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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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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Register for the webinar on 25 April: Nature-led Masterplanning with EcoResponsive Environments

This podcast is a re-upload of my conversation with Prachi Rampuria and Soham De of EcoResponsive Environments from October 2024. We talk about their approach to designing sustainable and resilient new places based on natural systems.

I'll be hosting a free webinar with Prachi and Soham on 25 April on this topic.

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My guest today is Chris Fitch, author of the upcoming book Wild Cities: Discovering New Ways of Living in the Modern Urban Jungle. In this episode we discuss case studies of cities around the world that embrace wilder nature.

We go beyond the usual case studies like Singapore to explore lesser known examples like:

• Tallinn, Estonia - the city with pollinator corridors 
• Tokyo, Japan - mini forests in a hyper-dense city
• Flagstaff, USA - the Dark Skies city
• Wellington, New Zealand - a hotspot for native birds
• + many others

Pre-order the book Wild Cities here - out on 10 April 2025

More about Chris Fitch here.

*Correction: At 44:10, Chris says that Sydney harbour has more marine species than the British Isles or Mediterranean. He actually meant fish species rather than all marine life. It's also more accurate to say that the biodiversity in Sydney harbour is equivalent to the Mediterranean. 

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This episode is a conversation with Stephen Mason, Community Parks Officer at Cheltenham Borough Council. We discuss:

• Urban rewilding projects in Cheltenham - including meadows and orchards
• Reconnecting urban areas with their surrounding landscape
• How the 'rewilding' concept engages communities in biodiversity projects
• Measuring the success of rewilding projects

Don't miss the other episodes in this WILD series: https://greenurbanistpod.com/rewilding

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More about projects in Cheltenham: https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/info/88/urban_greening/1495/improving_our_urban_green_spaces

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Get free tool: https://free.greenurbanist.org/2050climatetool

In this episode I share a free tool you can use to understand what the local climate of 520 major world cities will be like in the year 2050. 

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My guests on this episode are Ian Russell and Jamie Kukadia from the watercourses team at London Borough of Enfield. We discuss:

• 'Rewilding Enfield' - rewilding urban streets, parks and rivers.
• Nature-based flood resilience and sustainable drainage versus traditional engineering.
• Reintroducing beavers to London.
• The benefits of conservation livestock grazing in parks and green belt.
• Advice for others who want to take an urban rewilding approach.

Learn more about the Enfield beavers

Learn more about the conservation grazing project

This is part 3 of the Urban Rewilding series.

Listen to part 1 here:
#102: (WILD) Rewilding Urban Parks with Lost Species - Sean McCormack, Ealing Beaver Project

Listen to part 2 here:
#105: (WILD) Wilding the City, with Sophie Thompson (LDA Design)

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In this episode I share 4 tips for effectively communicating about sustainability and climate change with a variety of audiences like clients, collaborators and the public. The four strategies I share are:

• Start with empathy and tailor your message to the audience.
• Lead with a positive narrative.
• Make it tangible and relevant.
• Don't preach. Co-create and facilitate.

Research paper I mention: Bastin et al (2019) Understanding climate change from a global analysis of city analogues 

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Need help crafting the vision and narrative for your project? Get in touch to see how I can help: Book a Discovery Call 

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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.

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