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Are we near the end? Can humanity survive climate change, pandemics, and other catastrophes? "Our only hope lies in nature-inspired leadership," claims podcast host Dr. Victor Shamas. NATURE AM I connects listeners with thought leaders who are generating nature-inspired solutions & strategies to urgent global problems. We feature advances in fields like biomimicry & biomimetics that are taking cues from nature. Also, we discuss ways to assure that future generations can thrive in balance with nature. Our conversations touch on holistic health, sustainable design, integrative learning, & other forms of nature-inspired innovation. Guests include visionaries who are leading the way towards a more peaceful, sustainable, balanced way of life. We also look at tools and techniques that facilitate the process of nature inspiration. "In this process, nature reveals its secrets," says Shamas, a psychologist who studies creative inspiration. "If we let it, nature can show us how to thrive."
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Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Nature Am I, Episode 4: Ecocity Visionary Richard Register
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
We speak with Richard Register about his 55-year career designing "ecocities" or ecologically healthy cities. The conversation covers these topics:
4:35- What is an ecocity?
5:44- 2D and 3D urban design
7:46- Why a city's shape matters
8:49- Ecocity design elements
11:14- Human-powered transportation
12:12- The city as a living organism
15:01- China's ecocities
17:32- Combining all the design elements
19:09- Co-housing
22:38- Retrofitting sprawled cities
24:25- Challenges to building ecocities
28:08- Deconstructing unsustainable cities
31:27- The sounds of a well-designed space
33:25- Nature-inspired urban design
36:06- Courage and maps
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