Podcast

Inner city courtyards represent untapped potential for urban green space. In this fourth podcast episode from What’s That Green?’s special podcast series with JUSTNature, we visit Munich, Germany. The municipality and a wide range of local actors have been collaborating on temporary green solutions in response to rising urban temperatures. The testing phase has thrown up as many challenges as answers, but gives plenty of clues as to how local partnerships, care, and creativity can make processes more equitable, so that overlooked urban spaces become shared places that are full of life.

In this episode of What’s That Green?, we sit down with Waldemar Olbryk, CEO of Archicom, to explore how the Fuzja project in Łódź is transforming a former industrial site into an iconic urban space, where heritage meets innovation, and nature is an essential part of the design. From activating underused land to creating meaningful public spaces, we dive into the mindset and methods behind one of Poland’s most ambitious urban redevelopment projects.

In this episode , we travel to Szombathely, where a neglected schoolyard and an overlooked riverside plot were transformed into green spaces. JUST Nature project, the municipality and ABUD co-designed nature-based solutions with the community turning forgotten sites into places people now love and care for.

In this episode of the What’s That Green? podcast, we head to Georgia’s capital city, Tbilisi, to hear from Ben Hackenberger. From diseased pine monocultures to a forest shaped by community, ecology, and design, this episode explores what it really means to regrow green in a city.

How can a municipality encourage local residents to lead their own community garden project? In this second episode of the What’s That Green? podcast to be recorded LIVE at the Urban Future conference, we speak to Maria Derlõš, an urban gardening project manager at the City of Tallinn, Estonia, about how to develop trust between the city and citizenry, and why non-permanent gardens are a good place to start.

How can a city turn a road designed for vehicles into a climate street? And more to the point, how can urban transformations be introduced in a way that builds trust and enthusiasm? In this second episode of What’s That Green? ‘s collaboration with JUSTNature, Nele Janssen walks us through the co-creation process that Leuven in Belgium tested to green a totally grey street and make it the city’s inspiration for social and environmentally just urban design.

What practical steps can cities actually take to make a city greener? In this first episode of the What’s That Green? podcast to be recorded LIVE at the Urban Future conference, we speak with Birgit Rusten about the tools FutureBuilt makes available to cities and developers to improve conditions for biodiversity to thrive in the built environment.