This is episode 2 of 6 in the podcast series on urban rewilding.

My guest is Sophie Thompson, a landscape architect and Director at LDA Design.

In this episode we discuss:

• How wild nature can be brought into city streets and public spaces
• The importance of working closely with local communities
• Examples of LDA’s transformations of highly urban spaces into places for people and nature.
• How to manage the complexities and constraints of working in cities.

More about LDA Design and the projects we discuss:
LDA Website
Greening London's West End
Alfred Place Gardens
Princes Circus

Connect with Sophie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-thompson-51b4748/

Further listening:
Listen to Part 1 in the urban rewilding series: #102: (WILD) Rewilding Urban Parks with Lost Species - Sean McCormack, Ealing Beaver Project

Listen to my previous episode with LDA on their Strand Aldwych project: #81: Reimagining Roads as Public Space, with LDA

Cover image of Princes Circus, London by LDA Design. Photo by Maple Studio, used with permission from LDA Design.

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My guest is Duygu Kutluay, a campaigner at Beyond Fossil Fuels.
We discuss:

• Why local community projects need to be part of Europe’s energy transition away from fossil fuels.
• Beyond Fossil Fuels' new interactive map of community-based energy projects that you can access on their website.
• Six case studies of local energy projects from across Europe.

More about Beyond Fossil Fuels: https://beyondfossilfuels.org/
Local Energy Solutions Map: https://beyondfossilfuels.org/local-energy-solutions-map/

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Workshop on 19 Feb: Find your Unique Role in Climate Action (link)

In this episode I explore the different roles that built environment professionals can play in leveraging systems change for sustainability. This is based on interviewing 122 guests on this podcast and exploring systems change research.

The 5 types of change-makers are:

• Champion and Coordinator
• Researcher and Storyteller
• Topic Expert
• Innovator
• Systems Influencer

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