Understand the system around the project.
Living Systems considers the site, activity and decision the work needs to inform. We establish the question and relevant evidence before agreeing an advisory or reporting scope.
Living Systems Advisory
Environmental consultancy
Evidence for better environmental decisions.
Environmental advisory work with the question, evidence and reporting responsibilities clearly defined.
A CLOSER LOOK
Evidence for a defined environmental decision
Evidence for a defined environmental decision
Environmental project advice that connects the question, site context and evidence needed for the next decision.
Project scoping
Clarify the environmental subjects and information relevant to a proposed project.
Environmental reporting
Illustrative study brief for a fictional riverside path: could the proposed path affect habitat? Define the project area and decision, review habitat context and seasonal information gaps, agree access, and separate observations from limitations in the report. This original UNLISPACE example contains no survey findings or regulatory conclusion.
Monitoring planning
A defined monitoring question and the requirements of an appropriate programme.
The question shapes the study
The scope records what the work will and will not establish.
Frame
Project, location, decision and available information.
Plan
Evidence needs, methods, responsibilities and review stages.
Report
Agreed findings, limitations and the next technical decisions.
For an initial environmental brief
Begin with a non-confidential outline.
The activity
Project type, location and stage.
The question
The decision, requirement or concern needing review.
The evidence
Available reports, data and the intended use of the work.
From a question to a study brief
Could a fictional riverside path affect habitat? Define the project area and decision; review available information and seasonal gaps; agree access; then report observations, limitations and further work separately. Original UNLISPACE silent briefing study with playback controls. No actual survey findings or regulatory conclusion.
Working together
Feedback from project partners and communities.
What stood out: the project context and evidence requirements lead the work.
What does the project need to understand?
Environmental scoping, reporting and monitoring enquiries.
Environmental brief
Share the project context, question and proposed timing.
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