Neighborhoods and Landcapes
This landscape architect, who served together on the board of the Billion Oyster Project with Ayana, advocates in her interview for a “regenerative American landscape”.
Who is Kate Orff?
This Milanese architect, who describes herself as a “pasionaria of design”, advocates for rewilding, building self-sufficient communes, and using local materials on buildings.
Who is Paola Antonelli?
Scientists say we must reach this level of emissions, where human-caused emissions are balanced by carbon removal, by 2050 to prevent catastrophic warming.
What is net zero?
This design justice pioneer heads an innovative firm, Colloqate, which exists to “design spaces of racial, social, and cultural justice”
Who is Bryan Lee?
Isabella Tree employed this method–which allows the land to recover from a complex situation of mis- and overgrowth, with as little intervention as possible–on her castle and estate in West Sussex.
What is rewilding?
This AI entrepreneur who co-founded DeepMind has been at the forefront of AI ethics.
Who is Mustafa Suleyman?
Cities are increasingly investing in this type of infrastructure, which includes green roofs, permeable pavement, and urban forests to combat climate change.
What is green infrastructure?
Urban planners are increasingly designing cities that are "15-minute" versions of these, meaning all essential services are within a short walk or bike ride.
What are 15-minute cities?
This global climate agreement, adopted in 2015, aims to limit global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
What is the Paris Agreement?
Lee explains this concept as “what love looks like in public spaces. It’s an active display of care for beloved communities”.
What is design justice
Paola describes this concept as “being respectful of the environment, being responsible toward other beings and ecosystems, without however being forced to do away with all the beauty that comes with human creation and design”
What is restorative design?
This is the capability of computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making.
What is artificial intelligence?
This is made up of “the habits, tendencies, patterns, and routines that we collectively share; its the consequence of persistent circumstances and prevailing conditions”
What is culture?
This term describes people forced to leave their homes due to rising sea levels, extreme weather, and other climate-related disasters.
What are climate refugees?
the principle that the introduction of a new product or process whose ultimate effects are disputed or unknown should be resisted.
What is the precautionary principle?