Nature is rapidly becoming a defining issue for sustainable property, with growing expectations for projects to protect biodiversity, restore ecosystems and demonstrate credible nature-positive outcomes. This short course will help sustainability practitioners, and built environment professionals understand what best practice looks like in nature regeneration, biodiversity and design and how to apply it.

Across three hours, our speakers will explore the GBCA Nature Roadmap, Green Star Nature Credits and practical approaches to designing, measuring and delivering biodiversity outcomes. Through a series of case studies, participants will see how nature-based solutions are being applied across urban design, precinct development and ecological restoration. This course will provide practical insights to help teams move from ambition to implementation.

What you’ll learn: 

• Understand how Green Star is evolving to support nature-positive outcomes.

• A step-by-step guide to integrating nature via the Green Star nature credits.

• Explore approaches to nature measurement and First Nations engagement.

• Hear how leading projects are integrating nature and achieving biodiversity outcomes.

• Gain lessons from commercial, precinct and beyond-boundary nature restoration case studies.

Who is it for: 

This course is designed for sustainability practitioners, Green Star Accredited Professionals, developers, asset owners, project managers, architects, landscape architects, ecologists, consultants and government teams seeking to strengthen nature, biodiversity and regeneration outcomes across built environment projects.

Our speakers:

• Stephanie Sirianni, Founder, Nature Collective

• Ash Knop, CEO, Wilderlands

• Angeliki Dimitriou, Head of Environment, Investa

• James Hayter, Director and Registered Landscape Architect, Oxigen

• Elham Monavari, Head of Green Star Strategic Delivery, GBCA

This course will be recorded and made available for those that cannot attend in our on-demand library for purchase . Note, group discussion and group work will not be included in the recording.