Anna Dyson, Hines Professor of Architecture and Professor of Forestry & Environmental Studies at Yale University, is also the Founding Director of the Yale Center for Ecosystems in Architecture (CEA). The Center of Ecosystems in Architecture (CEA) unites researchers across multiple fields in the development of transformative systems for the Built Environment. The Center reinvents the DNA of the built fabric and prioritizes the requirements of living ecosystems towards the development of innovative methods for buildings and cities that support biodiversity with clean energy, water, and materials.

In this podcast, Anna Dyson argues how technology and robotics have profoundly changed society into the Age of the Internet of Things. She recognizes the need to rewrite previous decisions regarding our urban environment and our relations between the living and non-living systems. Anna Dyson believes in the future of contemporary urban systems lying in more biocompatible systems and producers of net biodiversity. Dyson advises the young to follow their passion, and to keep questioning your environment, to listen to your own voice in order to become a strongly participating member of society.

#NFFStories is a series of podcasts produced by the Norman Foster Foundation that aims to empower our community to make positive change. A new platform for people around the world to share and hear inspirational stories and ideas that are going to shape the future.

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