Environment Department at the City Hall in Gdańsk. He has completed many projects in the field of environmental protection and ecological education.
An employee of the Institute of Landscape Architecture at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, the originator and artistic director of the IN GARDEN festival. He has extensive experience in managing investment processes during the implementation of landscape architecture facilities, including the construction of home gardens, historic parks and public spaces. In his activities, he pays attention to the design and technological solutions of individual elements of the space.
Civil engineer turned landscape architect who designs and builds climate-adapted cities. He has contributed to more than 100 projects worldwide, utilizing Nature Based Solutions to increase biodiversity, flood protection, and thermal comfort. He is also a PhD fellow at the University of Copenhagen and the Aalto University in Helsinki.
A specialist in the field of naturalistic greenery design. In 2014, he defended his habilitation thesis on the basis of the monograph: Modeled nature, Naturalistic elements in urban composition. He has design qualifications in the field of historic greenery conservation. Author of 56 and co-author of 11 scientific publications, 16 announcements and 5 popular publications. Author of 168 landscape architecture projects, 14 expert opinions and 56 inventory works with greenery value assessment. Author of 24 projects and studies on the revalorization of historic greenery, author of projects for 29 new parks and green areas; conceptual design of the Silesian Botanical Garden in Mikołów; greenery project for the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw; the project of Góra Antonia park in Ruda Śląska (the largest park facility in the world with the use of phytostabilization and fiotoremediation) and the project of restoration of the world's only historic park with a surreal plan at the Silesian Rehabilitation and Health Resort Center in Rabka Zdrój. Author and co-author of computer programs and websites for the selection of plant material. Nominated in 2007 for the award of the Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Katowice in the "Projects and programs" category. Honored in 2009 by the Marshal of the Śląskie Voivodeship in a competition organized by the Board of the Śląskie Voivodeship in cooperation with SARP O. Katowice - the Best Public Space of the Śląskie Voivodeship. Town planning category: Renovation of the green area and the areas around the parish church in Zabrze - Kończyce. The author of the greenery design for the modernization project of Akademicka Street to a pedestrian route, for the implementation of which the City of Gliwice received in 2015 the Award of the Minister of Infrastructure and Development in the Modernization of the Year category.
Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Regional Planning at the Faculty of Architecture of the Gdańsk University of Technology and - from 2021. - Architect of the City of Gdańsk. Fulbright scholarship holder, actively involved in the work of scientific committees within the structures of the Polish Academy of Sciences and professional associations (including ISOCARP, TUP, ICOMOS and TICCIH). He also works on the planning and implementation of various types of urban projects and undertakings, primarily related to the transformation and renewal of cities.
Doctor of technical sciences at the Faculty of Architecture of the Krakow University of Technology. Educator and president of the Children in Nature Foundation. Co-author of the greenery project on the awarded estate "Nowy Strzeszyn" in Poznań. Popularizer of the fourth nature in cities and author of the e-book "Four nature: succession of nature and functions of urban wastelands. "Organizer of the construction of the first Station Natura (Żabie Poły in Zielonki). Co-author - together with Archigrest and Kaja Kusztra - of the permanent exhibition and educational path on the fourth nature on the Warsaw Uprising Mound. Initiator and popularizer of planting the first pocket forests in Poland using the Miyawaki method (Green City Poznań). Author of an installation on biodiversity at the "Anthropocene" exhibition at the Warsaw Pavilion Architecture ZODIAK organized by the National Institute of Architecture and Town Planning.
assistant professor at the Institute of Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Environmental protection specialist, landscape ecologist, botanist. In his scientific work, he specializes in aspects related to ecosystem services that urban greenery provides to city residents and their quantification. He conducts interdisciplinary work in which he combines research on biodiversity, social research on the preferences of city dwellers with the use of modern tools, such as satellite imagery analysis and GIS tools. He conducts projects and implementation works related to the introduction of recreation in naturally valuable areas. She gained experience during research internships, incl. at the University of Greenwich in Great Britain, in 2017-2020 she worked at the European Regional Center for Ecohydrology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Łódź in the international project ENABLE (Biodiversa), in which she developed her international experience in planning green infrastructure in cities.
University professor at the Institute of Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences. Landscape architect, landscape ecologist and phytosociologist. In his research, he has been dealing with urban greenery and its vegetation for 25 years. He conducts interdisciplinary work in which he combines research on the biodiversity of urban greenery, residents' preferences and with his team performs innovative research on the calculation of ecosystem services. He conducts projects and implementation works related to the management of urban ecosystems. Author or co-author of several research grants and nearly one hundred scientific publications. Including books - Applied phytosociology (2014; Warsaw University of Life Sciences), Impact of naturalization of a city park on floristic diversity of undergrowth and park lawns (2013; Village of Tomorrow), Polish plant communities - Forests and scrubs (2012; PWN) and Atlas of sedges with keys for species identification (2018; Multico). Contractor of over two hundred inventories, implementation projects related to greenery and expert opinions. Together with a team, he worked out a database of rare species in Warsaw and on this basis he designated biodiversity refuges as a planning unit, which will allow to protect 40% of the most valuable sites in the city. Co-author of the first ecological park in Warsaw. Together with the Sędzimir Foundation, he developed standards for the care of water reservoirs, taking into account the need to protect their biodiversity.
Dr Victor Beumer obtained his PhD in landscape ecology in 2008. Between 2008 and 2018 he has been working for the Dutch knowledge institute Deltares on urban climate adaptation and nature-based solutions. In 2018 he started his own company working on biodiversity and climate adaptation in the built environment. Currently he is associated specialist Environment for GIB foundation in Switzerland, senior consultant Ecology for the engineering firm Aveco de Bondt in the Netherlands and senior research lead Climate-proof Cities for Earthwatch Europe in the UK. For Earthwatch Victor initiated the UK Tiny Forest programme in 2020 which exists of 148 Tiny Forests across the UK at-present. Tiny Forests are small urban woodlands planted according the Miyawaki method resulting in fast-growing, native woodlands. The local communities are involved through an engagement programme that consists of facilitated citizen science events to monitor the growth and development as well as biodiversity and climate adaptation.
Architecture critic, editor-in-chief of the Architektura & Biznes magazine and portal, devoted to contemporary architecture, design and sustainable development of the city. Editor of books on architecture, juror of architectural competitions, expert in the field of city development and contemporary architecture. Author of numerous articles on architectural criticism. Currently, she conducts research on the development of contemporary Krakow.
Graduate of the Agricultural University in Krakow, Faculty of Horticulture. A nursery specialist with twenty years of experience, a producer of plants for green areas, in his free time he designs gardens for his friends. Member of the Board of the Polish Nurserymen Association, Polish representative in the European Nurserymen Association (ENA), an association coordinating the pan-European Green Cities program in which the Polish Nurserymen Association actively participates. Co-founder and coordinator of Daisy Gardens exhibition during Daisy Dais in Pszczyna and co-organizer of the Silesia Plants nursery fair.
An expert in the field of implementing the elements of Green City Infrastructure and Urban Surface Retention Systems as tools in adaptation to climate change. Working as a small retention specialist in the municipal company Gdańskie Wody, thanks to the development of proprietary design and organizational tools, she had the opportunity to change the city's rainwater management policy towards greater use of the principles of ecohydrology, city ecology and ecosystem services. In the years 2009–2020 she ran her own design studio Zieleniarium. From 2019, a partner in Rayss Group Sp. z o.o. She specializes in designing public areas, estate greenery and solutions in the field of Nature Based Solutions. From June 2022 she is CEO in Stowarzyszenie Architektury Krajobrazu – Association of Landscape Architecture Poland (ALA Poland).
University professor at the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin. Dendrologist and specialist in shaping green areas. Since 2018, he has been the President of the Polish Dendrological Society. The topics of scientific and research works include the following issues: diagnosis of the dendroflora state of Western Pomerania, biology and acclimatization of woody plants in the conditions of Western Pomerania, design and management of green areas, techniques and technologies used in green areas and in tree diagnostics, biological and biotechnical features and reproduction of woody plants. Author and co-author of a total of over 450 scientific and popular science publications, books, expert, arborist, industry studies, implementation and educational projects, as well as numerous court opinions and green areas projects (including historic assumptions and dendrological gardens). Co-author of the study entitled "Guidelines for the national system for the protection of green areas and trees" and the manager of teams developing standards for the maintenance, protection and development of green areas in Szczecin, Stargard and Police. Coordinator of the implementation works of the emerging facilities in terms of environmental, ecological and educational requirements.
Landscape architect with a flair for utility graphics, design and branding, founder of the KA KOBIERSKA design studio in Wrocław, dealing with the design of public spaces. Winner of competitions and author of studies and implementation projects related to NBS solutions, including rainwater management. In her work, she pays particular attention to the use of the engineering potential of ecological solutions, designing in harmony with nature, the habitat, respect for the existing place, and economy of form. She is a co-winner of the 3rd prize (ex aequo) in the FUTUWAWA 2021 competition "How will we live in Warsaw of the future?" for the work of the Warsaw SZEPT. Since June 2022, she has been a member of the Management Board of the Landscape Architecture Association.
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