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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The Green Urbanist podcast is hosted by Ross O'Ceallaigh.

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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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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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 means
• Grazing animals in urban green spaces
• Reintroducing water voles and beavers to London
• Bringing white storks back to London
• The challenges and opportunities of rewilding cities

Links
Citizen Zoo website: https://www.citizenzoo.org/

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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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 studio
• Working with clients in a regenerative process
• Circular economy principles as a gateway into regenerative design
• Why regenerative design is also about social justice and local economies
• The role of natural materials
• Co-creating your own job

Links:
Connect with Scott on Linkedin

Website: Architype

Instagram: Anthropocene Architecture School

Instagram: Anthropocene Architecture School Library

Website: Architecture Fringe

Book recommendations:
Ecominimalism: The Antidote to Eco-bling by Howard Liddell
FutuRestorative: Working Towards a New Sustainability by Martin Brown
The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables from a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh

Previous episodes with Scott:
#31: Scott McAulay - Anthropocene Architecture School

#100: Create Sustainable Change through your Work - Advice from 3 Experts

Cover image: Sketch by Architype of the Royal Agricultural University Innovation Campus

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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 design
• The role of natural materials like timber in net zero
• The role and risks of offsetting emissions
• Combining circular economy and net zero carbon approaches
• Concrete and cement in sustainable buildings

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Verte's website

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Course: Urban Sustainability Career Kickstart

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Register for the Webinar (25 April): Nature-based Masterplanning

My guest is Virginia Cinquemani, a coach, trainer and Director at Green Gorilla. In this episode we discuss strategies from her book The Good Communicator on how to communicate sustainability with clients, communities and colleagues.

This episode is for anyone who wants practical advice on how to promote sustainability by understanding why people are resistant to change and the importance of co-creation in any project.

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Green Gorilla website

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My guests today are Rosanna Vitiello, Chief at the Place Bureau, and Domenica Landin, Associate Design Researcher at Place Bureau.

Place Bureau is a research, strategy and design studio that defines new frontiers for places around the world.

We talk about:

• How to meaningfully engage communities with the future of their places and climate adaptation.
• The Collaborative Place Futures Toolkit, a practical tool for engaging communities in the future.
• How coastal communities can create positive plans for the future in response to rising sea levels.
• Their book Natural Futures, which explores the future of human-nature interactions in an era of change.

Learn more about Place Bureau: https://www.theplacebureau.com/

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