The Living Landscapes podcast, hosted by undergraduate and graduate student staff with the Purdue University Center for Community & Environmental Design (CCED), delves into the fascinating world of landscape architecture, exploring how this field can help create thriving communities and sustainable environments. Listeners can expect to learn about innovative design approaches, cutting-edge research, and inspiring stories of community engagement.
Designing Agricultural Landscapes | 4. Conversation with Zach Mermel
Zach Mermel discusses how his upbringing informs his farmscape designs that integrate indigenous knowledge, ecology, and agriculture to create sustainable landscapes in an interview with Ishraq.
7 Nov 2025
Designing Agricultural Landscapes 3. Conversation with Clay Gruber
Landscape architect Clay Gruber discusses his journey from a Montana cattle ranch to designing agricultural landscapes and introduces his Adaptive Lands Framework in an interview with Ishraq.
31 Oct 2025
Designing Agricultural Landscapes | 2. Things to Consider When Designing Agricultural Landscapes
Amelia and Ishraq explore the design of agricultural landscapes, highlighting the need for clear methods and community-centered farms that integrate science and local knowledge.
Ishraq Awashra and Amelia Gonzalez discuss the necessity of thoughtful design in agricultural landscapes, highlighting how landscape architects enhance rural communities, ecosystems, and food systems; this is an interview.
31 Mar 2025
Sustainability | 3. Global Communities
In this final episode of their sustainability journey, Hannah and Colby take a step back to explore global examples of sustainable living. Wrapping up the series, they reflect on the true meaning of sustainability within a community and what it takes to create lasting, positive change. Join them for this insightful conversation and discover how sustainability is being embraced on a global scale.
7 Mar 2025
Sustainability | 2. Attaining a Sustainable Community
What is a sustainable community? Utilizing the three pillars of sustainability - economics, environment, and society, Hannah and Colby further assess what it means to be a sustainable community.
20 Feb 2025
Sustainability | 1. Thinking Locally
Exploring the Path to Sustainable Communities
"Living Landscapes," a new podcast hosted by Purdue undergrads, launches today. The episode explores sustainable communities, asking "What does a sustainable community look like?" Hosts Hannah Kmetz & Colby Smock examine local & global green initiatives, offering insights into sustainability's multifaceted nature. This episode provides a foundational understanding of key components.
4 Jan 2025
What is Environmental Design?
Ishraq Awashra, Colby Smock, and Grace Lentz take listeners across the Purdue University campus, engaging fellow students and faculty in a thought-provoking discussion about the meaning of "environmental design."
13 Dec 2024
Planning | 3. Community and Environmental Planning Research.
Grace and Colby talk about their personal experiences with planning, as well as conclusions they have come to in the quest to answer the question “What is the importance of community in environmental planning?”
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22 Nov 2024
Planning | 2. Community Planning in Action.
Grace talks with Ashley Newson, a Community Planner with the National Park Service, about her work in the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program and her experiences with the planning process.
11 Nov 2024
Planning | 1. What is Community and Environmental Planning?
Grace Lentz and Colby Smock sit down to introduce the topic of community and environmental planning in order to answer the series' guiding question: What is the importance of community in environmental planning?
For more information see: https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/thompsonlab/living-landscapes-podcast/
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