Janis Birkeland's guest appearances

Janis Birkeland

Accidental Gods 

Sense-making in a Changing World

OwlTail

How do we design our built environment to be more than just 'sustainable' (doing things slightly less badly) and instead to be genuinely regenerative where all we build and make heals people and the planet? Professor. Janis Birkeland is Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning in the University of Melbourne. Janis has dedicated her personal, professional and academic life to figuring out what is genuine sustainability - how to plan for a built environment that is not just 'less bad' than the alternatives, but actually returns more to the land and the people who live in and around it thn whatever went before.  Throughout her professional career, she has been drawn to figuring out how cities and buildings, despite their huge impacts, can transform society and save the planet. First, she became an architect and urban designer, transferring into city planning. Later, she became a lawyer to better understand the barriers to systems change. Now she is an academic, author of many dozens of papers and a number of books, of which the most recent is ‘Net- Positive Design and Sustainable Urban Development’. She is a clear and consistent advocate for the design of human settlements that are socially and ecologically ‘net positive’ and has just published "Net-Positive Design and Sustainable Urban Development" (Routledge) which provides methods, models and metrics to enable practitioners and students to create eco-positive environments. It also includes a free computer app to facilitate net-positive designIn this wide-ranging conversation, we explore the myriad ways we could choose to design our buildings differently - and the many practical ways we could upgrade what exists as well as creating new models for what might arise.  Janis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janis-birkeland-84135120/Net Positive Design WebsiteAlgae-Tecture: https://carloratti.com/project/algaetecture/Mycelial Bricks: https://wasterush.info/mycelium-construction/https://whitneyfungifun.wordpress.com/2017/04/13/sustainability-of-mycelium-bricks/https://happho.com/an-emerging-sustainable-construction-material-mycelium-bricks/https://www.certifiedenergy.com.au/emerging-materials/emerging-materials-mycelium-brick

How do we design our built environment to be more than just 'sustainable' (doing things slightly less badly) and instead to be genuinely regenerative where all we build and make heals people and the planet? Professor. Janis Birkeland is Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning in the University of Melbourne. Janis has dedicated her personal, professional and academic life to figuring out what is genuine sustainability - how to plan for a built environment that is not just 'less bad' than the alternatives, but actually returns more to the land and the people who live in and around it thn whatever went before.  Throughout her professional career, she has been drawn to figuring out how cities and buildings, despite their huge impacts, can transform society and save the planet. First, she became an architect and urban designer, transferring into city planning. Later, she became a lawyer to better understand the barriers to systems change. Now she is an academic, author of many dozens of papers and a number of books, of which the most recent is ‘Net- Positive Design and Sustainable Urban Development’. She is a clear and consistent advocate for the design of human settlements that are socially and ecologically ‘net positive’ and has just published "Net-Positive Design and Sustainable Urban Development" (Routledge) which provides methods, models and metrics to enable practitioners and students to create eco-positive environments. It also includes a free computer app to facilitate net-positive designIn this wide-ranging conversation, we explore the myriad ways we could choose to design our buildings differently - and the many practical ways we could upgrade what exists as well as creating new models for what might arise.  Janis on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/janis-birkeland-84135120/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/janis-birkeland-84135120/</a> <a href="https://netpositivedesign.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Net Positive Design Website</a> Algae-Tecture: <a href="https://carloratti.com/project/algaetecture/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://carloratti.com/project/algaetecture/</a> Mycelial Bricks: <a href="https://wasterush.info/mycelium-construction/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wasterush.info/mycelium-construction/</a> <a href="https://whitneyfungifun.wordpress.com/2017/04/13/sustainability-of-mycelium-bricks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whitneyfungifun.wordpress.com/2017/04/13/sustainability-of-mycelium-bricks/</a> <a href="https://happho.com/an-emerging-sustainable-construction-material-mycelium-bricks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://happho.com/an-emerging-sustainable-construction-material-mycelium-bricks/</a> <a href="https://www.certifiedenergy.com.au/emerging-materials/emerging-materials-mycelium-brick" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.certifiedenergy.com.au/emerging-materials/emerging-materials-mycelium-brick</a>

Net Positive: Designing a regenerative future with Prof Janis Birkeland

Prof Janis Birkeland

In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World it is my honour and delight to be speaking with a giant in the world of design, Professor Janis Birkeland.  Janis has dedicated her personal, professional and academic life to figuring out what is genuine ecological and social sustainability and how we can work towards it. She was drawn to exploring and reimagining the design of our cities, the places where we live and work to explore this question. She first became an architect and urban designer, then transferred into city planning. Later she became a lawyer to better understand the barriers to systems change. Janis originated the theory of Net-Positive Development and Design and is the author of many books - Positive Development, Design for Sustainability and more recently Net Positive Design and Sustainable Urban Development which includes an app ...as well as 100s of papers.  Janis has been a Professor of Architecture at QUT, Professor of Sustainable Architecture at the University of Auckland and is now an Honorary Professor at the University of Melbourne . Together we explore ways to rethink how to design human settlements for one-planet-living in ways that enhance not destroy the places they are in. ________________________________LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORLD OF PERMACULTURE WITH MORAG GAMBLE Explore the permaculture films, articles, masterclasses and other resources on Our Permaculture Life Youtube channel &amp; blog. Find out more about the Permaculture Education Institute and becoming a certified permaculture educator. If your main interest is getting a thriving food garden set up,  take a look at this online course: The Incredible Edible Garden. ________________________________ Download this  Support the showThis podcast is an initiative of the Permaculture Education Institute.Our way of sharing our love for this planet and for life, is by teaching permaculture teachers who are locally adapting this around the world - finding ways to apply the planet care ethics of earth care, people care and fair share. We host global conversations and learning communities on 6 continents. We teach permaculture teachers, host permaculture courses, host Our Permaculture Life YouTube, and offer free monthly film club and masterclass. We broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage food forest on beautiful Gubbi Gubbi country. I acknowledge this is and always will be Aboriginal land, pay my respects to elders past and present, and extend my respect to indigenous cultures and knowledge systems across the planet. You can also watch Sense-Making in a Changing World on youtube.SUBSCRIBE for notification of each new episode. Please leave us a 5 star REVIEW - it really it does help the bots find and myceliate this show. 

In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World it is my honour and delight to be speaking with a giant in the world of design, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/janis-birkeland-84135120" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Professor Janis Birkeland</a>.  Janis has dedicated her personal, professional and academic life to figuring out what is genuine ecological and social sustainability and how we can work towards it. She was drawn to exploring and reimagining the design of our cities, the places where we live and work to explore this question. She first became an architect and urban designer, then transferred into city planning. Later she became a lawyer to better understand the barriers to systems change. Janis originated the theory of Net-Positive Development and Design and is the author of many books - <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/book/9781844075799/?a_aid=OurPermacultureLife" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Positive Development</a>,<a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/book/9781853838972/?a_aid=OurPermacultureLife" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Design for Sustainability </a>and more recently <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/book/9780367258566/?a_aid=OurPermacultureLife" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Net Positive Design and Sustainable Urban Development</a> which includes an app ...as well as 100s of papers.  Janis has been a Professor of Architecture at QUT, Professor of Sustainable Architecture at the University of Auckland and is now an<a href="https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/778411-janis-birkeland" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Honorary Professor</a> at the University of Melbourne . Together we explore ways to rethink how to design human settlements for one-planet-living in ways that enhance not destroy the places they are in. ________________________________ LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORLD OF PERMACULTURE WITH <a href="https://moraggamble.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MORAG GAMBLE</a> Explore the permaculture films, articles, masterclasses and other resources on <a href="https://youtube.com/c/moraggambleourpermacultureeducationinstitute" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Permaculture Life Youtube</a> channel &amp; <a href="https://ourpermaculturelife.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog</a>. Find out more about the <a href="https://permacultureeducationinstitute.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Permaculture Education Institute</a> and becoming a certified permaculture educator. If your main interest is getting a thriving food garden set up,  take a look at this online course: <a href="https://ourpermaculturelife.com/the-incredible-edible-garden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Incredible Edible Garden</a>. ________________________________ <ul><li>Download this <a href="https://permacultureeducationinstitute.org/reading-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></li></ul> <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/978904/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>This podcast is an initiative of the <a href="https://permacultureeducationinstitute.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Permaculture Education Institute</a>. Our way of sharing our love for this planet and for life, is by teaching permaculture teachers who are locally adapting this around the world - finding ways to apply the planet care ethics of earth care, people care and fair share. We host global conversations and learning communities on 6 continents. <a href="https://permacultureeducationinstitute.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We teach permaculture teachers, host permaculture courses</a>, host Our Permaculture Life <a href="https://youtube.com/c/moraggambleourpermaculturelife" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, and offer free monthly film club and masterclass. We broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage food forest on beautiful Gubbi Gubbi country. I acknowledge this is and always will be Aboriginal land, pay my respects to elders past and present, and extend my respect to indigenous cultures and knowledge systems across the planet. You can also watch Sense-Making in a Changing World on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVjSwiHVTSMM6x6Gvkoeyrg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube</a>. SUBSCRIBE for notification of each new episode. Please leave us a 5 star REVIEW - it really it does help the bots find and myceliate this show.