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Big Ideas and Innovations
#71: Nate Hagens - Planning for 'The Great Simplification' of Cities
Nate Hagens is a systems thinker and educator focused on a concept he calls The Great Simplification. He has spent the last 20 yea...
#68: Urban Rewilding
What is urban rewilding? Can it be done in cities? Is anyone doing it? In this episode, we explore: History of the rewilding conce...
#67: Co-designing for Spatial Justice with Jane Wong, Lydia Toohey and Tom Greenall (DSDHA)
This episode is a conversation with Jane, Lydia and Tom of architecture and urban design studio DSDHA. We discuss their research p...
#64: Civic Square - Reimagining the Neighbourhood for the 21st Century (with Immy Kaur, Kavita Purohit and Charlie Edmonds)
Civic Square is a Public Square, a Neighbourhood Economics Lab and a Creative + Participatory Ecosystem. They have been doing amaz...
Key Concepts Explained
#106: Sustainable Placemaking - creating places where people and nature thrive
In this episode I explore Sustainable Placemaking: an 8-step process for creating places that people love and maximise sustainabil...
#38: Dr Morgan Phillips - Climate Adaptation
Dr Morgan Philips is UK Co-Director of The Glacier Trust, a UK charity that enables remote mountain communities in Nepal to adapt ...
#33: Doughnut Economics Explained and What it Means for Cities
This episode explains the concept of Doughnut Economics and explores how Amsterdam is using it in its post-Covid recovery. Referen...
#23: Systems Thinking - An Intro for Climate Action in Cities
An introduction to the concept of Systems Thinking and how it is essential for understanding and taking action on climate change. ...
Architecture
#96: Mainstreaming Passive Building Design in the USA, with Phius
My guest on this episode is Katrin Klingenberg, the Executive Director of Phius. Phius is a non-profit organization committed to d...
#91: A West African Perspective on Sustainable Architecture, with James Inedu-George (HTL Africa)
James is founding partner of HTL Africa, a research-driven architectural firm dedicated to addressing the specific challenges of W...
#87: Biophilic Architecture and Design, with Louisa Whitmore (@louisatalksbuildings)
Louisa Whitmore is an architecture enthusiast, TikToker and host of the Nature of Design documentary series. In this episode we di...
#86: Regenerative Architecture Index - Accelerating towards a regenerative built environment
In conversation with Alisdair Ben Dixon (Collective Works), Anna Lisa McSweeney (White Arkitekter) and Isabel Allen (Architecture ...
Urban Design and Masterplanning
#106: Sustainable Placemaking - creating places where people and nature thrive
In this episode I explore Sustainable Placemaking: an 8-step process for creating places that people love and maximise sustainabil...
#95: EcoResponsive Environments: Designing with Natural Systems
This episode is a conversation with Prachi Rampuria and Soham De, co-founders of an urban design practice called EcoResponsive Env...
#92: Chicago's Wild Mile and Other Urban Nature Innovations, with Doug Voigt (SOM)
Doug Voigt, a partner at SOM, discusses the Wild Mile project in Chicago and the importance of rewilding and restoring ecological ...
#90: Nature-Sensitive Urban Design, with Dr Thami Croeser
Dr Thami Croeser is an urban planner with a focus on bringing nature back into cities in practical ways, at large scale. He is a R...
Ecology and Landscape
#109: (WILD) Rewilding and Reconnecting Towns with the Landscape
This episode is a conversation with Stephen Mason, Community Parks Officer at Cheltenham Borough Council. We discuss: Urban rewild...
#108: (WILD) Rewilding for Urban Flood Resilience
My guests on this episode are Ian Russell and Jamie Kukadia from the watercourses team at London Borough of Enfield. We discuss: '...
#102: (WILD) Rewilding Urban Parks with Lost Species - Sean McCormack, Ealing Beaver Project
This episode is part of a 6-part series on Urban Rewilding. My guest is Sean McCormack, Chair of Ealing Wildlife Group. Sean led t...
#101: Sacrifice Zones - Rebuild after disaster or return to nature?
This episode is a conversation with Jonathan Rosenbloom, Associate Dean at Albany Law School who has researched and written about ...
Net Zero Carbon
Net Zero Carbon Made Simple (Mini-Course part 2/3)
Watch this training as a video for the best experience: Link to Video Training This is part 2 of a 3-part mini-course about how to...
#84: Net Zero Carbon Neighbourhoods, with Sam Luker (AESG)
Sam Luker is an Associate Sustainability Director at AESG and led on their new report titled 'Net Zero Neighbourhoods'. In this ep...
#82: Decarbonising Concrete and Steel, with Jeff Rissman
Jeffrey Rissman is Senior Director at Energy Innovation, where he leads the company’s work on technologies and policies to elimina...
#45: Farah Naz - Net Zero City: a 10 Year Transformation Plan
In this episode, we talk about Farah's new book Net Zero City, the role of urban design in achieving a net zero city, and a clear ...
Transport
#40: Disability Mobility with Anna Zivarts, Abby Griffith and Micah Lusignan (Disability Rights Washington)
Today we’re talking about the intersection of of mobility, sustainability, social justice and disability rights. I am joined by An...
#32: Conrad Richardson - Sustainable Mobility in South East Asia
Watch a video of this episode on Conrad's YouTube channel: Conrad is a mobility and climate activist with an international academi...
#10: Justin Hunt (Blaise) - Future of Mobility and Sustainable, Equitable Transport
Justin Hunt is a Canadian engineer and entrepreneur, and CEO of an exciting company called Blaise Transit. Blaise is an AI-based s...
#5: Conrad Richardson - Sustainable Transport, Innovation in the Global South, and Truly Smart Cities
Welcome to the Green Urbanist Podcast, hosted by Ross O'Ceallaigh. This podcast is all about how we can design and manage cities t...
Circular Economy
#99: Sustainability Career Advice + 3 Circular Economy Case Studies, with Valentina Petrone
My guest on this episode is Valentina Petrone, a former architect, circular economy expert and Manager of Strategy, Innovation and...
#98: Circular Economy: Making Material Reuse Happen at Scale, with Material Index
This episode is a conversation with Morgan Lewis, Co-Founder and CEO at Material Index. In the UK, 60% of all waste comes from the...
#76: Community-led, Circular, Green Architecture with Jan Kattein @ The Paper Garden
Jan Kattein is Director of Jan Kattein Architects, a studio that focuses on collaborative, sustainable and community-focused proje...
#74: Property development as if people and planet mattered - Steve Sanham (Common Projects)
Steve Sanham established Common Projects in 2021: a development company led by a purpose to put people and planet at the heart of ...
Systems Change
#103: The 5 Types of Sustainable Change-Maker and Your Role in Systems Change
In this episode I explore the different roles that built environment professionals can play in leveraging systems change for susta...
#100: Create Sustainable Change through your Work - Advice from 3 Experts
This is a recording of a live streamed podcast episode to celebrate episode 100 of the podcast. I was joined by three guests, who ...
#96: Mainstreaming Passive Building Design in the USA, with Phius
My guest on this episode is Katrin Klingenberg, the Executive Director of Phius. Phius is a non-profit organization committed to d...
#86: Regenerative Architecture Index - Accelerating towards a regenerative built environment
In conversation with Alisdair Ben Dixon (Collective Works), Anna Lisa McSweeney (White Arkitekter) and Isabel Allen (Architecture ...
Career Advice
#103: The 5 Types of Sustainable Change-Maker and Your Role in Systems Change
In this episode I explore the different roles that built environment professionals can play in leveraging systems change for susta...
#100: Create Sustainable Change through your Work - Advice from 3 Experts
This is a recording of a live streamed podcast episode to celebrate episode 100 of the podcast. I was joined by three guests, who ...
#99: Sustainability Career Advice + 3 Circular Economy Case Studies, with Valentina Petrone
My guest on this episode is Valentina Petrone, a former architect, circular economy expert and Manager of Strategy, Innovation and...
Kickstart your Sustainability-focused Career (Mini-Course part 1/3)
This is part 1 of a 3-part mini-course coming out this week about how to start bringing sustainability into your work as a built e...
Climate Adaptation
#101: Sacrifice Zones - Rebuild after disaster or return to nature?
This episode is a conversation with Jonathan Rosenbloom, Associate Dean at Albany Law School who has researched and written about ...
#97: Climate Adaptation Strategies for Urban Trees and Woodlands
In this episode I share some learnings from my recent research project about how climate change is likely to affect an urban natur...
#94: Stories of the Internet of Nature from 'The Nature of Our Cities' book, with Nadina Galle
Nadina Galle is an ecological engineer, National Geographic Explorer, science and nature writer, podcaster, and keynote speaker. S...
#88: Restoring Landscapes and Reconnecting to Nature, with Alexandra Steed
Alexandra Steed is a passionate landscape architect with a deep commitment to art, sustainability, and the transformative power of...
Health
#87: Biophilic Architecture and Design, with Louisa Whitmore (@louisatalksbuildings)
Louisa Whitmore is an architecture enthusiast, TikToker and host of the Nature of Design documentary series. In this episode we di...
#62: Helen Pineo - Healthy Urbanism from Planetary to Building Scales
Read the companion blog post to this episode on Substack. Dr Helen Pineo MRTPI is an urban planner and Associate Professor in Heal...
#53: Vanessa Champion - Biophilic Design for Climate Action
Originally an academic at UCL, Ness has a PhD in Greek and Latin, and also worked in the British Museum, honing her interest in re...
#26: Dr Brian O'Ceallaigh - Why Climate Anxiety is Healthy and How to Manage it
Dr Brian O'Ceallaigh is a clinical psychologist working for the national health service in England and he also happens to be my br...