UK & Europe

One Planet Communities in the UK

Established in 2004, the One Planet Communities programme started here at the BedZED eco-village in Hackbridge, South London where BioRegional’s headquarters are now based. Inspired by the lessons we learned in the process of developing BedZED, staff in our London office work directly on the communities in the UK and Europe as well as supporting the project work of the regional offices when needed.

People

Pooran Desai, MA (Oxon) OBE HonFRIBA
International Director, One Planet Communities and Co-Founder of BioRegional

Pooran co-founded BioRegional Development Group in 1994. He is Sustainability Director of sustainable property development company BioRegional Quintain Ltd and heads up BioRegional’s One Planet Communities programme.

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Catherine Sweeney
One Planet Communities Programme and Knowledge Co-ordinator

Catherine works to ensure that the comunities programme is as beneficial to our project partners as possible (i.e. makes sure things tick along efficiently!). She keeps the channels of communication open throughout the network and shares the lessons learnt.

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Ben Gill
One Planet Communities Country Manager, Australia

Based in Greece, Ben works directly with One Planet Communities partners in Europe and Australia to develop sustainability strategies and ensure that projects are on track for meeting the Common International Targets.

Communities in UK and Europe

One Brighton
One Brighton
BioRegional Quintain and Crest Nicholson are the developers behind this award-winning 172 home One Planet Community, plus cafe, training centre and commercial space in Brighton, UK.

One Brighton
Mata de Sesimbra

This €1 billion integrated sustainable building, tourism, nature conservation and reforestation programme in Portugal by developers Pelicano was the world’s first endorsed One Planet Community.

How to contact us

Catherine Sweeney
Tel: +44 (0)20 8404 5971
Email: catherine.sweeney@bioregional.com

BioRegional
BedZED Centre
24 Helios Road
Wallington
Surrey, SM6 7BZ
UK