By Elissa Jenkins • October 23, 2023
This recording is from The City Transformed: Urban life at the end of the world as we know it – Green Institute Conference 2023, specifically the stream entitled ‘Beating the Heat: Community action for cool cities”, with Emma Bacon (Sweltering Cities), Holstein Wong and Ryan McNeilly Smith. Facilitated by Green…
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By Elissa Jenkins • October 22, 2023
This recording is from The City Transformed: Urban life at the end of the world as we know it – Green Institute Conference 2023, specifically the keynote speech for the close of day one by Professor Susan Harris Rimmer discussing “Cruel Summer: Extreme Heat and Human Rights in Australian Cities”…
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By Elissa Jenkins • October 22, 2023
This recording is from The City Transformed: Urban life at the end of the world as we know it – Green Institute Conference 2023, specifically the session entitled Urban, suburban, post-urban futures featuring “Perth 2.0”, with Dr Brad Pettit MLC; “Are Large Cities Viable Without Fossil Fuels: an alternative urbanism”,…
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By Elissa Jenkins • October 20, 2023
This recording is from The City Transformed: Urban life at the end of the world as we know it – Green Institute Conference 2023, specifically the session entitled A Caring City: From problem to solution featuring “Engaging youth as community partners, not community’s problem”, with Wendy Aghdam and “Reimagining Care:…
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By Elissa Jenkins • October 20, 2023
This recording is from The City Transformed: Urban life at the end of the world as we know it – Green Institute Conference 2023, specifically the session entitled Urban farming as transformation featuring “Creating Food Resilient Neighbourhoods”, with Gabriel Reese; “What’s Next in Urban Farming”, with Fiona Buining; and “Agrihood…
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By Elissa Jenkins • October 20, 2023
This recording is from The City Transformed: Urban life at the end of the world as we know it – Green Institute Conference 2023, specifically the stream entitled ‘A Caring City’ featuring “Transforming Energy Systems: caring beyond the local”, with Dr Kat Lucas-Healey and Dr Wendy Russell; “Trust Builds Better…
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By Elissa Jenkins • October 20, 2023
This recording is from The City Transformed: Urban life at the end of the world as we know it – Green Institute Conference 2023, specifically closing discussions of the conference on the final day with reflections by and facilitation by Green Institute Executive Director Tim Hollo. Tim Hollo A highly…
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By Tim Hollo • August 9, 2023
You have got to check this out. Seriously. I was the one lucky enough to piece together the program for The City Transformed: urban life at the end of the world as we know it, out of the proposals so many of you sent to us.
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By Tim Hollo • August 6, 2023
Many of you have been asking, and we’ve been working behind the scenes to make it happen effectively, so here it finally is. For those of you who can’t attend this month’s conference, The City Transformed: urban life at the end of the world as we know it, in person…
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By Tim Hollo • August 2, 2023
A new conference panel just dropped, and it’s a corker! Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney, the excellent Greens Councillor Sylvie Ellsmore, has just returned from travels where she’s gathered some amazing ideas about transformative policies for public and affordable housing that are actually being implemented and working in cities like Paris and London.
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