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Everyone seems to love vegetated buildings like 'Bosco Verticale' in Milan (pictured). So, why isn't this a standard building approach for new buildings? Why are there still so few of them?In this episode I go under the surface and explain three reasons why vertical forest buildi ... Show More

Urban Wilding Hub is a new not-for-profit with the mission to mainstream rewilding in towns and cities across Europe. In this episode I explain why I'm launching this and how you can get involved.WebsiteWilding PartnersUrban Wilding Projects MapContact about volunteering or colla ... Show More

Biomimicry has the potential to transform the way we design buildings, public spaces and local economies to reduce environmental harm and improve our health. Architect and author Michael Pawlyn joins me to discuss the newly released third edition of his book 'Biomimicry in Archit ... Show More

<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bram-dewolfs-81530b53/overlay/about-this-profile/">Bram Dewolfs</a>  (Director of Urban Foxes, Placemaker, Brussel, Belgium)</p> <p><br></p> <p>We are talking about:</p> <p>- <a href="https://www.urbanfoxes.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopen ... Show More

Ashleigh Papp, an animal scientist turned storyteller, takes us on into the field. Conservationists and animal behaviorists were once restricted to wildlife data gathered manually. Now new technologies are expanding the amount of passively collected data—and machine learning is h ... Show More

In this episode, we focus on how we can beautify our cities while delivering environmental benefits through a process called urban greening. Urban greening refers to public landscaping and urban forestry projects that create mutually beneficial relationships between city dwellers ... Show More

Mumbai is not commonly seen as a bike-friendly city because of its dense traffic and the absence of bicycle lanes. Yet the city supports rapidly expanding and eclectic bicycle communities. Exploring how people bike and what biking means in the city, Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria chall ... Show More

Tens of thousands of animal species are facing extinction, mostly because of human activity. But thanks to conservationists, there are some animals that are making a comeback. This is part four of “The New Conservationists,” a four-part series about the evolving world of animal c ... Show More

<p class="MsoNormal">This week we're joined by Ben Wilson to talk about his most recent book <a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/82228/9780385548113">Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature in the City</a>. We chat about how plants took root in the rubble of wars and blank sp ... Show More

<p>J’ai le plaisir de recevoir dans ce nouvel épisode Antoine Clément qui va partager avec nous un défi hors du commun.</p><br><p>À 24 ans, Antoine a entrepris un projet audacieux : traverser les États-Unis du Mexique au Canada en suivant le Pacific Crest Trail. 4 270 km, 120 000 ... Show More

<p>J’ai le plaisir de recevoir dans ce nouvel épisode Antoine Clément qui va partager avec nous un défi hors du commun.</p><br><p>À 24 ans, Antoine a entrepris un projet audacieux : traverser les États-Unis du Mexique au Canada en suivant le Pacific Crest Trail. 4 270 km, 120 000 ... Show More

A new kind of city park has emerged in the early twenty-first century. Postindustrial parks transform the derelict remnants of an urban past into distinctive public spaces that meld repurposed infrastructure, wild-looking green space, and landscape architecture. For their propone ... Show More

<p>The Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, DC is sometimes called “the people’s zoo.” That’s because it’s the only zoo in the country to be created by an act of US Congress, and admission is free.</p><p>But why did our federal government create a national zoo in t ... Show More