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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.
Healing Above Our Heads? Green Roof Medicinal Herbs
Detailed information about the growing of various herbs on the harsher green roof environment at the Colorado State University Spur Campus.
Farm the Roof: Building Rooftop Farms in the San Francisco Bay Area
This article chronicles Farmer Ben’s design build journey into rooftop farming in the San Francisco Bay Area and some of the lessons learned along the way.
Year 1 Study: Urban Agriculture Green Roof Media Efficiency and Crop Cultivation
Urban and rooftop farming meets demand for fresh produce. Study at BMC Rooftop Farm explores green roof media's impact on crop cultivation, energy use, and water retention. Initial findings and future directions discussed.
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.
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.