Greenwich and the Environment Podcast

Diva Wareing, Faz Ahmed

A conversation series with researchers, academics, and leading figures in their field to discuss the most pressing environmental concerns we currently face, and how creative and inclusive solutions are our best medicine.

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COP30 in Belém: What's Frustrating The Locals – and How Can Larpocracy Empower Artists?

Join us as we sit down with Professor Jorge Lopes Ramos to discuss the upcoming COP30 taking place in his home-country, Brazil, and how the local people of Belém are feeling about sustainability's biggest event taking place in their back yard. Jorge also discusses his latest project, Larpocracy, which takes him to the city of Belém to engage and collaborate with local artists. If you liked this episode (or didn't) we would love to hear your thoughts and feedback in our feedback form. This helps ...

Jun 27, 2025•53 min•Ep. 5

AI vs The Planet: Who Will Win?

A.I. Two letters on everyone's lips. It's revolutionising, well, everything, and changing our lives for better or worse. Dr Neil Saunders demystifies AI and gives us the gory details on just how much damage our digital companion is causing to the environment. If you liked this episode (or didn't) we would love to hear your thoughts and feedback in our feedback form. This helps us to improve the podcast and enable us to share your thoughts and opinions with our wider research team to, hopefully, ...

Jun 04, 2025•52 min•Ep. 7

How Bicycle Powered Washing Machines Can Build Sustainable Communities

PhD student, Fred Preston, talks all things creativity with us. He discusses how effective use of creative design can help us to develop a world that not only helps the planet and reduces our emissions, but generates a sense of community and wellbeing for ourselves. Listen to Fred discuss his bicycle-powered washing machine, his PhD which will take him to the arctic, and how if everyone embraced a little more of their creative side then we might just have a healthier planet and communities. If y...

Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 6

Slow Down In Nature With Us

Listen to Dr Hannah Lammin and Anushka Athique Winterbottom discuss their practice-based research, using bodies, movement and slowing down to connect with nature. In this episode, we invite you to experience your own embodied practice in nature by listening in a natural setting and hopefully, by the end you will feel more connected to nature too. If you liked this episode (or didn't) we would love to hear your thoughts and feedback in our feedback form. This helps us to improve the podcast and e...

Apr 15, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 4

Rethinking Cities: What Needs To Change?

Today we're joined by Dr Emilio Costales, Senior Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, who discusses gentrification in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York, what exactly a "smart city" is, and how the way we design our cities can either strengthen or weaken the communities that live there. Follow us on social media Instagram Linkedin If you liked this episode (or didn't) we would love to hear your thoughts and feedback in our feedback form. This helps us to improve the podcast and en...

Apr 01, 2025•59 min•Ep. 3

The Water Crisis: Earth and Beyond

In this episode we speak with Benz Kotzen, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Nature Based Solutions. Benz discusses how his early career in fine art, growing up in apartheid South Africa and studying desert plants have all played a pivotal role in developing his “forever career”. Benz he explores the water crisis and how his research could be used in the first human missions to Mars. Follow us on social media Instagram Linkedin If you liked this episode (or didn't) we would love to hear yo...

Mar 18, 2025•53 min•Ep. 2

Are We At War With Animals?

Join us as we chat with Professor Stacy Banwell about her book The War Against Non-Human Animals: A Non-Speciesist Understanding of Gendered Reproductive Violence . She explores the connections between modern farming and war, challenging the way we think about our use of animals. Follow us on social media Instagram Linkedin If you liked this episode (or didn't) we would love to hear your thoughts and feedback in our feedback form. This helps us to improve the podcast and enable us to share your ...

Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1

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