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Green Urbanist - Placemaking in the Climate Crisis
100+ episodes exploring climate action in cities and neighbourhoods.
This show provides actionable advice and case studies on:
- Sustainable urban design and placemaking principles.
- How to design cities and neighbourhoods for biodiversity net gain and wildlife.
- Climate adaptation: How to build resilience to climate change in cities.
- Net zero carbon masterplanning and architecture.
- Circular economy: How to minimise waste and emissions in new development.
- Transport: How to transition cities away to sustainable and active travel.
- Regenerative Design: Delivering positive benefits for the environment and communities.
Who is it for? Urban designers, planners, developers, architects, landscape architects, sustainability consultants, ecologists, engineers, transport specialists and community leaders.
The Green Urbanist podcast is hosted by Ross O'Ceallaigh, an urban designer, educator and nonprofit leader.
Green Urbanist - Placemaking in the Climate Crisis
Latest Episodes
Making climate action mainstream, with Helen Meech (The Climate Coalition)
This episode is a conversation with Helen Meech, Executive Director of the UK-based nonprofit The Climate Coalition. We talk about: How they are bringing climate action to millions of people through 'The Great Big Green Week'.<...
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GatherMap - I made a simple tool for digital public engagement and crowdsourcing data
With GatherMap you can create beautiful, interactive maps for public engagement and crowdsourcing data with maps. Learn more here: https://gathermap.greenurbanist.org/
Why aren't there more 'vertical forest' buildings? (3 reasons)
Everyone seems to love vegetated buildings like 'Bosco Verticale' in Milan (pictured). So, why isn't this a standard building approach for new buildings? Why are there still so few of them?In this episode I go under the surface and expla...
Urban Wilding Hub - Mainstreaming rewilding in cities
Urban Wilding Hub is a new not-for-profit with the mission to mainstream rewilding in towns and cities across Europe. In this episode I explain why I'm launching this and how you can get involved.
#120: Biomimicry in Architecture and Urbanism, with Michael Pawlyn
Biomimicry has the potential to transform the way we design buildings, public spaces and local economies to reduce environmental harm and improve our health. Architect and author Michael Pawlyn joins me to discuss the newly released...
