Sustainable development

Exploring regenerative practices, renewable energy, blue-green infrastructure and the circular economy.

Sustainable development

At FTIH, our 'sustainable development' focus is on:

Regenerative practices and renewable energy: Essential for a resilient future.
Blue-green infrastructure: Integrates urban development with natural ecosystems to enhance climate resilience.
Circular economy: Decouples resource inputs from economic growth for sustainable living.

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How might we make local food and food producers more visible and accessible in coastal communities?

Melanie Foster

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How can we share and visualise data to maximise impact on improving water quality?

Clean Water South

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How do we devise initiatives to drive behavioural change for water efficiency?

Clean Water South

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Informing Dynamic Pricing for Water Abstraction (for Agriculture)

Clean Water South

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What can shift behaviour around the use of household cleaning products to tackle water pollution?

Clean Water South

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Event

Urban Wild 2026

Southampton National Park City

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Help us create a visible vision for a river catchment.

Clean Water South

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Help us develop reactive source‑apportionment tools for identifying problems in water bodies

Clean Water South

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Understanding the impact of planning and road run-off on water systems

Clean Water South

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Planning, maintenance and governance of existing rural road drainage networks

Clean Water South

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Challenge - Understanding the impact of planning and road run-off on water systems

Clean Water South

The Challenge Planning and road‑runoff pressures contribute significantly to pollution, increased sediment loads, habitat fragmentation, and...

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Challenge - Planning, maintenance and governance of existing rural road drainage networks

Clean Water South

Summary Understanding the impact of urban and rural planning, historic infrastructure, and governance structures on water systems by mapping...

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Challenge - Help us develop reactive source‑apportionment tools for identifying problems in water bodies

Clean Water South

The Challenge Understanding which pressures are responsible for negative outcomes in a water body remains one of the biggest barriers to...

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Platform members

These members are interested in sustainable development:

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view member profile "Tom Rushby"

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Tom Rushby

Place-based innovator, co-founder of Love Your Place

11 Connections

-4.5 Credits

6 communities

Senior Enterprise Fellow at the Future Towns Innovation Hub, University of Southampton. Fostering collaboration across sectors and facilitating place-based innovation. Co-founder o ...

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Clint Styles

Professorial Fellow: Place based Innovation

1 Connection

2 Credits

Clint’s senior level industrial, academic commercialisation, ‘place’ and strategic engagement experience allows him to bring different perspectives and oper ...

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John Merritt

Sustainable development support

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I work with Social Enterprise Link (Wessex) Cooperative CIC and Co-operative Assistance Network and we provide business infrastructure support, and business training and consultati ...

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Sustainable development