GeoVation Challenge winners’ reactions to winning at camp
Last weekend saw our GeoVation Camp finalists make their final pitches How to encourage active lifestyles in Britain. We had three successful finalists from the GeoVation Challenge, winning a share of...
View ArticleBuilding prototypes at Glasgow’s Future Cities Hackathon
With more and more of Britain’s population now living in urban environments, is it possible to harness the power of technology more effectively, to make cities a better place to live in? This is a...
View ArticleIt’s Easter so lets have a little fun!
© 2014 Elenarts/Shutterstock.com EXTENDED TILL 30 April 2014 How do we do that you say? Excellent question! We’re having an Easter Caption Competition just for you, our GeoVation Community. It’s very...
View ArticleWales Coast Path – connecting communities and visitors
In 2012 we ran a GeoVation Challenge asking for ideas to better connect visitors and communities along the Wales Coast Path, helping to stimulate economic growth and opportunities in the coastal areas....
View ArticleStreetkleen: Helping make Britain a better place to live
By Gary Downie, MD of Streetkleen Bio Streetkleen Bio was the winner of the ‘How do we improve the environmental performance of British business?’ GeoVation Challenge. They say inspiration can strike...
View ArticleOS Innovation newsletter — May 2015
If you’re subscribed to our mailing list, our latest OS Innovation newsletter should now be with you. This edition contains information on the launch of the new Geovation Hub, OS OpenMap – Local, and...
View ArticleCycling innovators and the chance to win a fat bike
Bike Week — the biggest nationwide cycling event in the UK — is coming up on 13-21 June. The first Bike Week took place in the UK in 1923 — some 40 years after the potentially lethal penny-farthing had...
View ArticleGreen innovation ventures for sustainability
This Friday is World Environment Day. World Environment Day was established in 1973 and takes place annually on 5 June. The event is organised by the United Nations Environment Programme, each year...
View ArticleAttend a workshop in Exeter, Manchester & Glasgow
Are you interested in how we can make our communities and cities more future-proof? Would you like to develop an idea using smart technologies with the potential to build this into a sustainable...
View ArticleUrban Living Birmingham supports a greener, smarter city
The Greener, Smarter Communities and Cities Geovation Challenge is focussed on developing solutions to communities’ real needs for future-proofing the communities and cities in which we live. Geovation...
View ArticleInnovate UK providing a share of £185,000 funding for Geovation ventures
Innovate UK are lead sponsors of the Geovation Greener, Smarter Communities Challenge 2017. Niraj Saraf, Urban Innovation Lead at Innovate UK announces funding available to winners of the Geovation...
View ArticleWhy Northumbrian Water Group are sponsoring the Geovation Challenge
Northumbrian Water Group are sponsoring the Geovation Greener Smarter Communities Challenge. Clive Surman-Wells, Operational Solutions Manager, explains why they wanted to get involved with this...
View ArticleHow green, blue and open space supports community resilience
At an excellent event, hosted by Scottish National Heritage on 8 November at Battleby, near Perth, Geovation had the opportunity to participate in a workshop on Greenspace mapping. We learnt and shared...
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