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In this conversation we're exploring the London Festival of Architecture 2023 programme ahead of the month-long series of events happening across London, across the month of June. We're joined by one of the LFA2023 Curation Panel members, Melodie Leung and Gonzalo Herrero Delicado. Melodie Leung is an Associate Director at Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) where she has been a leading designer within the practice for over 15 years overseeing notable projects across architecture, interiors, product design, and exhibitions. Gonzalo Herrero Delicado is a curator, educator and architect based in London whose work is at the intersection of architecture and design, exploring their connection to ecology and digital culture. He is Director of the Ecocity World Summit 2023. He is also a Design Fellow at the University of Cambridge and an Associate Lecturer at Central Saint Martins, UAL. To explore the LFA2023 programme, head to lfa.london/LFA2023. To find out more about Eco City, head to www.ecocity-summit.com/ - The code mentioned in the conversation was 23ECOLON25. Some of the LFA events mentioned are as followed (in order of appearance): - Fleet Street Plant Press, by Wayward (Holborn Circus) - Connecting Colindale: A Flight Path Folly, by Andre Kong Studio and Wayward (Colindale Park) - Seats at the Table by Re-Fabricate and the DisOrdinary Architecture Project (Postman's Park) - Urban Playground, by McCloy + Muchemwa (Fen Court) - The Never Ending Challenge, by London Borough of Bromley (Crystal Palace Museum) - Vertical Farm-to-Fork at the Factory, by Projekt and Spacelab_ (The Factory) - Cycle tour of new Enfield architecture, by IF_DO (Tottenham Hale Station) - Participatory Urbanism, by Zaha Hadid Architects (Zaha Hadid Architects Gallery) This episode was produced and edited by Eliza Grosvenor. You can find a transcript of the conversation using the link below: Download the transcript   Image: Design Concept for ‘Connecting Colindale: A Flight Path Folly' by Andre Kong Studio and Wayward Image description: Design concept of the Connecting Colindale installation showing woman sitting on installation, which is covered in greenery, and another group pointing at the installation.

This episode features one of the most compelling dialogues generated out of the Ecocity World Summit in Melbourne recently. A seven-person panel explored a number of powerful stories of transition across regional Victoria, Australia, with themes echoing experiences all over the country and the world. Our seven panelists feature: - Dr Nick Aberle, Environment Victoria's Acting CEO at the time (starts at 2 mins 30); - Wendy Farmer & Ron Ipsen, President & Vice-President of Voices of the Valley, an award-winning community advocacy group that formed during the catastrophic Hazelwood coal mine fire. The fire poisoned over 70,000 residents and contributed to 13 extra deaths across the Latrobe Valley (start at 10 mins); - Harry & James Troedel, award-winning developers of a regenerative enterprise project, Seacombe West Regeneration Project, in a previously rich farming district that is so degraded it can no longer be farmed (the back story to this is also remarkable)(start at 23 mins 30); - The prolific Sam Alexander from the University of Melbourne & the Simplicity Institute, whose recent documentary film about his eco-village project has attracted nearly a million views already (starts at 31 mins); - And the highly respected Amanda Cahill from The Next Economy, with the sort of insider insight that only comes from trusted, long-term engagement with communities, business and authorities (starts at 38 mins) - Hosted by Anthony James. Each panelist spoke for 5 minutes each – well, they tried! - before an extensive dialogue with the full house of about 80 people, which itself included esteemed figures like the internationally renowned Professor Katherine Gibson, Dr Dominique Hess, Dan Musil from Earthworker Cooperative, and Josh Floyd at The Rescope Project. This conversation is so very relevant to communities, business, governments, policy makers, researchers, facilitators and activists everywhere. And while the challenges may be extremely acute for communities often labelled ‘coal communities' and the like right now, transition is underway, and it involves all of us, as you'll hear. We've been looking forward to bringing you this. It is a charged, informative and inspiring conversation – the sort we so very much need more of. Music: The Hazelwood Song, by local musician & former Latrobe Valley mine-worker, Danny Boothman Let Them Know, by the Public Opinion Afro Orchestra Get more at: Voices of the Valley - https://www.facebook.com/groups/VOTV1/ Seacombe West Regeneration Project - http://seacombewest.com.au A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity – the documentary film co-written, directed and produced by Sam Alexander, now approaching 1 million views at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUwLAvfBCzw Ecocity World Summit HQ - https://ecocitybuilders.org Thanks to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by heading to our website at www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going! Get in touch any time by text or audio at www.regennarration.com/story And thanks for listening.

Next up is one of the most compelling dialogues generated out of the Ecocity World Summit in Melbourne recently. A seven-person panel explored powerful stories of transition across regional Victoria, Australia, with themes echoing experiences all over the country and the world. Here's a preview, featuring the voice of Ron Ipsen from Voices of the Valley, an award-winning advocacy group in the 'coal communities' of the Latrobe Valley.

In this bonus episode, we head down to Newell's Paddock in Melbourne's inner-west to see the local community rejuvenate the former industrial site. We uncover the paddock's murky past as a former night soil dump, typhoid hot spot and abattoir. Speaking with residents, academics, teachers and students, we see how efforts to engage the community in urban renewal are are contributing to the site's restoration (and attracting many native waterbirds along the way). Recorded: 28 June 2017 Interviewer: Claudia Hooper Producers: Claudia Hooper and Dr Andi Horvath Audio engineer: Chris Hatzis Editor: Chris Hatzis Banner image: Claudia Hooper/the University of Melbourne Friends of Newell's Paddock and Friends of Maribyrnong Valley are planting native shrubs in the area in lieu of gifts to the over 1000 delegates who attend the Ecocity World Summit 2017.

In this bonus episode, we head down to Newell's Paddock in Melbourne's inner-west to see the local community rejuvenate the former industrial site. We uncover the paddock's murky past as a former night soil dump, typhoid hot spot and abattoir. Speaking with residents, academics, teachers and students, we see how efforts to engage the community in urban renewal are are contributing to the site's restoration (and attracting many native waterbirds along the way).Recorded: 28 June 2017Interviewer: Claudia HooperProducers: Claudia Hooper and Dr Andi HorvathAudio engineer: Chris HatzisEditor: Chris HatzisBanner image: Claudia Hooper/the University of MelbourneFriends of Newell's Paddock and Friends of Maribyrnong Valley are planting native shrubs in the area in lieu of gifts to the over 1000 delegates who attend the Ecocity World Summit 2017.

Dr Andi Horvath meets Dr Seona Candy - an academic at Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, and an expert in the importance of urban green areas. As the EcoCity World Summit comes to Melbourne, Dr Candy says our focus on building resilient, sustainable ecocities of the future must focus on its socio-, ecological, and technological systems; because a city is not just about its infrastructure or its technology, it's about its people. Recorded: 20 June 2017 Interviewer: Dr Andi Horvath Audio engineering: Arch Cuthbertson Co-production: Andi Horvath, Chris Hatzis and Claudia Hooper Thanks to Belinda Young Image: Green space in Japan/Getty Images

Dr Andi Horvath meets Dr Seona Candy - an academic at Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, and an expert in the importance of urban green areas. As the EcoCity World Summit comes to Melbourne, Dr Candy says our focus on building resilient, sustainable ecocities of the future must focus on its socio-, ecological, and technological systems; because a city is not just about its infrastructure or its technology, it's about its people.Recorded: 20 June 2017Interviewer: Dr Andi HorvathAudio engineering: Arch CuthbertsonCo-production: Andi Horvath, Chris Hatzis and Claudia HooperThanks to Belinda YoungImage: Green space in Japan/Getty Images

This show was broadcast on Monday 17th  April 2017 The Zero Carbon Australia Industry Plan is shaping up nicely. The Zero Carbon Industry and Cement research will be presented at Australian Manufacturing Week and at the Ecocity World Summit. Listen in to hear BZE’s research director Michael Lord talk about zero carbon cement, renewable heat, zero carbon steel and how the circular economy can apply to Australia’s industry sectors.Our interviewer is Erin Jones, a co-producer on the BZE Radio Community team.Read more about the Zero Carbon Australia Industry Plan here. Watch a presentation here (November 2016). Cement, steel, and in fact all energy-intensive materials, can be produced without fossil fuels! Who knew!Cement can be made using fly-ash or using low-heat geo-polymers instead of limestone and coal, steel can be created from treating iron ore with hydrogen from excess renewable energy utilities, and we can use a range of off-the-shelf energy efficient appliances and technologies to create heat for industry, for everything from canning food to melting glass.Share!

Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D., is co-creator of the concept of the ecological footprint and Executive Director of the Global Footprint Network. He is also an author and/or contributor to over fifty peer-reviewed papers, numerous articles and reports, and various books on sustainability that focus on the question of embracing limits and developing metrics for sustainability including Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth, Sharing Nature's Interest, and World Wildlife Fund's International's Living Planet Report. He previously served as the director of the Sustainability Program at Redefining Progress in Oakland, CA, and directed the Centre for Sustainability Studies /Centro de Estudios para la Sustentabilidad in Mexico, which he still advises. Wackernagel is also an adjunct faculty member at the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.The goal of the Global Footprint Network is to advance the science of sustainability. It is an accounting tool that looks at how many ecologic resources we have and how much we use to feed ourselves, absorb our wastes, house our buildings, etc. Calculated in acres, it asks the question "How many biologically active acres does it take to produce what you personally consume or your country consumes?". This is then compared to how many resources are available in your country, region and the world. Doing this we can see to what extent we use resources within the limits of what the earth, or particular region can renew. The Global Footprint Network has a web-based "footprint calculator" for people figure their own personal footprint.In a world of ecological constraints, ecological efficiency becomes increasingly important. People need to understand the interconnected nature of our daily choices and behavior and begin to reduce their footprint and use resources more efficiently. Wackernagel provides a concise overview of how this concept of ecological assets and liabilities, along with efficient resource use, is beginning to change the way individuals, local communities and nations are now planning for the future. He calls for true honesty about our footprints and their implications, including the example of his own somewhat large footprint created by his global consultation and educational activities. His ultimate goal, and the Global Footprint Network's main mission, is to build bridges between government, business, NGO's and academia-- to have a common understanding and language of our planetary resource constraints and how to live within them.Recorded at the Ecocity World Summit in San Francisco, April 2008

Masayesva relates the story of how the Hopi came long ago to Black Mesa, Arizona escaping an oppressive regime near the Teotihuacan (near Mexico City) area of Mexico. In what is now Arizona at Black Mesa they met, Masa --the Hopi equivalent to Jesus or Buddha-- who taught them how to live in a sustainable, peaceful way in harmony with the earth. Their agreements with Masa are inscribed on Prophecy Rock which claims that when they stray from these sustainable ways the world will come to an end with great suffering and purification. This is exactly what is currently happening today on a global scale.Masayesva is part of the water coyote clan of the Hopi. He explains that our relationship to water is primary. In Hopi cosmology there have been four worlds. The first world was all water, thus we are all originally from the oceans. We are literally "gourds" of water. Black Mesa Trust was founded to protect water and land in the Hopi and Navajo regions of Arizona, which have been used and abused by Peabody Coal Company. Using these aquifers properly is the way the Hopi have traditionally survived growing food in the harsh environment of the desert. Black Mesa Trust's main focus has been to protect the little water available to the Hopi from use by Peabody Coal Company. Now one of its missions is to educate people about the physical and spiritual importance of water as a key foundation of our common existence.On the earth we are at the now 11th hour of the fourth world and still repeating the mistakes that the elders of the third world made. We know what right and wrong is, so we have a moral responsibility to use our special gifts as humans to create a better world, which the Hopi call the fifth world. We still have that opportunity. We have the energy and intelligence to combine science with mysticism, or the soul, to achieve this. This interview is a wonderful presentation showing the wisdom of the Hopi world view and the direct correlations and parallels between their views and prophecies and what we are experiencing in the world today.Recorded at the Ecocities World Summit, April 2008, in San Francisco.

There is no clearly accepted definition of a city. The U.N. goes by whatever individual nation-states use, which can vary widely. The pertinent fact to keep in mind is that 85-90% of people live in cities, towns and villages, in other words, the built infrastructure. The ecological health of our infrastructure is Register's focus in both his business and conference organizing efforts. The way we currently design, all the way down to the village scale, is unhealthy. One of the biggest problems is that we design for the automobile and gasoline. People ask is it possible to have cities without cars? "Sure," he says,"we've had cities for 4,500 years without cars and they were healthier than our current cities. Cities we design now are a major cause of climate change, collapse of species diversity and the end of cheap energy. We've burned it all up building the most short sighted, thrill seeking, ego gratifying structure we could think of to live in. It's an ongoing disaster."One of many ideas Register offers, which may seem radical to most, is to give free concrete and steel to developers of ecological cities for the benefit of the city's residents. Currently we give free concrete and steel to the construction of freeways for the benefit of drivers and developers of urban sprawl. They can count on the government subsidizing them with the entire highway system along with the defense of oil supplies via foreign wars. Register feels we are overly mobile and should shift to a more place centered perspective, put some roots down and build decent communities.The interview is rich with other ideas and examples of how this can and is beginning to happen around the globe. But we must act quickly. We need to utilize a large amount of the remaining fossil fuels we have to build the diffuse, renewable energy systems of solar and wind. If we don't invest in this type of energy base before much more fossil fuel burns, we might lose our opportunity and be stuck with infrastructure that can't be supported. In fact, Register points to some initial negative economic impacts from this that are currently occurring.Recorded at Ecocity World Summit, San Francisco, April 2008.Website: www.ecocityworldsummit.org