Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design
100+ episodes exploring climate action in cities and neighbourhoods.
This show provides actionable advice and case studies on:
- Sustainable urban design and placemaking principles.
- How to design cities and neighbourhoods for biodiversity net gain and wildlife.
- Climate adaptation: How to build resilience to climate change in cities.
- Net zero carbon masterplanning and architecture.
- Circular economy: How to minimise waste and emissions in new development.
- Transport: How to transition cities away to sustainable and active travel.
- Regenerative Design: Delivering positive benefits for the environment and communities.
Who is it for? Urban designers, planners, developers, architects, landscape architects, urban ecologists, engineers, transport professionals and urban citizens.
The Green Urbanist podcast is hosted by Ross O'Ceallaigh, an urban designer and sustainable placemaking consultant.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 129
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
#88: Restoring Landscapes and Reconnecting to Nature, with Alexandra Steed
Alexandra Steed is a passionate landscape architect with a deep commitment to art, sustainability, and the transformative power of landscapes.
We talk about:
- Her new book: Portrait to Landscape
- How to …
#87: Biophilic Architecture and Design, with Louisa Whitmore (@louisatalksbuildings)
Louisa Whitmore is an architecture enthusiast, TikToker and host of the Nature of Design documentary series. In this episode we discuss her experience making the documentary, the mental health benefi…
#86: Regenerative Architecture Index - Accelerating towards a regenerative built environment
In conversation with Alisdair Ben Dixon (Collective Works), Anna Lisa McSweeney (White Arkitekter) and Isabel Allen (Architecture Today) about the new Regenerative Architecture Index (RAI).
Launched …
#85: Using 3D Modelling, Digital Twins and Generative Design for Sustainability, with VU.CITY
I sit down with Andrew Bullmore of VU.CITY to discuss how 3D models, digital twins and artificial intelligence tools can be used to do better, evidence-based planning and design and get more sustaina…
#84: Net Zero Carbon Neighbourhoods, with Sam Luker (AESG)
Sam Luker is an Associate Sustainability Director at AESG and led on their new report titled 'Net Zero Neighbourhoods'.
In this episode we discuss:
- Why the neighbourhood scale is optimal for decarbon…
#83: Decolonise Architecture, with Mohit Buch and Sue Yen Chong
Mohit and Sue Yen are architects and members of Decolonise Architecture, a solution-based group driven to tackle institutional racism and bias within architectural education and practice. In this epi…
#82: Decarbonising Concrete and Steel, with Jeff Rissman
Jeffrey Rissman is Senior Director at Energy Innovation, where he leads the company’s work on technologies and policies to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from the industry sector. He is the autho…
#81: Reimagining Roads as Public Space, with LDA (Landscape Mini-Series Part 4)
Welcome to part 4, the final episode in the landscape mini-series. In this episode I sit down with Cannon Ivers CMLI of LDA to discuss their inspiring project The Strand, Aldwych. The Strand was for…
#80: Transforming an Urban Park, with LUC (Landscape Mini-Series Part 3)
Welcome to part 3 in this mini-series on landscape and urban nature. In this episode I spoke with James Virgo CMLI of LUC. He tells me about LUC’s work on Shoreditch Park. This is a nice case study …
#79: Biourbanism and Landscape Design Code, with McGregor Coxall (Landscape Mini-Series Part 2)
Welcome to part 2 of this mini-series on landscape and urban nature. This episode features an interview with Michael Cowdy FLI of McGregor Coxall. We discuss two of their Landscape Award-nominated p…
#78: Landscape-led Response to Climate Change, with the Landscape Institute (Landscape Mini-Series Part 1)
Welcome to this 4-part series on the role of landscape and urban nature in creating resilient, sustainable and healthy places. Over the next 4 weeks I’ll be releasing short weekly episodes featuring …
#77: Tackling Overheating in Buildings with Antonietta Canta (Arup)
Antonietta Canta is a Principal Environmental and Sustainability Engineer at Arup. In this episode we discuss their recent research report: ‘Addressing overheating risk in existing UK homes’. As dry …
#76: Community-led, Circular, Green Architecture with Jan Kattein @ The Paper Garden
Jan Kattein is Director of Jan Kattein Architects, a studio that focuses on collaborative, sustainable and community-focused projects. Back in September of 2023 I joined Jan at their project in south…
#75: From Net Zero Carbon to Regenerative Design at SOM - Kent Jackson and James Woodall
Kent Jackson is Design Partner at Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM) and leads the designs of a wide range of scales and typologies across the globe. Passionate about improving the future of planetary…
#74: Property development as if people and planet mattered - Steve Sanham (Common Projects)
Steve Sanham established Common Projects in 2021: a development company led by a purpose to put people and planet at the heart of its decision-making. Steve has an extensive and proven track record i…
#73: Sean McCormack - Rewilding Urban London (Part 2)
Sean McCormack is a consultant Vet, the Chairperson of Ealing Wildlife Group, and an incredibly knowledgeable nature conservationist and educator based in west London. This episode is part 2 of our …
#72: Sean McCormack - Rewilding Urban London (Part 1)
Sean McCormack is a consultant Vet, the Chairperson of Ealing Wildlife Group, and an incredibly knowledgeable nature conservationist and educator based in west London. In this episode we discuss his …
#71: Nate Hagens - Planning for 'The Great Simplification' of Cities
Nate Hagens is a systems thinker and educator focused on a concept he calls The Great Simplification. He has spent the last 20 years studying the systems we live in like energy, ecology and economics…
#70: Climate Adaptation Explained - Resilience, Transition, Transformation
Climate change is here and now cities and communities must adapt for safety, health and quality of life. In this episode I discuss a useful model for thinking about climate adaptation in three levels…
#69: Tara Gbolade and Lanre Gbolade - Sustainable Design and City-Shaping with Gbolade Design Studio
This episode is a conversation with Tara and Lanre of Gbolade Design Studio, sustainable architects and urban designers based in London. Reflecting on their 5 years in practice, we discuss a range of…