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
#109: (WILD) Rewilding and Reconnecting Towns with the Landscape
This episode is a conversation with Stephen Mason, Community Parks Officer at Cheltenham Borough Council. We discuss:
- Urban rewilding projects in Cheltenham - including meadows and orchards
- Reconnecting urban areas with their surrounding landscape
- How the 'rewilding' concept engages communities in biodiversity projects
- Measuring the success of rewilding projects
Don't miss the other episodes in this WILD series: https://greenurbanistpod.com/rewilding
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More about projects in Cheltenham: https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/info/88/urban_greening/1495/improving_our_urban_green_spaces
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The Green Urbanist podcast is created by Ross O'Ceallaigh.