Aspire Conference

Today’s episode was recorded live from the Sunborn for the Aspire Conference. Its a gathering of industry professionals and government ministers talking about how to make Gibraltar more sustainable.  We start the podcast by speaking to the organiser Candice Marsh from GSBG. She told us about some of her highlights from the conference.Christopher Martin is a designer for Urban Movement, they work in shaping transport and movement in sustainable ways. He gave us his thoughts on this for Gibraltar’s uniquely small and dense space, and with Gibraltar’s high car usage.Ella Martin Vasallo was representing Bayside School as their Net Zero Learner Ambassador at the conference. She told us how much she’s learned from today’s talks.David Richardson is a Chartered Surveyor has been to the Aspire Conference in the past; he told us how it’s vital to keep an eye of the changes in regulations and technologies available.Sophie Garbarino is the CEO Montagu Group has been involved in putting the conference together. She felt a strong sense of unity in working together to make Gibraltar more sustainable.Gemma Arias-Vasquez MP Minister for Town Planning gave a talk giving an update on the Development Plan, and stated that there are plans to publicise a draft the plan later on this year, and looking for feedback from the public.Dr Emma Fieldhouse from Future We Want knows that people care about climate change, but knows that telling stories about the impact of climate change will help people to make changes in their lives to better the environment.We spoke to the CEO of the Department of the Environment Stephen Warr said that the conference has given him a different way of looking at developments that he feels would be great for Gibraltar.And Javier Torres from Gamma Architects told us how the conference is a great way to get people from the construction industry together, to talk about how we can do better when it comes to designing new developments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.