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The GreenHouse staff begin arriving for work. Those travelling by bike or on foot are able to shower and freshen up before starting the day. |
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The GreenHouse members host a breakfast meeting to brief journalists preparing to report on the latest findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. |
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Environmental lawyers from Africa, Asia and Latin America attend the first day of a week-long training session co-hosted by The GreenHouse consortium members. |
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Postgraduate students arrive from London universities to use The GreenHouse resource centre. |
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Forestry, climate change and human rights researchers from three of The GreenHouse members bump into each other over coffee and brainstorm a project proposal. |
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A GreenHouse member publishes a new policy brief. All relevant people in the building are notified automatically via email and distribute the information to their international networks. |
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School children from the local community visit The GreenHouse to learn about how its solar panels and energy-efficient lighting are cutting our dependence on carbon. |
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Upstairs in the quiet zone, researchers are analysing data on trade and sustainable development for a paper they are presenting at an international conference next month. But they won’t be flying anywhere for this conference – it’s all happening via the internet. |
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Lunchtime! The restaurant serves sustainably and ethically sourced foods to suit all tastes. |
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The GreenHouse members and partners in India talk live to each other using the latest video conferencing technologies. |
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Passing members of the public visit The GreenHouse to see the new exhibition on traditional knowledge and biodiversity conservation in sub-Saharan Africa. Two of the visitors purchase books from the bookstore in the reception. |
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In the editing suite, a team puts the final touches to a new documentary on desertification in Central Asia. |
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Rarely seen urban birds leave the ecological roof garden where they have been nesting and begin their flight south for the winter. An electronic press release to thousands of journalists in China takes a split second to make the same journey. |
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Brazil’s Environment Minister uses The GreenHouse to give a speech to a broad audience of European policy makers and development practitioners who arrived a short while ago on the Eurostar. |
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The GreenHouse conference centre hosts a public presentation in ‘Environment, Conflict and Cooperation’. |
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Another day is over – and the lights turn off automatically after the last person leaves the building. |
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