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Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design

Ross O"Ceallaigh

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

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#106: Sustainable Placemaking - creating places where...

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2025/02/28

In this episode I explore Sustainable Placemaking: an 8-step process for creating places that people love and maximise sustainability opportunities. So many masterplans create soulless and unsustainable places. In this episode I explain how getting the planning and design process right can unlock opportunities for placemaking, biodiversity, circular economy and decarbonisation. - - - https://greenurbanist.org/ Consulting: Book a Discovery Call to discuss your project Free training: U...

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48:57

#105: (WILD) Wilding the City, with Sophie Thompson...

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2025/02/17

This is episode 2 of 6 in the podcast series on urban rewilding. My guest is Sophie Thompson, a landscape architect and Director at LDA Design. In this episode we discuss: How wild nature can be brought into city streets and public spacesThe importance of working closely with local communitiesExamples of LDA’s transformations of highly urban spaces into places for people and nature.How to manage the complexities and constraints of working in cities.More about LDA Design and the projects we di...

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37:47

#104: Local Energy Solutions: Case Studies +...

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2025/02/10

My guest is Duygu Kutluay, a campaigner at Beyond Fossil Fuels. We discuss: Why local community projects need to be part of Europe’s energy transition away from fossil fuels.Beyond Fossil Fuels' new interactive map of community-based energy projects that you can access on their website. Six case studies of local energy projects from across Europe.More about Beyond Fossil Fuels: https://beyondfossilfuels.org/ Local Energy Solutions Map: https://beyondfossilfuels.org/local-energy-sol...

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26:28

#103: The 5 Types of Sustainable Change-Maker and...

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2025/02/03

Workshop on 19 Feb: Find your Unique Role in Climate Action (link) In this episode I explore the different roles that built environment professionals can play in leveraging systems change for sustainability. This is based on interviewing 122 guests on this podcast and exploring systems change research. The 5 types of change-makers are: Champion and CoordinatorResearcher and StorytellerTopic ExpertInnovatorSystems Influencer- - - Workshop on 19 Feb: Find your Unique Role in Climate Actio...

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56:16

#102: (WILD) Rewilding Urban Parks with Lost Species...

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2025/01/27

This episode is part of a 6-part series on Urban Rewilding. My guest is Sean McCormack, Chair of Ealing Wildlife Group. Sean led the reintroduction of harvest mice and beavers into urban parks in London, UK. In this episode we discuss: What is 'Urban rewilding' and why we should do it.What made these projects successful.Getting support from the community.What needs to change to make rewilding in cities mainstream.Previous episodes with Sean:#72: Sean McCormack - Rewilding Urban Lond...

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#101: Sacrifice Zones - Rebuild after disaster or...

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2025/01/20

This episode is a conversation with Jonathan Rosenbloom, Associate Dean at Albany Law School who has researched and written about sacrifice zones. He is also the Executive Director for the Sustainable Development Code.We discuss:Whether neighbourhoods that have been destroyed by natural disasters should be rebuilt or designated as no-build 'Sacrifice Zones'.How US planning departments can use the Sustainable Development Code to ensure new development is low carbon and climate adapted.Note: Th...

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77:49

#100: Create Sustainable Change through your Work -...

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2025/01/13

This is a recording of a live streamed podcast episode to celebrate episode 100 of the podcast. I was joined by three guests, who you might recognise from past episodes:Laura Baron, Head of Sustainability, PurcelScott McAulay, Regenerative Design and Infrastructures Specialist, ArchitypeConrad Richardson, Sustainable Mobility ExpertWe discussed how we as built environment professionals can drive sustainable change through the work that we do. We also touch on some of the amazing work that all...

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54:40

#99: Sustainability Career Advice + 3 Circular...

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2024/12/09

My guest on this episode is Valentina Petrone, a former architect, circular economy expert and Manager of Strategy, Innovation and Sustainability at the New South Wales State Government. In this episode, Valentina gives career advice for those who want to transition from traditional built environment careers into sustainability. We also discuss three of her projects:New South Wales Circular Design GuidelinesBradfield City Centre MasterplanCircular Office FitoutConnect with Valentina on L...

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50:26

#98: Circular Economy: Making Material Reuse Happen...

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2024/11/25

This episode is a conversation with Morgan Lewis, Co-Founder and CEO at Material Index.In the UK, 60% of all waste comes from the construction industry and only 2% of building components in the UK are reused. In this episode, Morgan explains how Material Index are trying to tackle this by working with building owners, contractors and project teams to make material reuse happen at scale.Learn more about Material Index: https://www.material-index.co.uk/_***Course: Sustainability Essentials for ...

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Course launch: Sustainability Essentials for Built...

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2024/11/18

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

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22:47

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

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2024/11/15

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...

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

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2024/11/13

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...

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Kickstart your Sustainability-focused Career...

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2024/11/11

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...

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#97: Climate Adaptation Strategies for Urban Trees...

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2024/10/28

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...

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#96: Mainstreaming Passive Building Design in the...

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2024/10/21

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...

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#95: EcoResponsive Environments: Designing with...

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2024/10/07

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...

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#94: Stories of the Internet of Nature from 'The...

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2024/09/30

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 ...

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#93: An AI Tool to Streamline Biodiversity Net Gain,...

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2024/09/23

This episode is all about technology to help us deliver Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). My guest is Shashin Mishra, VP of EMEA for AiDash.We explore how a new digital tool called BNGAI has been created to help developers, ecologists and local authorities deliver Biodiversity Net Gain on development sites. We talk through how can the tool be used to help designers and ecologists work together in a collaborative way to get better results.I ask the key question: Is this going to replace real ecolog...

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#92: Chicago's Wild Mile and Other Urban Nature...

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2024/09/16

Doug Voigt, a partner at SOM, discusses the Wild Mile project in Chicago and the importance of rewilding and restoring ecological systems in cities. The project aims to reclaim part of the Chicago River as an ecological and community asset. We also discuss how the Wild Mile inspired an innovative approach to flood resilience in the Pearl River Delta. These projects are part of a larger effort to reimagine and retrofit urban infrastructure for the challenges of the 21st century.More about the ...

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#91: A West African Perspective on Sustainable...

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2024/09/02

James is founding partner of HTL Africa, a research-driven architectural firm dedicated to addressing the specific challenges of West African environments. He joined me to discuss what we can learn from traditional west African architecture and urbanism to apply to current challenges of climate change and housing shortages. Learn more about James and his projects: https://www.htlafrica.com/Thanks for listening!Join the Green Urbanist Weekly newsletter: SubstackSupport the Podcast by Donation ...

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