How Could We?

Welcome to Season 2 of How Could We?, a podcast by EIT Climate-KIC where we explore how to build a beautiful, just and climate-resilient future. This season, we’re exploring how architecture, design, innovation, science, and art can help build sustainable solutions to the climate emergency. We talk to people across Europe who work on the New European Bauhaus, a creative and interdisciplinary initiative that encourages us to imagine and build together a sustainable and inclusive future.  In this episode, we talk to researchers and architects Blanca Calvo Boixet and Raquel Colacios Parra, based in Barcelona, Spain, about ASD Publics, one of the 14 projects selected as part of the EIT Community New European Bauhaus initiative. The project has created new tools and methods for urban planning professionals to design sustainable and inclusive play areas for and with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families.   The ASD Publics: Activating Spaces for Neurodiversity project reimagines and transforms playgrounds in cities to provide design guidelines to increase the potential for inclusive play and nature-based solutions in public spaces and can be implemented in other cities or countries.  This episode was presented by ⁠Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠ and produced by ⁠Bárbara Mendes-Jorge⁠.  Check out our other episodes in this New Bauhaus series. If you’re interested in Sustainable Forestry and Land Use, check out Season 1.  EIT Climate-KIC⁠ is Europe’s leading climate innovation initiative, aiming to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon, climate-resilient society by supporting innovative solutions helping society mitigate and adapt to climate change.  We want to hear from you! Share what inspires you and what you’re doing in your community to enact change by sending us an email to media@climate-kic.org.  Visit our website – www.climate-kic.org 

Welcome to Season 2 of How Could We?, a podcast by EIT Climate-KIC where we explore how to build a beautiful, just and climate-resilient future. This season, we’re exploring how architecture, design, innovation, science, and art can help build sustainable solutions to the climate emergency. We talk to people across Europe who work on the New European Bauhaus, a creative and interdisciplinary initiative that encourages us to imagine and build together a sustainable and inclusive future.  In this episode, we speak to Anabella Costache, a cultural project manager at the FABER Cultural Centre in Timișoara, Romania, about the CONNECT project. CONNECT is one of the 14 projects selected as part of the EIT Community New European Bauhaus initiative. The project helps integrate Ukrainian people, particularly women, fleeing the war into the development of the city through artistic gatherings and sharing of history.  This episode was presented by ⁠Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠ and produced by ⁠Bárbara Mendes-Jorge⁠.  Look out for upcoming episodes in our New Bauhaus series, Season 2.   If you’re interested in Sustainable Forestry and Land Use, check out Season 1.  EIT Climate-KIC⁠ is Europe’s leading climate innovation initiative, aiming to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon, climate-resilient society by supporting innovative solutions helping society mitigate and adapt to climate change.  We want to hear from you! Share what inspires you and what you’re doing in your community to enact change by sending us an email to media@climate-kic.org.  Visit our website – www.climate-kic.org 

We launched a podcast to shine a light on climate crisis solutions making a real difference. In this third episode, we talk to urban specialist Tena Petrovic about the Bauhuette 4.0 project. The project aims to use home-grown timber from regional Brandenburg and Berlin forests to supply construction materials to create affordable housing from wood.  We talked about the importance of bringing together different stakeholders on a project like this, the challenges of forest mismanagement and how long-term planning will lead to Bauhuette 4.0's success - and eventual replication. Tena works with EIT Climate-KIC as a Breakthrough Initiative Developer on the Climate Smart Forest Economy Programme.  This episode was presented by Anne-Sophie Garrigou and produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge.  Listen to other episodes in our Sustainable Forestry series in Season 1.   Subscribe to How Could We? for Season 2 coming in May 2023.    EIT Climate-KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation initiative, aiming to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon, climate-resilient society by supporting innovative solutions helping society mitigate and adapt to climate change.  We want to hear from you! Share what inspires you and what you’re doing in your community to enact change by sending us an email to media@climate-kic.org.  Visit our website.

In this second episode, we talk to Syakaa William about why timber is a good construction solution for East Africa, the challenges of building a market in the region, East African timber pioneers and what is being done to equip the next generation of engineers and architects with the skills required for building with mass timber.  Syakaa is a project manager at Dalberg Advisors and is based in Tanzania working on a range of development challenges such as improving food systems, providing access to quality education and employment, as well as supporting the circular economy. He works together with EIT Climate-KIC on the Climate Smart Forest Economy Programme in East Africa.  This episode was presented by Anne-Sophie Garrigou and produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge.  Listen to other episodes in our Sustainable Forestry series in Season 1.   Subscribe to How Could We? for Season 2 coming in May 2023.  EIT Climate-KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation initiative, aiming to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon, climate-resilient society by supporting innovative solutions helping society mitigate and adapt to climate change.  We want to hear from you! Share what inspires you and what you’re doing in your community to enact change by sending us an email to media@climate-kic.org.  Visit our website.

We launched a podcast to shine a light on climate crisis solutions making a real difference. Our first series focuses on land use, sustainable forestry, and the dilemma of using trees for timber. Forests are an essential ally in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss. They function as carbon sinks and help reduce the impacts of climate change. Unfortunately, forests suffer from many different pressures, including climate change and inactive forest management. With the current climate and cost-of-living crisis, it is more important than ever to take care of our public lands and use the tools available to help adapt to changing conditions. But there is an inherent issue: by using trees to create forest products, aren’t we contributing further to the climate breakdown? To answer this difficult question we talk to Daniel Zimmer, Director of Sustainable Land Use at EIT Climate-KIC. Daniel works on the Climate Smart Forest Economy Programme, a collaborative initiative from EIT Climate-KIC, the World Economic Forum, and the World Resources Institute. The programme looks at how to use wood and other forest products to substitute fossil fuel-based products while preserving forests’ carbon sink function, protecting biodiversity and support the creation of jobs. This episode was presented by Anne-Sophie Garrigou and produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge. Listen to other episodes in our Sustainable Forestry series in Season 1. Subscribe to How Could We? for Season 2 coming in May 2023. EIT Climate-KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation initiative, aiming to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon, climate-resilient society by supporting innovative solutions helping society mitigate and adapt to climate change. We want to hear from you! Share what inspires you and what you’re doing in your community to enact change by sending us an email to media@climate-kic.org. Visit our website.