Are you interested in the successful implementation of urban resilience strategies? Summary of the article titled Integrative approaches to urban resilience: Evaluating the efficacy of resilience strategies in mitigating climate change vulnerabilities from 2024 by Yang Lv and Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, published in the Heliyon journal. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Joe Glesta in episode 244 talking about urban climate resilience. Since we are investigating the future of ci...
Aug 05, 2024•10 min•Ep 243•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in urban resilience and climate adaptation? What do you think about ‘sustainability is dead’? How can integrating urban infrastructure to the built environment help us with climate change? Trailer for episode 244 - interview with Joe Glesta, the co-founder and CEO of Climasens. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, parasitic and symbiotic cities, New York compared to other places, resilience, and many more. Find out more in the episode . Music by ...
Aug 03, 2024•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast "Optimism is acting without a proper full understanding of how things work." Are you interested in cyclical economies? What do you think about plastic as a material? How can we move from the linear to the performance-based economy? Interview with Harry Robertson, a proactive designer and founder of two businesses. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, circularity, plastic as a material, optimism, measures for circularity, and many more. Harry Robertson is a proactive desig...
Jul 31, 2024•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in a solution for the plastic problem? Summary of the article titled Tackling the plastic problem: A review on perceptions, behaviours, and interventions from 2019 by Lea Marie Heidbreder, Isabella Bablok, Stefan Drews, and Claudia Menzel, published in the Science of the Total Environment journal. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Harry Robertson in episode 242 talking about plastic recycling. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it w...
Jul 29, 2024•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in cyclical economies? What do you think about plastic as a material? How can we move from the linear to the performance-based economy? Trailer for episode 242 - interview with Harry Robertson, a proactive designer and founder of two businesses. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, circularity, plastic as a material, optimism, measures for circularity, and many more. Find out more in the episode . Music by Lesfm from Pixabay...
Jul 27, 2024•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast "We are in a space that any one person can have an impact in some way." Are you interested in rethinking urban planning? What do you think about our power provided by the modern times for changing cities? How can we create better communities and urban collaboration? Interview Craig Ehrke, the Chief Executive Officier at Skai Energies. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, circularity, reconciliation, urban living rooms, smart city, hydrogen energy storage, and many more. O...
Jul 24, 2024•48 min•Ep 240•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in utilising hydrogen in our urban lives? Our summary today works with the article titled Development of a sustainable hydrogen city concept and initial hydrogen city projects from 2022 by Münevver Özge Balta and Mustafa Tolga Balta, published in the Energy Policy journal. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Craig Ehrke in episode 240 talking about using hydrogen for energy storage, among others. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it ...
Jul 22, 2024•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in rethinking urban planning? What do you think about our power provided by the modern times for changing cities? How can we create better communities and urban collaboration? Trailer for episode 240 - interview Craig Ehrke, the Chief Executive Officier at Skai Energies. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, circularity, reconciliation, urban living rooms, smart city, hydrogen energy storage, and many more. Find out more in the episode . Music by Lesfm ...
Jul 20, 2024•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast "In my experience, a lot of change comes from bottom-up, as opposed to the top-down." Are you interested in cultivated meat production? What do you think about sustainability and circularity? How can we use our technological advancements for food production? Interview with Paul Bevan, CEO of Magic Valley. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, the differences in future visions, food industry challenges, personal choice, and many more. As the founder and CEO of cultivated me...
Jul 17, 2024•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in cultivated and lab-grown meat? Our summary today works with the white paper titled Cultivated meat and consumers – 2023 consumer trends and insights for the cultivated meat industry from 2023 by Magic Valley, published on their website. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Paul Bevan in episode 238 talking about cultivated meat. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how we could get our proteins in cities...
Jul 15, 2024•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Trailer for the episode 238 - interview with Paul Bevan, CEO of Magic Valley. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, the differences in future visions, food industry challenges, personal choice, and many more. Find out more in the episode . Music by Lesfm from Pixabay...
Jul 13, 2024•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast "The biggest problems present the biggest opportunities." Are you interested in impact investing? What do you think about circular economy as the mindful use of resources we have? How can we evaluate investment options with the second and third order consequences? Interview with Katarina Throssell, investment associate at Giant Leap. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, impact investing, the private sector’s role, circular economy, education and AI, and many more. Ka...
Jul 10, 2024•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in impact investing? Our summary today works with the article titled Invigorating impact investment networks: Actor-actant engagement in a smart city environment from 2023 by Joanna Vogeley and Paul Ryder, published in the Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Katarina Throssel in episode 236 talking about impact investing. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how impact i...
Jul 08, 2024•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in impact investing? What do you think about circular economy as the mindful use of resources we have? How can we evaluate investment options with the second and third order consequences? Trailer for episode 236 - interview with Katarina Throssell, investment associate at Giant Leap. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, impact investing, the private sector’s role, circular economy, education and AI, and many more. Find out more in the episode . Music...
Jul 06, 2024•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast "The biggest strength for cities is the ability to create the future you want." Are you interested in space robots? What do you think about the next exploratory frontiers? How can we use knowledge for improving our futures? Interview with Tenzin Crouch, roboticist, entrepreneur and explorer. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, space exploration, robots versus AI, diversity of culture, and many more. Tenzin Crouch is a roboticist, entrepreneur, and explorer. Over the last...
Jul 03, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in a solution for resource scarcity from space? Our summary today works with the article titled Platinum group metals extraction from asteroids vs Earth: An overview of the industrial ecosystems, technologies and risks from 2024 by Francisco Ríos Muñoz, Camilo Peña Ramírez, José Meza, and Tenzin Crouch, published in Mineral Economics journal. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Tenzin Crouch in episode 234 talking about space robotics. Since we are investiga...
Jul 01, 2024•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Trailer for episode 234 - interview with Tenzin Crouch, roboticist, entrepreneur and explorer. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, space exploration, robots versus AI, diversity of culture, and many more. Find out more in the episode . Music by Lesfm from Pixabay...
Jun 29, 2024•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast "The problem is solved through action, not by beating ourselves up about it." Are you interested in the future of cities as Pandora’s box? What do you think about environmentally responsible design instead of sustainable design? How can we mine cities to gather resources? Interview with Katie Skillington, lecturer in Architectural Design at the University of Melbourne. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, architects’ role of communication, accelerating material use, ...
Jun 26, 2024•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions of buildings? Our summary today works with the article titled A review of existing policy for reducing embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions of buildings from 2022 by Katie Skillington, Robert H. Crawford, Georgia Warren-Myers, and Kathryn Davidson, published in Energy Policy journal. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Katie Skillington in episode 232 talking about the built environment’s contribution t...
Jun 24, 2024•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in the future of cities as Pandora’s box? What do you think about environmentally responsible design instead of sustainable design? How can we mine cities to gather resources? Trailer for episode 232 - interview with Katie Skillington, lecturer in Architectural Design at the University of Melbourne. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, architects’ role of communication, accelerating material use, sustainability versus environmental responsibility, and many m...
Jun 22, 2024•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast "We are becoming more and more e-centric." Are you interested in telecommunication technologies changing basically everything? What do you include in the term infrastructure? How can we serve people’s needs better? Interview with Ryan Jeffery, Director at Passionate About OSS. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, opportunities with telecommunication technologies, human progress, balance in regulations, and many more. Ryan Jeffery is the founder and director at PassionateA...
Jun 19, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in how information systems help sustainability? Our summary today works with the article titled Beyond smart: How ICT is enabling sustainable cities of the future from 2023 by Hanifa Shah, published in Sustainability journal. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Ryan Jeffery in episode 230 talking about the information and communication technologies’ effects on urban development. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesti...
Jun 17, 2024•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in telecommunication technologies changing basically everything? What do you include in the term infrastructure? How can we serve people’s needs better? Trailer for episode 230 - interview with Ryan Jeffery, Director at Passionate About OSS. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, opportunities with telecommunication technologies, human progress, balance in regulations, and many more. Find out more in the episode . Music by Lesfm from Pixab...
Jun 15, 2024•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast "Everyone and everything has a contribution to make" Are you interested in the city as a social construct? What do you think about the magic of the city? How can we use emotional intelligence for better urban futures? Interview with Dr Dominique Hes, regenerative development thinker, educator, author and researcher. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, cities capturing people, social constructs, truth, fragility and many more. Dr Dominique Hes has 25 years experience in g...
Jun 12, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in regenerative development? Our summary today works with the chapter titled Regenerative development and transitions thinking from 2018 by Dominique Hes and Lars Coenen, part of the Enabling Eco-cities book, published by Springer. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Dominique Hes in episode 228 talking about regenerative urban development and thinking. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see what regenerativ...
Jun 10, 2024•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Trailer for episode 228 - interview with Dr Dominique Hes, regenerative development thinker, educator, author and researcher. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, cities capturing people, social constructs, truth, fragility and many more. Find out more in the episode . Music by Lesfm from Pixabay...
Jun 08, 2024•1 min•Transcript available on Metacast "Councils are the curators of cities." Are you interested in councils as the curators of cities? What do you think about the requirements of a good place? How can we improve cities with small steps? Interview with Bruce Marshall, the Coordinator Economic Development & Smart Cities at Maribyrnong City Council. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, smart communities, good spaces, using data strategically, and many more. Bruce Marshall is the Coordinator Economic Developm...
Jun 05, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in place-making processes? Our summary today works with the article titled Positioning place-making as a social process: A systematic literature review from 2021 by Poeti Nazura Gulfira Akbar and Jurian Edelenbos, published in the Cogent Social Sciences journal. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Bruce Marshall in episode 226 talking about place-making as the process of bringing out the magic of the place. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I ...
Jun 03, 2024•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Trailer for episode 226 - interview with Bruce Marshall, the Coordinator Economic Development & Smart Cities at Maribyrnong City Council. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, smart communities, good spaces, using data strategically, and many more. Find out more in the episode . Music by Lesfm from Pixabay...
Jun 01, 2024•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast "If you don't create a culture for making the things, then you lose out on everyone that engages with the things." Are you interested in continuous urban change? What do you think about mobility tools beside cars? How can we create pleasant cities? Interview with Julian O’Shea, researcher, content creator and designer. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, emission reductions, apartment living, continuous urban change, and many more. Dr Julian O'Shea is a researche...
May 29, 2024•37 min•Ep 224•Transcript available on Metacast