Green Urbanist
Explore climate action in cities with the people who are making it happen.
Do you want to take meaningful action on the climate and biodiversity crises? Dive into interviews with leading practitioners, researchers and authors to learn about the art and science of sustainability and regenerative design.
With over 100 episodes, the podcast covers the challenges facing cities from all angles, including architecture, urban design, biodiversity, planning, policy, housing, transport, economics and systems thinking. Start listening to learn how to make cities more sustainable, healthy and happy, get inspired and learn actionable advice to inform your own work.
The Green Urbanist podcast is hosted by Ross O'Ceallaigh, an urban designer and educator.
Green Urbanist
#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 episode we discuss:
- Why the neighbourhood scale is optimal for decarbonisation and finding local solutions to sustainability
- Principles and case studies for Net Zero Neighbourhoods
- Retrofitting existing neighbourhoods for decarbonisation
- How to get communities involved and realise local benefits
- Examples of innovative funding mechanisms to deliver net zero neighbourhoods
Read the report on Net Zero Neighbourhoods from AESG/LDN Collective: https://westlondon.com/net-zero-neighbourhoods-report-launched-to-further-the-uptake-for-a-low-carbon-future/
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