#28: Balázs Erdei - Innovative, Nature-Based Solutions for Regenerative Cities

Balazs is founder of Green Urbanics, marketplace and blog for innovative, nature-based, urban sustainability solutions. He has a long career in business development and innovation, but with a background in ecology. His mission is to support regenerative businesses and bring the best solutions to city governments so they can quickly deploy them and take action on climate change.Innovative Solutions mentioned in the episode:Low Tech:ancient architecture solutions - latticed screens, buildings painted white, covered with green roofs and vines, cooling ponds, using the wind and nature’s other means of regulating airflow and one of my personal favorites featured on Green Urbanics Business Livecast on June 24: https://greencitysolutions.de/en/saving pollinators by not mowing that often, leaving wildflower patches // reforestation in urban settingsGreen Pees of Urban Senses High Tech:Green Fluidics using algae strains and nanofluidics to help regulate building temperaturesAI supported drones picking up garbage on waterways (RanMarine’s Wasteshark) or building energy efficiency (Enerbrain)IoT enabled indoor farming and precision agriforestryperovskite-based transparent solar filmTech for Mindset Shift:evoccoInchaingeUCapture and ReforestFollow Balazs:https://www.linkedin.com/in/balazs-erdei/Follow the Green Urbanist:https://twitter.com/GreenUrbanPodhttps://www.instagram.com/greenurbanistpodhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/green-urbanist-podcastContact the Green Urbanist:greenurbanistpod [at] gmail.com- - -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.