Wood Science | Independent advisor
David Hedges
Housing
Gary Newman
Chief Executive
Christiane Lellig
Regenerative Development | Independent advisor
Dr Diana Waldron
Built Environment
Chris Jones
Specialist Advisor (Forestry) Chris is an independant specialist forestry advisor for WKW. He has over 35 years experience of woodland management in Wales previously working for Forestry Commission Wales, Forest Research and Natural Resources Wales. Chris has specialised in understanding and using silviculture to enable the development and management of resilient and sustainable woodlands. Critically he is […]
Reflections Post COP26
Was COP26 a big success or a missed opportunity? Viewed positively, the conference represented a significant ‘shifting of the dial’ with new pledges and targets, writes Gary Newman. On the other hand, it was not the transformative moment that many had hoped for.
Communities of Practice: Harnessing the power of collaboration
Over recent years, systems change researchers and practitioners have concluded that building coalitions and working collaboratively is the only way to face the complex issues of climate change, biodiversity loss and social injustice. Yet, most of our business interactions are coined by competitive culture.
Learning to build better homes
Since the formal end of the Home-Grown Homes Project in March we’ve been applying the learning from it with social landlords. We’re moving from research into implementation – inviting social landlords to identify projects we could support them on. We have also formed a community of practice for our member development teams which has so […]
Reality bites: confronting our progress and set-backs—An update on the Welsh Timber Windows project
It all sounded so straight forward: Bring some interested joinery businesses together, agree a joint window specification based on the type of windows they currently manufacture to PAS24 standard, define protocols and processes, then get certification. Done. From the outset, we knew it would be more complex than that, of course. There are the technical […]
