Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design
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, urban ecologists, engineers, transport professionals and urban citizens.
The Green Urbanist podcast is hosted by Ross O'Ceallaigh, an urban designer and sustainable placemaking consultant.
Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design
#102: (WILD) Rewilding Urban Parks with Lost Species - Sean McCormack, Ealing Beaver Project
This episode is part of a 6-part series on Urban Rewilding.
My guest is Sean McCormack, Chair of Ealing Wildlife Group. Sean led the reintroduction of harvest mice and beavers into urban parks in London, UK. In this episode we discuss:
- What is 'Urban rewilding' and why we should do it.
- What made these projects successful.
- Getting support from the community.
- What needs to change to make rewilding in cities mainstream.
Previous episodes with Sean:
#72: Sean McCormack - Rewilding Urban London (Part 1)
#73: Sean McCormack - Rewilding Urban London (Part 2)
More about the Ealing Beaver Project here:
https://theealingbeaverproject.com
More about Sean and Ealing Wildlife Group:
https://ealingwildlifegroup.com/
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