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Public engagement training workshop
Have you ever wondered how citizen science projects are created? Do you want to learn how to engage the UK public with issues of environmental concern?
Last modified: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 16:45:52 GMT
NERC
SUCCESS team wins funding from NERC to create a Carbon Capture Garden
Last modified: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:31:15 GMT
SUCCESS ecologist presents research on urban brownfields at BES A
SUCCESS ecologist presents research on urban brownfields at BES Annual Meeting in Liverpool
Last modified: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:28:46 GMT
Joint IFLA AR-URBIO conference in Panama City
Joint IFLA AR-URBIO conference in Panama City
Last modified: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:25:56 GMT
Building Prosperous Cities conference in London
Building Prosperous Cities conference in London - the role of ‘natural capital’ and ‘green infrastructure’
Last modified: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:23:53 GMT
Second SUCCESS stakeholder meeting
Second SUCCESS stakeholder meeting
Last modified: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:04:45 GMT
Roadside pot trials
1 year experiment has begun looking into how the mineral carbonation process is affected by elevated levels of CO2 and NO2 emissions.
Last modified: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 16:09:21 GMT
stakeholder survey
Which benefits of brownfield land are important to you? We need your help with the SUCCESS Ecosystem Services Survey!
Last modified: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 16:45:41 GMT
Success Newsletter: Spring Edition, 2016 PDF 1,163Kb
The SUCCESS Spring edition (2016) is now available. Please click the link for the PDF.
Stakeholder Meeting Newsletter PDF 708Kb
The SUCCESS team recently hosted a stakeholder meeting on the 13th October, 2015 in order to gauge the perceptions of the public and to determine the next steps of the project. The stakeholders also had a chance to view the experiments on site while cone penetration testing was taking place. Overall, a very positive response was received. The newsletter is available here.
Google Earth update reveals SUCCESS plots
Google Earths latest update shows the construction of the SUCCESS trial plots
Last modified: Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:35:58 BST
Plant Growth Experiment 
Following the successful completion of the geotechnical experimental plots in April, another SUCCESS experiment is now up and running at Cockle Park Farm.
Last modified: Wed, 01 Jul 2015 15:53:22 BST
Alter-Net Nature and Urban Well-being 2015 
- Venue: Augustinian Monastery, Academiestraat 1, Ghent, Belgium
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 15:06:00 BST
Prof. David Manning attended the conference in Nature and Well-being in Ghent, Belgium
Last modified: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:33:30 BST
Experimental Plots Complete
Experimental plot trials that will form the main study of the SUCCESS project have now been completed
Last modified: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:08:21 BST
New Paper: Rapid removal of atmospheric CO2 by urban soils
Measured calcium carbonate content of soils to 100 mm depth at a large urban development site has increased over 18 months at a rate that corresponds to the sequestration of 85 tonnes CO2 per hectare (ha-1) (8.5 kg CO2 m-2) annually.
Last modified: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:27:08 BST
Inaugural SUCCESS Partner Meeting
- Venue: The Core, Science Central, Newcastle, UK
- Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:45:00 GMT
The SUCCESS Inaugural partner meeting was held at the Core in Newcastle's Science City complex.
Last modified: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:13:59 GMT
XVI ECSMGE 2015
- Venue: Edinburgh International conference centre, Edinburgh, UK
- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 09:00:00 BST
Ehsan Jorat presenting a paper at the 16th European conference on soil mechanics and geo-technical engineering
Last modified: Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:33:15 GMT
IAFOR ACSEE 2015
- Venue: Art Center of Kobe, Kobe, Kansai Region, Japan
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 09:00:00 BST
Our Research Associate in Sustainability Dr Ben Kolosz will be presenting a paper at the IAFOR Fifth Asian Conference on Sustainability Energy and the Environment in Kobe Japan.
Last modified: Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:18:01 GMT
XV Pan-American Conference SMGTE
- Venue: Hilton Hotel, Buenos Aires
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 09:00:00 GMT
Ehsan Jorat attending 15th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geo-technical Engineering in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Last modified: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:49:10 GMT
David Manning on BBC Radio 4
David Manning invited to BBC Radio 4 to discuss SUCCESS
Last modified: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:17:47 GMT
