Category: Weekly reflection
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Rethinking waste: Urban mining and the future of cities
This week on the What is The Future For Cities podcast, we embarked on a deep dive into urban mining – a concept that challenges us to see our cities not as sprawling hubs of consumption and waste, but as treasure troves of untapped resources. Through two compelling episodes, we explored the potential and necessity…
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Nuclear energy and the future of cities: 5 lessons from this week
This week on the What is The Future For Cities podcast, we investigated nuclear energy from two angles: a research summary from Nuclear for Australia (Ep. 313) and an interview with financial expert Andrew Vass (Ep. 314). As cities face growing energy demands, climate challenges, and economic pressures, nuclear power emerges as a contender worth…
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Cities that thrive: Blending nature-positive action with regenerative vision
This week, we’ve explored a roadmap and a revolution for urban futures. Episode 311, “Nature Positive: Guidelines for the Transition in Cities,” and Episode 312 with Gilbert Rochecouste, founder of Village Well, paired data-driven urgency with human-centered imagination. Together, they’ve reshaped how I see cities – not as concrete traps, but as living systems we…
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Cities as Living Systems: A Week of Ecological and Visionary Insights
This week we’ve journeyed through two profound explorations of how urban spaces can evolve from mere infrastructure into living, breathing systems that sustain both humanity and the planet. Episode 309, “Ecological Urban Planning and Design: A Systematic Literature Review,” and Episode 310 with Dr. Stuart Cowan, Executive Director at Buckminster Fuller Institute, offered a dual…
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Quantum Cities? A Week with Chiara Marletto’s Big Ideas
This week, What is The Future for Cities? Podcast joined Podcasthon 2025, a global initiative supporting charities – we chose Chiara Marletto‘s quantum gravity experiments which can be supported through Wolfson College at the University of Oxford. Thus, we explored the intersection of physics and urban evolution through two compelling episodes. Episode 307 delves into…
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From walls to wallets: How embodied carbon’s changing our cities
This week on What is The Future for Cities? Podcast, we’ve investigated embodied carbon with episodes 305 and 306 with Tom Petty from Carbon Trace. It’s the emissions hiding in your home’s walls, not your light bill, and it’s a bigger deal than I thought. What Even Is Embodied Carbon? So, embodied carbon’s the pollution…
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AI’s Running Cities—Are We Steering or Just Along for the Ride?
Week in Review: Agentic AI and Nick Bray on Who Runs the Future This week’s What is The Future for Cities? Podcast episodes—303 and 304—threw us into the deep end of AI’s urban takeover. From agentic AI acting on its own to Nick Bray’s call for human control, it’s been a ride. Here’s what we…
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