All Episodes

Making climate action mainstream, with Helen Meech (The Climate Coalition)

GatherMap - I made a simple tool for digital public engagement and crowdsourcing data

Why aren't there more 'vertical forest' buildings? (3 reasons)

Urban Wilding Hub - Mainstreaming rewilding in cities

#120: Biomimicry in Architecture and Urbanism, with Michael Pawlyn

Nature-led Urban Design - Join our study tour and masterclass in London on 25 September

#119: Timber-first Development, with Bywater Properties

#118: Sustainable Street Furniture for Joyful Public Spaces, with Furnitubes

#117: (WILD) Wilding Campuses

#116: A Climate of Truth, with Mike Berners-Lee

#115: (WILD) Urban Rewilding with Communities, with Citizen Zoo

#114: Regenerative Design in Practice, with Scott McAulay (Architype)

#113: The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard explained

#112: How to make sustainability irresistible

#111: Engaging Communities with the Future of Place and Nature, with the Place Bureau

Nature-led Masterplanning and Placemaking + Webinar Announcement

#110: Wild Cities - Lessons from cities where biodiversity thrives

#109: (WILD) Rewilding and Reconnecting Towns with the Landscape

Free Tool: Your City's Climate in 2050

#108: (WILD) Rewilding for Urban Flood Resilience

#107: Strategies for Communicating Sustainability with Clients and Communities

#106: Sustainable Placemaking - creating places where people and nature thrive

#105: (WILD) Wilding the City, with Sophie Thompson (LDA Design)

#104: Local Energy Solutions: Case Studies + Interactive Map

#103: The 5 Types of Sustainable Change-Maker and Your Role in Systems Change

#102: (WILD) Rewilding Urban Parks with Lost Species - Sean McCormack, Ealing Beaver Project

#101: Sacrifice Zones - Rebuild after disaster or return to nature?

#100: Create Sustainable Change through your Work - Advice from 3 Experts

#99: Sustainability Career Advice + 3 Circular Economy Case Studies, with Valentina Petrone

#98: Circular Economy: Making Material Reuse Happen at Scale, with Material Index

#97: Climate Adaptation Strategies for Urban Trees and Woodlands

#96: Mainstreaming Passive Building Design in the USA, with Phius

#95: EcoResponsive Environments: Designing with Natural Systems

#94: Stories of the Internet of Nature from 'The Nature of Our Cities' book, with Nadina Galle

#93: An AI Tool to Streamline Biodiversity Net Gain, with Shashin Mishra (BNGAI)

#92: Chicago's Wild Mile and Other Urban Nature Innovations, with Doug Voigt (SOM)

#91: A West African Perspective on Sustainable Architecture, with James Inedu-George (HTL Africa)

#90: Nature-Sensitive Urban Design, with Dr Thami Croeser

#89: A Planning System to Address the Climate and Housing Crises, with Shaun Spiers

#88: Restoring Landscapes and Reconnecting to Nature, with Alexandra Steed

#87: Biophilic Architecture and Design, with Louisa Whitmore (@louisatalksbuildings)

#86: Regenerative Architecture Index - Accelerating towards a regenerative built environment

#85: Using 3D Modelling, Digital Twins and Generative Design for Sustainability, with VU.CITY

#84: Net Zero Carbon Neighbourhoods, with Sam Luker (AESG)

#83: Decolonise Architecture, with Mohit Buch and Sue Yen Chong

#82: Decarbonising Concrete and Steel, with Jeff Rissman

#81: Reimagining Roads as Public Space, with LDA (Landscape Mini-Series Part 4)

#80: Transforming an Urban Park, with LUC (Landscape Mini-Series Part 3)

#79: Biourbanism and Landscape Design Code, with McGregor Coxall (Landscape Mini-Series Part 2)

#78: Landscape-led Response to Climate Change, with the Landscape Institute (Landscape Mini-Series Part 1)

#77: Tackling Overheating in Buildings with Antonietta Canta (Arup)

#76: Community-led, Circular, Green Architecture with Jan Kattein @ The Paper Garden

#75: From Net Zero Carbon to Regenerative Design at SOM - Kent Jackson and James Woodall

#74: Property development as if people and planet mattered - Steve Sanham (Common Projects)

#73: Sean McCormack - Rewilding Urban London (Part 2)

#72: Sean McCormack - Rewilding Urban London (Part 1)

#71: Nate Hagens - Planning for 'The Great Simplification' of Cities

#70: Climate Adaptation Explained - Resilience, Transition, Transformation

#69: Tara Gbolade and Lanre Gbolade - Sustainable Design and City-Shaping with Gbolade Design Studio

#68: Urban Rewilding

#67: Co-designing for Spatial Justice with Jane Wong, Lydia Toohey and Tom Greenall (DSDHA)

#66: Designing a Sustainable Neighbourhood at The Phoenix with Xavier Smales and Andy Tugby (Human Nature)

#65: Joe Morris - Morris+Company Office Tour, Architecture, Circularity and Food

#64: Civic Square - Reimagining the Neighbourhood for the 21st Century (with Immy Kaur, Kavita Purohit and Charlie Edmonds)

#63: Israa Mahmoud - Co-designing Nature-based Solutions in Cities

#62: Helen Pineo - Healthy Urbanism from Planetary to Building Scales

#61: Fact Checking the Norman Foster Dezeen Interview

#60: Rob Hopkins - Why Climate Action Needs Imagination

#59: Why cities need Transformational Adaptation and what it could mean for urban ecosystems

#58: Creating a Culture of Sustainable Design with Glenn Howells Architects

#57: Laura Baron (Purcell) - Sustainability in Historic Buildings

#56: Joao Cortesao - Climate-Responsive Urban Design, Adaptation and Research Through Design

#55: Tim Stonor and Anna Rose (Space Syntax) - Science-based Human-centric Urbanism

#54: Dr Dorina Pojani - Eco-Feminist Urbanism

#53: Vanessa Champion - Biophilic Design for Climate Action

#52: Divya Hariramani - Community Orchards, Urban Fruit Trees and Social Sustainability

#51: Regenerative Highrise with Tomas Stokke (Haptic Architects) and Shonn Mills (Ramboll)

#50: The Critical Decade of Climate Action, with Giulia Mori

#49: "We're not doing doom and gloom!" - Live from Footprint+ Sustainability Conference

#48: Younha Rhee & Gustavo Brunelli (Atelier Ten) - Environmental Design

#47: Primal City (Part 3) - Biophilia and Urban Ecology

#46: Decolonising Sustainability, with Samantha Suppiah, Christina Mirasol Sayson, Anna Denardin and Nolita Mvunelo (Possible Futures)

#45: Farah Naz - Net Zero City: a 10 Year Transformation Plan

#44: Steve O'Reilly (The Rediscovery Centre) - Circular Economy and Social Value

#43: Primal City (Part 2) - Housing for Homo Sapiens

#42: Primal City (Part 1): Why Urbanists Should Study Hunter Gatherers

#41: Michael Pawlyn (Flourish) - Regenerative Design, Biomimicry and Systems Change

#40: Disability Mobility with Anna Zivarts, Abby Griffith and Micah Lusignan (Disability Rights Washington)

#39: Simon Pitkeathley - Camden High Line and Climate Action for Local Businesses

#38: Dr Morgan Phillips - Climate Adaptation

#37: The Problem with Net Zero Carbon (an Urban Design Perspective)

#36: Chris Churchman - Soil, the Forgotten Carbon Sink

#35: Rachel Hoolahan (Orms) - Circular Economy and Material Passports

#34: George Payiatis - Masterplanning Sustainable, Beautiful Places

#33: Doughnut Economics Explained and What it Means for Cities

#32: Conrad Richardson - Sustainable Mobility in South East Asia

#31: Scott McAulay - Anthropocene Architecture School

#30: Ran Boydell - Adapting Buildings to a New Climate Era and Retrofitting for Net Zero Carbon

#29: Dr Hossein Sadri - De-Urban Design, Paradigm Shifts and Indigenous Knowledge

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

#27: Dr Nadina Galle - The Internet of Nature, Technology and Urban Ecology

#26: Dr Brian O'Ceallaigh - Why Climate Anxiety is Healthy and How to Manage it

#25: Alice Schmidt (The Sustainability Puzzle) - Systems Thinking, Circularity and the End of Civilisation?

#24: Luke Newcombe (GrowN22) and Charles Linton - London National Park City Rangers

#23: Systems Thinking - An Intro for Climate Action in Cities

#22: Arthur Kay (Skyroom) - Densify Cities with Affordable Homes for Key Workers

#21: Jake Attwood-Harris (Hawkins\Brown) - Whole Life Carbon, Zero Carbon Architecture and Retrofitting for Sustainability

#20: Jonny McKenna and Dhruv Sookhoo (Metropolitan Workshop) - A New Kind of Suburbia and Practice-Based Research

#19: Virginia Cinquemani - Key Skills for a Successful Sustainability Career

#18: Liza Degtyareva (4D Sustainability) - Small Business Sustainability, Regenerative Economy, and UN Sustainable Development Goals

#17: James Godfrey-Faussett - Growing Urban Forests with the Miyawaki Method

#16: Are Tall Buildings Sustainable?

#15: Psychology of Climate Action

#14: Livestock and Climate Change - Why Cows are not (Necessarily) Evil

#13: Stig Terrebonne (Human City Podcast) - Lessons Learned from Leading Urbanists

#12: Salem Qunsol - Sustainability in the Middle East, Urban Resilience and Bouncing Forward after Covid-19

#11: Carbon is Making our Food Less Nutritious

#10: Justin Hunt (Blaise) - Future of Mobility and Sustainable, Equitable Transport

#9: Tiago de Zoeten (Mossy Earth) - Using Reforestation and Rewilding to fight Climate Change

#8: Planning for the Future - White Paper on a New Planning System for England

#7: Niall McEvoy - Breathing Life into Cities: Urban Greening, Air Quality, Biophilia and Biodiversity

#6: Climate Change in Cities - Sea Level Rise and Jakarta, the Sinking Megacity

#5: Conrad Richardson - Sustainable Transport, Innovation in the Global South, and Truly Smart Cities

#4: Climate Change in Cities - Heat Waves, Water Shortage and Crime Rates

#3: Giulia Mori - Wellbeing in the Built Environment

#2: Three Actions for Cities transitioning to Zero Carbon

#1: Zero Carbon Britain

Introduction to the Green Urbanist Podcast