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Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design

Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design

By: Ross O'Ceallaigh
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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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Episodes
  • #118: Sustainable Street Furniture for Joyful Public Spaces, with Furnitubes

    #118: Sustainable Street Furniture for Joyful Public Spaces, with Furnitubes
    May 19 2025

    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 same price.


    Furnitubes Website: https://www.furnitubes.com/

    The Green Room podcast: https://www.furnitubes.com/podcasts/


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  • #117: (WILD) Wilding Campuses

    #117: (WILD) Wilding Campuses
    May 12 2025

    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-UK
    • Celine Clarke-Miller, Project Manager, SOS-UK
    • Liz Morley, Wilding Campuses Project Manager, Nottingham College
    • Ben Wright, Biodiversity Officer, Archway Learning Trust

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    More about Wilding Campuses

    Website: Archway Learning Trust

    Connect with Ben on Linkedin

    This is part of the urban rewilding podcast series. Listen to all the episodes in the series here: https://greenurbanistpod.com/rewilding

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    53 mins
  • #116: A Climate of Truth, with Mike Berners-Lee

    #116: A Climate of Truth, with Mike Berners-Lee
    May 8 2025

    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

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