Greenwich and the Environment Podcast Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/greenwich-and-the-environment-podcast A conversation series with researchers, academics, and leading figures in their field to discuss the most pressing environmental concerns we currently face, and how creative and inclusive solutions are our best medicine. Greenwich and the Environment Podcast c2899209-afc0-5f3b-a5f4-12748b74f1f9 no en Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:37:10 +0100 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 06:06:05 +0000 https://img.transistor.fm/rWWm8U-yrlXaDbjNG0d8f7mTn6WMY5uAn-SmBuGFKXk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yM2Fj/ODgyOWM4ZmI4MmQ0/MzdhZTg0YzBlMWYy/YTE3NC5qcGVn.jpg Greenwich and the Environment Podcast episodic Diva Wareing, Faz Ahmed A conversation series with researchers, academics, and leading figures in their field to discuss the most pressing environmental concerns we currently face, and how creative and inclusive solutions are our best medicine. A conversation series with researchers, academics, and leading figures in their field to discuss the most pressing environmental concerns we currently face, and how creative and inclusive solutions are our best medicine. Diva Wareing No No COP30 in Belém: What's Frustrating The Locals – and How Can Larpocracy Empower Artists? 5 5 COP30 in Belém: What's Frustrating The Locals – and How Can Larpocracy Empower Artists? full 5b6bc59f-ed35-4312-b3a4-540066a8d072 https://Greenwich-Environment.transistor.fm/5 Join us as we sit down with Professor Jorge Lopes Ramos to discuss the upcoming COP30 taking place in his home-country, Brazil, and how the local people of Belém are feeling about sustainability's biggest event taking place in their back yard. Jorge also discusses his latest project, Larpocracy, which takes him to the city of Belém to engage and collaborate with local artists.

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]]> Join us as we sit down with Professor Jorge Lopes Ramos to discuss the upcoming COP30 taking place in his home-country, Brazil, and how the local people of Belém are feeling about sustainability's biggest event taking place in their back yard. Jorge also discusses his latest project, Larpocracy, which takes him to the city of Belém to engage and collaborate with local artists.

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]]> Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:44:10 +0100 Diva Wareing, Faz Ahmed Diva Wareing, Faz Ahmed 3163 Join us as we sit down with Professor Jorge Lopes Ramos to discuss the upcoming COP30 taking place in his home-country, Brazil, and how the local people of Belém are feeling about sustainability's biggest event taking place in their back yard. Jorge also discusses his latest project, Larpocracy, which takes him to the city of Belém to engage and collaborate with local artists.

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]]> No Diva Wareing Diva Wareing Faz Ahmed Harshul Narang Jorge Ramos Lopez AI vs The Planet: Who Will Win? 7 7 AI vs The Planet: Who Will Win? full d8768a6e-5821-45c1-a429-306cd6acd21a https://Greenwich-Environment.transistor.fm/7 A.I. Two letters on everyone's lips. It's revolutionising, well, everything, and changing our lives for better or worse. Dr Neil Saunders demystifies AI and gives us the gory details on just how much damage our digital companion is causing to the environment.

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]]> A.I. Two letters on everyone's lips. It's revolutionising, well, everything, and changing our lives for better or worse. Dr Neil Saunders demystifies AI and gives us the gory details on just how much damage our digital companion is causing to the environment.

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]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:30:26 +0100 Diva Wareing, Faz Ahmed Diva Wareing, Faz Ahmed 3140 A.I. Two letters on everyone's lips. It's revolutionising, well, everything, and changing our lives for better or worse. Dr Neil Saunders demystifies AI and gives us the gory details on just how much damage our digital companion is causing to the environment.

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]]> AI; technology; sustainability; climate change; environment; No Diva Wareing Faz Ahmed Harshul Narang Neil Saunders How Bicycle Powered Washing Machines Can Build Sustainable Communities 6 6 How Bicycle Powered Washing Machines Can Build Sustainable Communities full 986c27aa-d0fd-4e92-b459-55ba3545da00 https://Greenwich-Environment.transistor.fm/6 PhD student, Fred Preston, talks all things creativity with us. He discusses how effective use of creative design can help us to develop a world that not only helps the planet and reduces our emissions, but generates a sense of community and wellbeing for ourselves. Listen to Fred discuss his bicycle-powered washing machine, his PhD which will take him to the arctic, and how if everyone embraced a little more of their creative side then we might just have a healthier planet and communities. 

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]]> PhD student, Fred Preston, talks all things creativity with us. He discusses how effective use of creative design can help us to develop a world that not only helps the planet and reduces our emissions, but generates a sense of community and wellbeing for ourselves. Listen to Fred discuss his bicycle-powered washing machine, his PhD which will take him to the arctic, and how if everyone embraced a little more of their creative side then we might just have a healthier planet and communities. 

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]]> Tue, 03 Jun 2025 09:59:13 +0100 Diva Wareing, Faz Ahmed Diva Wareing, Faz Ahmed 3657 PhD student, Fred Preston, talks all things creativity with us. He discusses how effective use of creative design can help us to develop a world that not only helps the planet and reduces our emissions, but generates a sense of community and wellbeing for ourselves. Listen to Fred discuss his bicycle-powered washing machine, his PhD which will take him to the arctic, and how if everyone embraced a little more of their creative side then we might just have a healthier planet and communities. 

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]]> creative design; climate change; sustainability; creativity; the environment; university; greenwich; London; No Diva Wareing Faz Ahmed Fred Preston Harshul Narang Slow Down In Nature With Us 4 4 Slow Down In Nature With Us full d46bc957-daba-42f4-9c3f-6bf8b08d127c https://Greenwich-Environment.transistor.fm/4 Listen to Dr Hannah Lammin and Anushka Athique Winterbottom discuss their practice-based research, using bodies, movement and slowing down to connect with nature. In this episode, we invite you to experience your own embodied practice in nature by listening in a natural setting and hopefully, by the end you will feel more connected to nature too.

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]]> Listen to Dr Hannah Lammin and Anushka Athique Winterbottom discuss their practice-based research, using bodies, movement and slowing down to connect with nature. In this episode, we invite you to experience your own embodied practice in nature by listening in a natural setting and hopefully, by the end you will feel more connected to nature too.

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]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:13:55 +0100 Diva Wareing, Faz Ahmed Diva Wareing, Faz Ahmed 3880 Listen to Dr Hannah Lammin and Anushka Athique Winterbottom discuss their practice-based research, using bodies, movement and slowing down to connect with nature. In this episode, we invite you to experience your own embodied practice in nature by listening in a natural setting and hopefully, by the end you will feel more connected to nature too.

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]]> sustainability, movement, dance, nature, environment, slow, mindfulness No Rethinking Cities: What Needs To Change? 3 3 Rethinking Cities: What Needs To Change? full 9ca7fc5d-dd68-48cd-a52c-ad0b4beb864c https://Greenwich-Environment.transistor.fm/3 Today we're joined by Dr Emilio Costales, Senior Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, who discusses gentrification in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York, what exactly a "smart city" is, and how the way we design our cities can either strengthen or weaken the communities that live there.

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]]> Today we're joined by Dr Emilio Costales, Senior Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, who discusses gentrification in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York, what exactly a "smart city" is, and how the way we design our cities can either strengthen or weaken the communities that live there.

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]]> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:57:46 +0100 Diva Wareing, Faz Ahmed Diva Wareing, Faz Ahmed 3544 Today we're joined by Dr Emilio Costales, Senior Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, who discusses gentrification in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York, what exactly a "smart city" is, and how the way we design our cities can either strengthen or weaken the communities that live there.

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]]> No Emilio Costales Diva Wareing Diva Wareing Faz Ahmed Ken Conroy The Water Crisis: Earth and Beyond 2 2 The Water Crisis: Earth and Beyond full c63ccd9b-0d9b-404b-83c8-4f29d85073a0 https://Greenwich-Environment.transistor.fm/2 In this episode we speak with  Benz Kotzen, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Nature Based Solutions. Benz discusses how his early career in fine art, growing up in apartheid South Africa and studying desert plants have all played a pivotal role in developing his “forever career”. Benz he explores the water crisis and how his research could be used in the first human missions to Mars.

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]]> In this episode we speak with  Benz Kotzen, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Nature Based Solutions. Benz discusses how his early career in fine art, growing up in apartheid South Africa and studying desert plants have all played a pivotal role in developing his “forever career”. Benz he explores the water crisis and how his research could be used in the first human missions to Mars.

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]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000 Diva Wareing, Faz Ahmed Diva Wareing, Faz Ahmed 3179 In this episode we speak with  Benz Kotzen, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Nature Based Solutions. Benz discusses how his early career in fine art, growing up in apartheid South Africa and studying desert plants have all played a pivotal role in developing his “forever career”. Benz he explores the water crisis and how his research could be used in the first human missions to Mars.

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]]> No Benz Kotzen Diva Wareing Faz Ahmed Ken Conroy Are We At War With Animals? 1 1 Are We At War With Animals? full 8a887661-ddc6-49f8-8e03-768e5e8a7b00 https://Greenwich-Environment.transistor.fm/1  Join us as we chat with Professor Stacy Banwell about her book The War Against Non-Human Animals: A Non-Speciesist Understanding of Gendered Reproductive Violence. She explores the connections between modern farming and war, challenging the way we think about our use of animals.

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]]>  Join us as we chat with Professor Stacy Banwell about her book The War Against Non-Human Animals: A Non-Speciesist Understanding of Gendered Reproductive Violence. She explores the connections between modern farming and war, challenging the way we think about our use of animals.

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]]> Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:53:02 +0000 Diva Wareing, Faz Ahmed Diva Wareing, Faz Ahmed 3694  Join us as we chat with Professor Stacy Banwell about her book The War Against Non-Human Animals: A Non-Speciesist Understanding of Gendered Reproductive Violence. She explores the connections between modern farming and war, challenging the way we think about our use of animals.

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]]> No Diva Wareing Faz Ahmed Diva Wareing Stacy Banwell Ken Conroy