#8 - BIODIVERSITY & CONSERVATION

This episode of the Resource Talks explores biodiversity and conservation with Hannah Ritchie, from Our World in Data, Sir Peter Crane of the Crop Trust, and Malin Rivers of Botanic Gardens Conservation International and IUCN Red List. Hosted by environmental scientist and architect John Manoochehri, of BASE2 Data + Design, previously at UNEP. The Resource Talks are produced by Resource Vision, the sustainable architecture and technology studio of BASE2 Data + Design. base2.works project.resource.vision

The first season of the Resource Talks ends with a special two-part episode with two of the foundational scientists of sustainability and scientific reform of economics and industrial policy: Robert Ayres, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Political Science and Technology Management at INSEAD, and Herman Daly, professor emeritus at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy.  Bob Ayres co-founded the discipline that came to be known as industrial ecology, and Herman Daly co-founded ecological economics. For a full 50 years and counting, both have led the contemporary reassessment of technical and material progress by revisiting the foundational science, including thermodynamic limits and quantitative economics, and reasserting the need for social-ethical framing of industrial progress. This is Part II of a two-part episode.

The first season of the Resource Talks ends with a special two-part episode with two of the foundational scientists of sustainability and scientific reform of economics and industrial policy: Robert Ayres, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Political Science and Technology Management at INSEAD, and Herman Daly, professor emeritus at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. Bob Ayres co-founded the discipline that came to be known as industrial ecology, and Herman Daly co-founded ecological economics. For a full 50 years and counting, both have led the contemporary reassessment of technical and material progress by revisiting the foundational science, including thermodynamic limits and quantitative economics, and reasserting the need for social-ethical framing of industrial progress. This is Part I of a two-part episode.

This episode of the Resource Talks explores farming, food and the food economy in the urban environment, with Carolyn Steel, architect and author of The Hungry City and Sitopia, and Prof Jess Davies, Professor of Sustainability at Lancaster University, and Director of the Centre for Global Eco-Innovation. Hosted by environmental scientist and architect John Manoochehri, of BASE2 Data + Design, previously at UNEP. The Resource Talks are produced by Resource Vision, the sustainable architecture and technology studio of BASE2 Data + Design. base2.works perspectives.resource.vision

This episode of the Resource Talks explores communications for sustainability, including what is the message, what are the goals, and what have we learnt over time, with Shannon Osaka, environmental journalist with Grist/Rolling Stone, Katie Patrick, environmental engineer, author and software designer, and Bridget Cogley, formerly of Dezeen, currently Senior News and Digital Editor at Architectural Record, and founder of Reframe Magazine on Instagram. Hosted by environmental scientist and architect John Manoochehri, of BASE2 Data + Design, previously at UNEP. The Resource Talks are produced by Resource Vision, the sustainable architecture and technology studio of BASE2 Data + Design.

This episode of the Resource Talks explores mass timber for construction and architecture, with Judith Sheine, Director of Design at the Tallwood Design Institute, and Professor of Architecture at the University of Oregon, Anthonie Kramer engineer with JAMA Engineering, and Lloyd Alter, Design Editor at TreeHugger and Lecturer in Sustainable Design at Ryerson School of Interior Design.  Hosted by environmental scientist and architect John Manoochehri, of BASE2 Data + Design, previously at UNEP. The Resource Talks are produced by Resource Vision, the sustainable architecture and technology studio of BASE2 Data + Design.

This episode of the Resource Talks explores environment and nature themes in fiction, with Lovis Geier founder of the Ecofictology YouTube channel and Rewilding Our Stories Discord community, and Octavia Cade, a New Zealand science writer, novelist and science communicator. Hosted by environmental scientist and architect John Manoochehri, of BASE2 Data + Design, previously at UNEP. The Resource Talks are produced by Resource Vision, the sustainable architecture and technology studio of BASE2 Data + Design.

This episode of the Resource Talks explores consumption as a dimension of change towards a sustainable society, with Julia Steinberger (University of Lausanne / University of Leeds) and Juliet Schor (Boston College) Hosted by environmental scientist and architect John Manoochehri, of BASE2 Data + Design, previously at UNEP. The Resource Talks are produced by Resource Vision, the sustainable architecture and technology studio of BASE2 Data + Design.

This episode of the Resource Talks explores concrete and cement, their role in progress & influence on society, and their impact on carbon emissions and the natural environment, with guests Jason Crawford, founder of 'The Roots of Progress', Karen Scrivener, Full Professor and Head of Construction Materials Laboratory, EPFL, and Erwin Kuhn, computer and energy scientist working at Vicat Cement on carbon tools.  Hosted by environmental scientist and architect John Manoochehri, of BASE2 Data + Design, previously at UNEP. The Resource Talks are produced by Resource Vision, the sustainable architecture and technology studio of BASE2 Data + Design.

This episode of the Resource Talks explores computation and energy, with a special section on the energy issues associated with Bitcoin, blockchain, crypto and distributed ledgers, with guests Jonathan Koomey, previously of Stanford SEEES and Berkeley LBNL, Michael Rauchs, previously Head of cryptocurrency and blockchain research at Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, and George Kamiya, Digital/Energy Analyst at the International Energy Agency.  Hosted by environmental scientist and architect John Manoochehri, of BASE2 Data + Design, previously at UNEP. The Resource Talks are produced by Resource Vision, the sustainable architecture and technology studio of BASE2 Data + Design.