The Green Urbanist

Ross O'Ceallaigh
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The Green Urbanist

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 almost 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. 

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Course launch: Sustainability Essentials for Built Environment Professionals

    Learn more and enrol now: Sustainability Essentials for Built Environment ProfessionalsMy new course is now live and available for purchase. It's an introduction to urban sustainability with practical advice for getting started with delivering more sustainable projects. _***Course: Sustainability Essentials for Built Environment Professionals***Subscribe to the Green Urbanist Newsletter Contact Ross Website Linkedin

    12 min

  2. 6 DAYS AGO

    Intro to Regenerative Design (Mini-Course part 3/3)

    Watch this training as a video for the best experience: Link to Video Training This is part 3 of a 3-part mini-course about how to start bringing sustainability into your work as a built environment professional. In this session, I provide a free training session about Regenerative Design, which is an excerpt from my upcoming full-length course: Sustainability Essentials for Built Environment Professionals_***Course: Sustainability Essentials for Built Environment Professionals***Subscribe to...

    23 min

  3. NOV 13

    Net Zero Carbon Made Simple (Mini-Course part 2/3)

    Watch this training as a video for the best experience: Link to Video Training This is part 2 of a 3-part mini-course about how to start bringing sustainability into your work as a built environment professional. In this session, I provide a free training session about Net Zero Carbon, which is an excerpt from my upcoming full-length course: Sustainability Essentials for Built Environment Professionals_***Course: Sustainability Essentials for Built Environment Professionals***Subscribe to the...

    16 min

  4. NOV 11

    Kickstart your Sustainability-focused Career (Mini-Course part 1/3)

    This is part 1 of a 3-part mini-course coming out this week about how to start bringing sustainability into your work as a built environment professional. In this episode, I give advice for how to approach learning about sustainability and what roles you can play in your career and community.To get parts 2 and 3 of this mini-course as video lessons delivered to your inbox, sign up to my newsletter: Green Urbanist Newsletter_***Course: Sustainability Essentials for Built Environment Profe...

    10 min
  5. #97: Climate Adaptation Strategies for Urban Trees and Woodlands

    OCT 28

    #97: Climate Adaptation Strategies for Urban Trees and Woodlands

    In this episode I share some learnings from my recent research project about how climate change is likely to affect an urban nature reserve in London and climate adaptation recommendations for the reserve's management. I discuss:How to make climate change projections tangible at the city-levelHow climate change may impact on some common tree and vegetation speciesGeneral strategies for how urban parks and natural sites can adapt to climate changeReferences:EU Tree AtlasBastin et al. (201...

    52 min
  6. #96: Mainstreaming Passive Building Design in the USA, with Phius

    OCT 21

    #96: Mainstreaming Passive Building Design in the USA, with Phius

    My guest on this episode is Katrin Klingenberg, the Executive Director of Phius. Phius is a non-profit organization committed to decarbonizing the built environment by making high-performance passive building the mainstream market standard. They are mainly active in USA with some international projects. In this episode we discuss:Why passive design principles need to be adapted to different climate zones - and how Phius has done this in their standards.The role of passive design in net z...

    45 min
  7. #95: EcoResponsive Environments: Designing with Natural Systems

    OCT 7

    #95: EcoResponsive Environments: Designing with Natural Systems

    This episode is a conversation with Prachi Rampuria and Soham De, co-founders of an urban design practice called EcoResponsive Environments and are co-authors of a book by the same name. They joined me on this episode to discuss the concept of designing settlements with an understanding of natural systems as the starting point. They bring together the knowledge of multiple disciplines like sustainability, landscape ecology and water management and present it in a useful way for designers. Mor...

    1h 2m
  8. #94: Stories of the Internet of Nature from 'The Nature of Our Cities' book, with Nadina Galle

    SEP 30

    #94: Stories of the Internet of Nature from 'The Nature of Our Cities' book, with Nadina Galle

    Nadina Galle is an ecological engineer, National Geographic Explorer, science and nature writer, podcaster, and keynote speaker. She helps green professionals use emerging technologies to improve urban ecosystems for future generations. She is the author of the book, The Nature of Our Cities, which is the topic of our conversation. Through rich stories from the book, in this episode we explore:The importance of urban nature for climate resilience, health and children. The Internet ...

    57 min
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About

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 almost 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. 

Information

  • Creator
    Ross O'Ceallaigh
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    102
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 The Green Urbanist
  • Show Website
    The Green Urbanist

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