Podcast | Exploring the Healing Power of Nature with Clare Cooper Marcus
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In this episode, Sustainable Futures sits down with the luminary planner and researcher Clare Cooper Marcus. Clare is a prominent educator in landscape architecture and architecture and a pioneer in the field of social issues in housing, open space design, and healing landscapes. She is an author and co-author of a number of books and research studies; a multi-award winner; and a tireless advocate for the importance of place in the realm of health and wellbeing. Join us for a conversation on the powerful impact connections with the natural world can have on our physical and mental wellbeing, and how design can affect and influence how we live, work, play, and grow.
Guest
Clare Cooper Marcus
Clare Cooper Marcus is a prominent educator in landscape architecture and architecture and a pioneer in the field of social issues in housing, open space design, and healing landscapes. She has published multiple books and research works on a variety of subjects and has received numerous awards from organizations such as the National Endowment for the Arts, the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Host
Steven Peck, GRP, HASLA
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
Steven spearheaded the first green roof demonstration project on Toronto City Hall 20 years ago and the mandatory green roof policy in Toronto a decade ago. This innovative policy has resulted in more than 6 million additional square feet of green space across the city. Due to Steven’s work, GRHC has helped to win green roof policy victories in San Francisco, Washington, DC; Portland, Oregon; and Denver, Colorado. Steven also founded Green Infrastructure Ontario coalition to bring together organizations that share an interest in the protection and development of green infrastructure in Ontario. In 2007 he co-founded the World Green Infrastructure Network, an international organization that promotes the use of green infrastructure around the world.
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