EPISODE · Feb 15, 2021 · 53 MIN
#17: James Godfrey-Faussett - Growing Urban Forests with the Miyawaki Method
from Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design
James grows urban forests around the UK with his company Wild Urban Spaces and with rewilding organisation SUGi. He is an expert in the use of the Miyawaki Method of afforestation, which is a Japanese approach to rapidly creating healthy, native forest ecosystems, and can be applied to small sites in urban contexts. In this episode we discuss:The Miyawaki MethodThe Forest of Thanks, a Miyawaki forest recently planted in London to express gratitude to NHS workers during the pandemicHow trees make it rain and also alleviate floodingThe mystery of Biodynamics in soilTrees as tsunami defense And lots more!Contact James:https://wildurbanspaces.com/https://www.sugiproject.com/Follow the Green Urbanist:https://twitter.com/GreenUrbanPodhttps://www.instagram.com/greenurbanistpodhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/green-urbanist-podcastContact the Green Urbanist:[email protected] - -Subscribe to the Green Urbanist NewsletterPodcast WebsiteWork TogetherGet in touchUrban Wilding HubGatherMap - Interactive crowdsource mapping toolThe Green Urbanist podcast is created by Ross O'Ceallaigh.
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James grows urban forests around the UK with his company Wild Urban Spaces and with rewilding organisation SUGi. He is an expert in the use of the Miyawaki Method of afforestation, which is a Japanese approach to rapidly creating healthy, native forest ecosystems, and can be applied to small sites in urban contexts. In this episode we discuss: The Miyawaki MethodThe Forest of Thanks, a Miyawaki forest recently planted in London to express gratitude to NHS workers during the pandemicHow...
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