The Making Good Podcast

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What's The Making Good Podcast about?

Join Lee Evans (not that one) as we look at the pioneering people, products, ideas and initiatives building the better world we need right now, before they've made it into the mainstream Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Making Good Podcast episodes:

04.09.2021
Re-greening Paris, with Nathalie Baumann
Re-greening Paris, with Nathalie Baumann This weeks guest is Nath Baumann, urban ecologist with the Swiss Green Infrastructure Consultancy & Lecturer at the Zurich School of Applied Science (ZHAW). Nath joined me to talk about her more than ten years work in the...
03.30.2021
Kelp Forests & Sea Conservation, with Henri Brocklebank
I'm delighted to be joined this week by Henri Brocklebank, Director of Conservation Policy & Evidence at Sussex Wildlife Trust. In an episode recorded in early February 2021, I talked with Henri about kelp as a climax habitat and the...
06.10.2020
Nature & culture in rapidly densifying Indian cities, with Prof Harini Nagendra
Harini Nagendra is Professor of Sustainability at Azim Premji University in Karnataka, India. Her work explores the evolving relationship between people and nature in Indian cities, with publications including Nature in the City, Bengalaru in the Past, Present and Future (2016)...
05.28.2020
Healthy habitats: neuroscience & built environment, with Araceli Camargo
This week’s guest is Araceli Camargo (@aracelicamargo_), cognitive neuroscientist with @TheCentricLab in London. Araceli joined me to talk about the emerging role of neuroscience in explaining how built environments can create pathologies in the people that live in them and...
05.20.2020
Green Infrastructure before and after the pandemic, with Peter Massini
This weeks guest is Peter Massini, green infrastructure policy and practice lead for the Greater London Authority (GLA). We discussed what green infrastructure comprises and why it should be seen as comparable in importance to transport, energy and sewage networks,...
05.13.2020
Urban & rural rewilding: nature recovery networks, with Dr Tony Whitbread
This week's guest is Dr Tony Whitbread, independent ecologist and former Chief Executive of Sussex Wildlife Trust. Tony joined me to talk about rewilding - what wild means in a modern 21st country, and how it relates to other kinds...
04.01.2020
Biomimicry with Lydia Fraaije
This week's guest is biomimicry expert and architect Lydia Fraaije, who joined me to discuss the application of biology - and especially the study of nanostructures - to building and product design, and how explain how insights from the study...
03.18.2020
Clean energy transition, with Kayla Ente
This week's guest is Kayla Ente, founder and CEO of BHESCO, who joined me to talk about the politics and economics of the clean energy transition. We covered a lot of ground, and there's lots here to inspire and encourage...
03.12.2020
Veteran's Growth: horticultural therapy (and beyond) with Claire Vokins
This week's guest is Claire Vokins - horticulturalist, whisky expert and trustee of Veteran's Growth, a charity providing horticultural therapy for service personnel suffering with PTSD. We explored what horticultural therapy involves and how it can help with the particular...
03.04.2020
'People are bringing music with them': Phil Minns on Best Foot Music
I am joined this week by Phil Minns, founder of Best Foot Music, a music label and events hub which works with musicians from around the world to document their musical heritage, as well as facilitate live performances and cross-cultural...
02.26.2020
Activating & Reframing Space with Will Sandy
To mark the opening of his Reframing Space exhibition at The Building Centre next week, I was joined this week by Will Sandy, Landscape Architect and Designer, who has recently returned from a British Council-supported project in Caracas, Venezuela, which...
02.19.2020
From egocentrism to ecocentrism: Studio Boeri’s pioneering mission, with Anastasia Kucherova
I was joined this week by Anastasia Kucherova, senior architect at Studio Boeri Architetti, one of the team behind the iconic Bosco Verticale in Milan where she is based. We talked about what its like being a pioneer of vertical...
02.12.2020
Cities & the Internet of Nature, with Nadina Galle & Sophie Nitoslawski
This week's episode explores the promises of improved stewardship of the urban canopy using cutting edge technology. I was joined by Nadina Galle, PhD candidate in Ecological Engineering and CEO & Co-Founder of Green City Watch, a geospatial AI firm...
02.05.2020
Decarbonising rail travel using community energy - Riding Sunbeams with Ollie Pendered
This week’s guest is Ollie Pendered, Chief Executive of Community Energy South and founding partner of Riding Sunbeams, an incredibly exciting tech startup working with Network Rail to decarbonise rail travel in the UK. What makes it even more important...
11.27.2019
Trees! with Professor Cecil Konijnendijk
As its #nationaltreeweek, my guest is Cecil Konijnendijk a professor of urban forestry working at University of British Colombia in Vancouver. We spoke about the difference between urban and non-urban drivers for tree planting, unpacked their relevance to the climate change...
11.20.2019
Designing for resilient and inclusive cities, with Victoria Lee
This week’s guest is Victoria Lee, lead advisor on Masterplanning & Infrastructure at the Design Council. Victoria has more than 12 years of experience in built environment and has supported over 300 development projects both in the UK and internationally. We...
11.12.2019
The new British Standard for green roof substrate and why it matters
In this weeks episode I spoke with Dr Tom Young, an academic and practitioner of blue and green roofs, with a Phd in substrate design. Tom has been centrally involved in the design and implementation of the new British...
11.06.2019
Circular economy design: the cavalry charging over the hill, with Duncan Baker-Brown
Duncan Baker-Brown is an award-winning architect, senior lecturer at University of Brighton, acclaimed author of The Reuse Atlas and a member of the judging panel for the Architects Journal Retrofit Awards. For over 25 years he has focussed his practice,...
10.30.2019
Nature Based Climate Solutions and beyond, with John Lieber
I spoke to John Lieber, a Canadian environmental professional about nature-based climate interventions in urban areas, and in particular the ecological framework proposal he's recently presented at the UN Climate Action Summit. Here are links to some of the people...

What's The Making Good Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Making Good Podcast episodes:

Re-greening Paris, with Nathalie Baumann

Kelp Forests & Sea Conservation, with Henri Brocklebank

Nature & culture in rapidly densifying Indian cities, with Prof Harini Nagendra

Healthy habitats: neuroscience & built environment, with Araceli Camargo

Green Infrastructure before and after the pandemic, with Peter Massini

Urban & rural rewilding: nature recovery networks, with Dr Tony Whitbread

Biomimicry with Lydia Fraaije

Clean energy transition, with Kayla Ente

Veteran's Growth: horticultural therapy (and beyond) with Claire Vokins

'People are bringing music with them': Phil Minns on Best Foot Music

Activating & Reframing Space with Will Sandy

From egocentrism to ecocentrism: Studio Boeri’s pioneering mission, with Anastasia Kucherova

Cities & the Internet of Nature, with Nadina Galle & Sophie Nitoslawski

Decarbonising rail travel using community energy - Riding Sunbeams with Ollie Pendered

Trees! with Professor Cecil Konijnendijk

Designing for resilient and inclusive cities, with Victoria Lee

The new British Standard for green roof substrate and why it matters

Circular economy design: the cavalry charging over the hill, with Duncan Baker-Brown

Nature Based Climate Solutions and beyond, with John Lieber