Episode 24: Urban Revitalization – Resurrecting Wastelands


Today is a special day, we have a guest! His name is Storm Cunningham; he is an author, speaker, activist, and more, and he’s from the reconomics institute. His newest book is “Reconomics: The Path to Resilient Prosperity” and we speak about environmental revitalization in urban environments.

This episode was edited by DamJankostovski.

References

  • Urban Revitalization
  • Brown Field – any previously developed land that is not currently in use that may be potentially contaminated
  • Storm’s TEDx Talk
  • “Plans are worthless, but planning is everything” and other similar variations are all attributed to Dwight D Eisenhower.
  • White Elephant – a possession which its owner cannot dispose of and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness.
  • Reconomics – Storm Cunningham
  • AEC – Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industries shorthand (Like STEM)
  • Chattanooga, Tennessee – The place where the “Chattanooga Miracle” took place in terms of environmental revitalization after their coal industry pumped out so much
  • Walter Cronkite – an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years.
  • Butte, Montana – The Berkeley Pit
  • The Green New Deal – calls for public policy to address climate change along with achieving other social aims like job creation and reducing economic inequality.
  • Canadian 2021 Federal Election
  • Design Charrettes – an intense period of design or planning activity.
  • Machiavellianism – Politics marked by cunning, duplicity, or bad faith
  • Vision Boarding (Also called “Dream Boarding”) – a collage of images, pictures, and affirmations of one’s dreams and desires, designed to serve as a source of inspiration and motivation
  • SWOT Analysis – a strategic planning technique used to help a person or organization identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to business competition or project planning
  • Repurpose, Renew, Reconnect
  • Three Sisters – Traditionally squash, corn, and peas are a pairing that keeps the soil from being stripped of nutrients and works synergistically, repelling pests and increasing yields.
  • Sustainability
  • Regenerative Agriculture –  a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems. It focuses on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, improving the water cycle, enhancing ecosystem services, supporting biosequestration, increasing resilience to climate change, and strengthening the health and vitality of farm soil.
  • Rodale Institute
  • Regeneration International
  • No-Till Farming –  an agricultural technique for growing crops or pasture without disturbing the soil through tillage. No-till farming decreases the amount of soil erosion tillage causes in certain soils, especially in sandy and dry soils on sloping terrain.
  • Jacob’s
  • In Situ –  may describe the way a measurement is taken, that is, in the same place the phenomenon is occurring without isolating it from other systems or altering the original conditions of the test.
  • Ex Situ – the process of protecting an endangered species, variety or breed, of plant or animal outside its natural habitat.
  • Phytoremediation – use living plants to clean up soil, air, and water contaminated with hazardous contaminants.
  • Mycoremediation – a form of bioremediation in which fungi-based remediation methods are used to decontaminate the environment.
  • Storm’s Contacts:

Storm’s TEDx Talk

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