About Sustainable Futures: Designing Green Communities and Buildings
Sustainable Futures: Designing Green Communities and Buildings explores the many ways we can utilize the natural world and nature based solutions to combat climate change, enhance resilience, and improve communities
Episode 31 - The Making of Biidaasige Park with Shannon Baker
In Episode 31 of the Sustainable Futures Podcast, Steven Peck speaks with Shannon Baker, Director of Design at Waterfront Toronto, about the role of landscape architecture in creating healthy cities. The conversation centers the creation of Biidaasige Park, part of Toronto’s $1.4-billion Port Lands Flood Protection Project, including Indigenous collaboration, urban rewilding, ecological restoration, and the challenges of transforming former industrial lands into vibrant public spaces. They also discuss how thoughtful design can reconnect people with nature to create better, livable cities.
18 Sept 2026
Episode 30 - Designing Biophilic Cities with Timothy Beatley
In this episode of the Sustainable Futures Podcast, Steven Peck sits down with ecological engineer, author, and National Geographic Explorer Nadina Galle to discuss the future of greener, healthier cities. From the “Internet of Nature” to citizen science apps, biodiversity monitoring, and green roofs, Nadina explores how technology can strengthen our connection to the natural world. She unpacks why nature is essential infrastructure, how urban design impacts human wellbeing, and what cities can do to create more resilient communities in the face of climate change.
29 Apr 2026
Episode 29 - Reconnecting With Nature in Cities Using the Internet of Nature with Nadina Galle
In this episode of the Sustainable Futures Podcast, Steven Peck sits down with ecological engineer, author, and National Geographic Explorer Nadina Galle to discuss the future of greener, healthier cities. From the “Internet of Nature” to citizen science apps, biodiversity monitoring, and green roofs, Nadina explores how technology can strengthen our connection to the natural world. She unpacks why nature is essential infrastructure, how urban design impacts human wellbeing, and what cities can do to create more resilient communities in the face of climate change.
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Apple Podcasts (US)
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Spotify
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