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Exploring Health, Equity, and Climate with Gail Vittori
Join Sustainable Futures as we speak with Gail Vittori, Co-Director of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, about sustainable healthcare, resilient building, and the transformative role of the natural world in enhancing our well-being.
Sustainable Future Podcast: Seeing the Future of Agriculture: Leading Climate Action with Cynthia Rosenzweig
In this episode, Sustainable Futures sits down with climate science pioneer Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig to discuss the impacts and opportunities of climate change on our urban environments and how we can create more resilient communities.
Sustainable Future Podcast: Seeing the Future of Agriculture
In this episode, Sustainable Futures sits down with microbiologist and Columbia University Professor Emeritus Dr. Dickson Despommier to discuss his pioneering work and thought leadership on vertical farming.
Sustainable Future Podcast: Integrating Food Systems in the Urban Landscape
In this episode, Sustainable Futures sits down with professor, researcher, and advocate Dr. Sabine O’Hara to discuss urban agriculture, food justice, and the fostering of a better relationship with the products that sustain us.
Sustainable Future Podcast: Better Buildings through Biophilic Design
Join us for a conversation on the powerful impacts natural systems can have on our brain chemistry and psychology and the economic implications that has for how we consider and design our spaces.
Pioneering Ecology Based Architecture with Ken Yeang
Ken Yeang talks about the power of natural systems, the growth of ecological design, and hear about many of the stunning and verdant projects Ken has had a hand in over the course of his illustrious career.
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Water Podcast
In this episode, Sustainable Futures sits down with artist, designer, and thought leader Herbert Dreiseitl to discuss the critical role of water in natural ecosystems, and what lessons can be learned and applied to our urban environments. To cope with climate change, cities need to better use their natural infrastructure assets to manage and treat water before it becomes a problem to the community.
Water and the Systems that Drive Ecology
In this episode, Sustainable Futures sits down with educator and research Dr. Olyssa Starry Ph.D. to discuss the part water plays in urban ecology and the physical chemistry of plants and how this can affect the achievement of sustainability goals.
Replicating Ecologies with Dusty Gedge
This episode, Sustainable Futures sits down with noted ecologist Dusty Gedge, president of the European Federation of Green Roof and Wall Associations, to discuss fostering biodiversity through urban naturalization, developments in bio-solar technologies, and his background as a lifelong birder. Join us for a conversation on his life as a passionate bird watcher, his career advocating for biodiverse green infrastructure, and the imperative of addressing the climate crisis for future generations.
Biodiversity and the Role of Insects
In this episode, Sustainable Futures sits down with Assistant Professor Scott Macivor of the University of Toronto to discuss the critical role of insects in the natural world, how climate change affects insect communities and populations, and the ways in which green roofs and green infrastructure can support and enhance those communities in our urban environments. Join us for a conversation on biodiversity and its role in our society, how insects support and influence the natural environment, and how we can develop comprehensive ecosystems.
Nicole Austin & Arlene Throness - Food, Social Justice, and Community Healing
This episode, Sustainable Futures is joined by Nicole Austin, Black Student Engagement Coordinator, and Arlene Throness, Urban Farm Manager, to discuss their work with the urban rooftop farms at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Dr. Mike Dixon, Green Infrastructure Among the Stars
This episode, Sustainable Futures is joined by Dr. Mike Dixon, PhD to discuss his futuristic work in developing a biological life support system based on plants for the International Space program through the Space and Advanced Life Support Agriculture (SALSA) program at the University of Guelph.
Ed Snodgrass, 5th Generation Farmer and Green Roof Pioneer
This Sustainable Futures: Designing Green Communities and Buildings Podcast episode features Ed Snodgrass. He’s a 5th generation farmer and green roof nursery pioneer who provides insights into a wide range of topics including plant research, climate change and rewilding the Emory Knoll Farm.
Water, The Universal Connector
This Sustainable Futures: Designing Green Communities and Buildings Podcast episode explores the future of Water and the genesis of Green Cities Clean Waters with Howard Neukrug, Executive Director at the Water Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
Synthesizing Strategies Through Rooftop Agrivoltaics
Rooftop agrivoltaics, the integration of photovoltaics and rooftop agriculture, can increase resilience in urban food systems, expand renewable energy production, and decrease water consumption. This episode, Sustainable Futures is joined by Dr. Jennifer Bousselot to explore the burgeoning field of rooftop agrivoltaics to enhance food security, improve clean energy pathways, and explore sustainability integrations.
Cooling the Urban Heat Island
Sustainable Futures: Designing Green Communities and Buildings is an all new biweekly podcast from Green Roofs for Healthy Cities featuring interviews and discussions about the innovative approaches to green infrastructure, resilience planning, and sustainable design. Dr. Brad Bass explores one of the most direct manifestations of climate change, the urban heat island - what it is, how it works, and what can be done about it.