The Making Good Podcast

Making Good

Join Lee Evans (not that one) as we look at the pioneering people, products, ideas and initiatives building the better world we need right now, before they've made it into the mainstream Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 10.06.2020

    Nature & culture in rapidly densifying Indian cities, with Prof Harini Nagendra

    Harini Nagendra is Professor of Sustainability at Azim Premji University in Karnataka, India. Her work explores the evolving relationship between people and nature in Indian cities, with publications including Nature in the City, Bengalaru in the Past, Present and Future (2016) and Cities and Canopies: Trees in Indian Cities(2019). We explored the way that ancient and more recent human activity helped shape the region's ecology and in particular the way that Bangalore's development has been informed by the need to manage scarce water resources - but also how the particularities of indigenous culture have lent a deeper everyday connection with and understanding of nature - and what (and how) we can learn from the way these challenges are being met. Talking points - the role nature in rapidly urbanising countries/densifying cities - animism and the spiritual connection with nature - how to engage with indigenous approaches to ecology, and how they improve upon colonial attitudes  - ecological memory and forgetting in indian cities - how resource (water) scarcity and human activity to compensate for it has shaped Karnataka’s ecology and the regions’ priorities for modern GI interventions - medicine, food and scent as drivers of our experience of nature in the city - why citizen restoration movements rather than municipalities are the key drivers of ecological enhancement  - how the pandemic story is unfolding in India, and the implications for social urban development LINKS Prof Harini Nagendra - @HariniNagendra Robin Hobbs - Farseer Trilogy via bookshop.org The Nature of Cities Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 Std. 7 Min.
  2. 18.03.2020

    Clean energy transition, with Kayla Ente

    This week's guest is Kayla Ente, founder and CEO of BHESCO, who joined me to talk about the politics and economics of the clean energy transition. We covered a lot of ground, and there's lots here to inspire and encourage as well as a deep dive into the complexities, obstacles and opportunities in the landscape at the moment. Topics include How the margins involved in PV hamper traditional financial investors from supporting uptake Property ownership mix in generation rent as a drag on retrofit and the move to reduce energy use and decarbonising fuel  How property owners can get involved, and why the new retrofit coordinator role is so important in our net zero strategy  How homes of the future will be heated and powered, and how fast the changes are happening The psychology of clean growth The failure of the green new deal and the impact on the ecosystem of expertise needed to undertake the clean energy transition The opportunities for British higher education to pivot to clean energy training Stacking the benefits of decarbonising gas-dependent villages The political economy of nuclear power vs renewables Biomethane and fuel from food & agricultural waste LINKS BHESCO Retrofit Works Energy Vault Community Energy South Community Energy England This Changes Everything - Naomi Klein Energy Revoution - Howard Johns Resurgence Magazine Satish Kumar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 Std. 16 Min.

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Join Lee Evans (not that one) as we look at the pioneering people, products, ideas and initiatives building the better world we need right now, before they've made it into the mainstream Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.