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Intersecting Ecological and Human Health with Kathleen Wolf
This episode of Sustainable Futures, features Dr. Kathleen Wolf, a social scientist insert who has spent 3 decades exploring how urban nature impacts human health. She shares insights on integrating nature’s benefits into design, enhancing well-being through green spaces.
Intersecting Ecological and Human Health with Kathleen Wolf
In this episode of Sustainable Futures, we feature Dr. Kathleen Wolf, a social scientist insert who has spent 3 decades exploring how urban nature impacts human health. She shares insights on integrating nature’s benefits into design, enhancing well-being through green spaces.
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.
Native Forbs Grown Under Green Roof Conditions Have Altered Biomass Allocation Strategies
Green roofs can sequester carbon dioxide, but their contribution is often overlooked. Plants on green roofs allocate more biomass below ground to cope with stress and benefit from symbiotic fungi. This suggests green roofs significantly aid in carbon sequestration.
Investigating the Climate Mitigation Performance of a Green Roof System in the Flint Hills Ecoregion, USA
This paper evaluates carbon sequestration on green roofs. Results suggest shallower beds with native grasses may offset deeper beds, aiding climate mitigation with proper irrigation.
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.
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.