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.
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This episode is a conversation with Catherine Barratt, Managing Director of Furnitubes. Furnitubes create modular street furniture that helps to bring communities together. In this episode we discuss how they are innovating with sustainable materials and manufacturing processes to create lower impact furniture at the s
This episode is a conversation about the "Wilding Campuses" programme, led by Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK). We talk about the practicalities of applying a "wilding" approach on highly altered and designed landscapes on educational campuses. My guests are:Jo Wilkinson, Senior Project Manager, SOS-UKC
Mike Berners-Lee is a consultant and author of the new book A Climate of Truth. In this episode we discuss the polycrisis and how raising standards of honesty is essential to respond to the challenges we are facing. Learn more about and purchase the book: A Climate of Truth - - - Subscribe to the Green Urbanist Newslet
This is a conversation with Elliot Newton and Ben Stockwell of Citizen Zoo, a Community Interest Company that are rewilding urban areas with communities. We talk about:What rewilding in the city meansGrazing animals in urban green spacesReintroducing water voles and beavers to LondonBringing white storks back to London
This is a conversation with Scott McAulay, Regenerative Design and Infrastructures Specialist at pioneering architecture studio Architype. We talk about:What "regenerative design" means in practice for an architecture studioWorking with clients in a regenerative processCircular economy principles as a gateway into rege
This episode is a conversation with Salem Qunsol, Principal Sustainability Consultant at Verte, about the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard. Salem was one of the contributors to the standard. He joined me to discuss:The best practice approach to Net Zero Carbon building designThe role of natural materials like tim
