Edenicity: abundantly sustainable car-free cities

Kev Polk

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Edenicity (noun) 1. An eden-like city. 2. Economic + ecological abundance. What will it take to build cities as modern day Edens? Discover how design can heal the world and make everyone rich.

EPISODE 1

1 Defining Edenicity

Edenicity (noun) 1. An eden-like city. 2. Economic + ecological abundance.The story of a new word, a new hope, a new approach to sustainability, now that environmentalism has failed.Show notesSourcesGreta Thunberg, Wikipedia, 2020Eric Holthaus, Our planet just set a scary new carbon dioxide record, National Observer, March 7th 2019 Human Population Growth and Extinction, Biological Diversity, accessed September, 2020.Kevin Polk, Gaiome: Notes on Ecology, Space Travel and Becoming C...

22 min
EPISODE 2

2 Ending Mass Extinctions

The global mass extinction threatens our existence in a much more immediate way than climate change. In this episode, we’ll explore how our relationship with the environment is causing this problem, and the ecology of solving it. This constrains sustainable city design to an almost unimaginable degree. But it also provides a glimpse of the stunningly high quality of life that edenic cities could offer.To sign up for Edenicity News and download a reference design, visit edenicity.com Supp...

27 min
EPISODE 3

3 Getting Real

A world tour of car-free cities, sustainable housing and gigantic ecological restoration projects that heal people and landscapes without austerity.ResourcesEdenicity Reference DesignJohn D. Liu, Lessons of the Loess Plateau (52:31)https://culdesac.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_car-free_placeshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car-free_movementhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_planned_citieshttp://www.villagehomesdavis.org/aboutSupport the Show.

20 min
EPISODE 4

4 Living Longer and Healthier

You can add up to 6.4 years to your life expectancy with two lifestyle tweaks that also happen to be the two best things you can do for the planet. But most towns and cities make these lifestyle choices difficult. Discover how, with better design, cities could reduce injuries, illnesses, and the cost of healthcare by 50% to 80%.Support the Show.

29 min
EPISODE 5

5 Designing Greatness

Discover the design secrets behind Apple, Tesla Motors and other disruptive companies, and why we should design cities as if they were consumer products. If you're interested in the future of cities or the future of design, you've never heard anything like this, and you won't hear it anywhere else. Visit edenicity.com to get the latest edenicity news and download a reference design.Support the Show.

23 min
EPISODE 6

6 Becoming a Green Millionaire

How you can make an extra million dollars by making sustainable lifestyle choices, and how cities could be better designed to support that.For a copy of the reference design, please visit edenicity.com.Support the Show.

15 min
EPISODE 7

7 Learning from Rat Park

Discover what a mind-blowing experiment with drug-addicted rats can teach us about designing better cities. Caution: this episode is hazardous to your existing worldview!For the latest reference design, please visit edenicity.com and click the News link.Support the Show.

18 min
EPISODE 8

8 Making Everyone a Billionaire

Why sustainable cities will generate almost unimaginable wealth over the next 3 decades, in two different ways. And how to tell if a city is part of this green rush --or if it's poised on the brink of ruin.For a copy of the reference design, please visit edenicity.com.Support the Show.

21 min

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Edenicity (noun) 1. An eden-like city. 2. Economic + ecological abundance. What will it take to build cities as modern day Edens? Discover how design can heal the world and make everyone rich.

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Kev Polk
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Edenicity: abundantly sustainable car-free cities

Edenicity: abundantly sustainable car-free cities

1 Defining Edenicity

2 Ending Mass Extinctions

3 Getting Real

4 Living Longer and Healthier

5 Designing Greatness

6 Becoming a Green Millionaire

7 Learning from Rat Park

8 Making Everyone a Billionaire

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