What is The Future for Cities?

Are you interested in the role of finance for sustainability? Our summary today works with the article titled Too risky – The role of finance as a driver of sustainability transitions from 2022 by Björn Nykvist and Aaron Matlais, published in the Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions journal. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Josh Dry in episode 204 talking about e...

Are you interested in carbon management solutions for individuals and small businesses ? What do you think about carbon elephant? How can we change the system we reside in? Trailer for the episode 204 - interview Josh Dry, Director of Business Development at Cogo. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, resilience, responsible land and property management, bank involvement in sustainabi...

"I don't think we can keep balancing things out, we have to try actually being better." Are you interested in how the HVAC industry is contributing to climate change? What do you think about carbon offsetting? How can we create the right balanced circular economy? Interview with Sam Ringwaldt, the CEO and co-founder of Conry Tech. We will talk about his vision for the future of citie...

Are you interested in how our comfort contributes to climate change? Summary of the white paper titled Wreaking HVAC on our planet – A Conry Tech report on the impact of comfort on our planet and the scale of the problem by Sam Ringwaldt, published on the Conry Tech website. This is a great preparation to our next panel conversation with Sam Ringwaldt in episode 202 about the opportunities in air...

Are you interested in how the HVAC industry is contributing to climate change? What do you think about carbon setting? How can we create the right balanced circular economy? Trailer for episode 202 - interview with Sam Ringwaldt, the CEO and co-founder of Conry Tech. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, public transport as technology, the shifting collective mind, localised livi...

"A city designed for people on the extreme becomes a better place for everybody" Are you interested in neurodiversity? What do you think about your experiences in the city? How can we improve urban experiences? Panel discussion with Dr Kirsten Day and Lucas Gil Nadolskis about their understanding of neurodiversity in cities, visual and other experiences, bathrooms and smells, and many mo...

Are you interested in multisensory urban experiences? Summary of the article titled Urban sensory map: How do tourists “sense” a destination spatially? from 2023 by Huahua Li, Mimi Li, Huixia Zou, Yi Zhang, and Jinjing Cao, published in the Tourism Management journal. This is a great preparation to our next panel discussion with Dr Kirsten Day and Lucas Nadolskis in episode 200 talking about exper...

Are you interested in neurodiversity? What do you think about your experiences in the city? How can we improve urban experiences? Trailer for episode 200 - panel discussion with Dr Kirsten Day and Lucas Gil Nadolskis about their understanding of neurodiversity in cities, visual and other experiences, bathrooms and smells, and many more. Find out more in the  ⁠interview⁠ ! Music by  ⁠Lesfm ⁠ from ...

"Working in social service delivering, you become very aware of the peopleness of these systems." Are you interested in solving challenges through service design? What do you think about local storytelling and knowledge? How can we be more involved in governance? Interview with Talia Radywyl, the Head of Research and Capability at Today. We will talk about her vision for the future of ci...

Are you interested in service design as creative problem solving? Summary of the article titled Problem-solving design-platform model based on the methodological distinctiveness of service design from 2019 by Youngok Jeon, published in the Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Talia Radywyl in episode 198 talking abou...

Are you interested in solving challenges through service design? What do you think about local storytelling and knowledge? How can we be more involved in governance? Trailer for the episode 198 - interview with Talia Radywyl, the Head of Research and Capability at Today. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, service design, governance made up of people, design as creative problem...

"Energy efficiency reframes reality." Are you interested in the 2nd and 3rd rate consequences of better energy management? What do you think about scope 1-2-3 emissions? How can we spread information better? Interview with Alan Pears, one of Australia’s leading energy efficiency expert. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, regreening of cities, urban viability, NABER,...

Are you interested in decreasing urban emissions? Summary of the article titled How can urban regeneration reduce carbon emissions? A bibliometric review from 2023 by Yan Liu, Meiyue Sang, Xiangrui Xu, Liyin Shen, and Haijun Bao, published in the Land journal. This is a great preparation to our next interviewee, Alan Pears in episode 196 talking about urban emissions and regeneration. Since we are...

Trailer for episode 196 - interview with Alan Pears, one of Australia’s leading energy efficiency expert. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, regreening of cities, urban viability, NABER, and many more. Find out more in the  interview ! Music by  Lesfm  from  Pixabay

"People are rattling the cages." Are you interested in improving transportation systems? What do you think about urban retrofitting for better urban mobility? How can we judge urban transformation that requires behaviour change? Interview with Oliver Stoltz, a strategic transport planner. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, false positives and real positives, urban mo...

Are you interested in how to enhance urban air quality and active transportation? Summary of the article titled Transforming our cities: Best practices towards clean air and active transportation from 2019 by Andrew Glazener and Haneen Khreis, published in the Current Environmental Health Reports journal. This is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Oliver Stoltz in episode 194 talking ab...

Trailer for episode 194 - interview with Oliver Stoltz, a strategic transport planner. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, false positives and real positives, urban mobility services, benefits of big events for the infrastructure, and many more. Find out more in the  interview ! Music by  Lesfm  from  Pixabay

"If you don't know where you are heading, you can end up in a completely different place." Are you interested in policy-making for sustainability? What do you think about the UN Sustainable Development Goals? How can we break the siloes for systems to talk to each other? Interview with Alison Scotland, Executive Director at Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council. We talk ab...

Are you interested in what is needed for decision-making regarding urban energy retrofit? Summary of the article titled Decision-making approach to urban energy retrofit – A comprehensive review from 2023 by Lei Shu and Dong Zhao, published in the Buildings journal. This is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Alison Scotland in episode 192 talking about policy-making for better urban fut...

Are you interested in policy-making for sustainability? What do you think about the UN Sustainable Development Goals? How can we break the siloes for systems to talk to each other? Trailer for episode 192 - interview with Alison Scotland, Executive Director at Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, advising policy-making, optimism as a...

"We can ride this wave of decarbonisation to reach prosperity." Are you interested in biourbanism? What do you think about Earth as a spaceship? How can we learn systems thinking for a more holistic approach? Interview with Adrian McGregor, the founder and Chief Design Officer at McGregor Coxall. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, biourbanism, prosperity, adaptability, cl...

Are you interested in understanding cities are nature? Summary of the book titled Biourbanism: Cities as nature – a resilience model for anthromes from 2022 by Adrian McGregor, published by Biourbanism Publishing. This is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Adrian McGregor, talking about biourbanism in episode 190 . Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be i...

Trailer for episode 190 - interview with Adrian McGregor, the founder and Chief Design Officer at McGregor Coxall. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, biourbanism, prosperity, adaptability, climate forecasting with digital twins, and many more. Find out more in the  ⁠episode⁠ . Music by  ⁠Lesfm ⁠ from  ⁠Pixabay⁠

Are you interested in microgrids? What do you think about decentralising cities and their services? How can we use our brainpower for the better urban future? Interview with Rod Matthews, the Co-Founder and CEO of Brevian Energy. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, microgrids, resource management, efficiency, urban experiments and many more. Rod Matthews is an experienced business t...

Are you interested in the sustainability of future energy systems? Summary of the article titled Microgrid communities: disclosing the path to future system-active communities from 2022 by Martin Warneryd and Kersti Karltorp, published in the Sustainable Futures journal. This is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Rod Matthews in episode 188 talking about community microgrids. Since we a...