Greening Urban Futures Podcast

The city of Turku has ambitious targets, it aims to become carbon neutral by 2029.  On this episode, we had the pleasure to speak with Minna Arve, the Mayor of the City of Turku.  During our conversation, Mayor Arve explained to us Turku’s carbon neutr...

EP.12 - Urban Density, the 15-Minute City and the Transformation of Proximities:   What are the real challenges for cities in the future horizon 2030, 2040, 2050?  In this episode, we speak with Professor Carlos Moreno about the need to reconsider the ...

EP. 11 – From “Smart” City to Intelligent Communities-The Espoo Story:  How can the structure of the city shape its future? In this episode, we have invited Päivi Sutinen, the Director of the City as a Service Development at the City of Espoo to share ...

EP. 10 – CITIES EMPOWERED BY SYSTEMATIC FUTURES THINKING: Sirkka Heinonen is a Professor of Futures Studies at the University of Turku and a member of the Club of Rome.  She has a long trajectory in the field of Futures Research working at the crossroa...

EP.09 – THE CIVIC CITY IN A NOMADIC WORLD: Charles Landry is an international authority on the use of imagination and creativity in urban change.  He created the concept of the Creative City in the late 1980s to help people and cities think,