Robin Roemer's guest appearances

Robin Roemer

Come Out, Come Out

DeAnne Smith's Questionable At Best

The Bottom-Up Revolution

How to Save the World | The Psychology & Science of Environmental Behavior

Vanessa Friedman

Dietmar Offenhuber

Michael Smith

Sarah Davis

Melody Warnick

Jess Salomon

DeAnne Smith

Lisa Leslie

Alex Rodriguez

Rebecca Undem

John Hastings

David McGimpsey

Nikki Britton

Gregg Sparkman

Nick Flanagan

OwlTail

Imagine using augmented reality outdoors on a real city street to re-imagine the street and buildings around you covered in plants, trees, green walls, cars-free - or whatever your eco-future imagination can dream up. Our guests today are Sebastian Schlecht and Robin Roemer. Sebastian is an architect from Germany who co-founded the Lala Ruhr project - an urban design lab that re-imagines cities with biophilic nature-based solutions. Robin is the co-founder of the software startup CityScaper which specializes in augmented reality and urban planning. Sebastian and Robin got together and created this world-first AR project where people could hold up an iPad or iPhone and see a greenified ecotopia version of the street they were on - and they could even design their own. This style of augmented reality is that it’s embedded into a streetscape’s geo coordinates - and that requires creating a 3D model of the street and geolocating the ecological design to fit with the exact location where the user is standing. We’ll be taking a deep dive into the tech stack that includes Lidar, GIS, and Google AR Core, with Robin about 20 mins in.  Connect with Sebastian and Robin on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-schlecht-fromgreytogreen/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-roemer/ The Lala Ruhr Lab https://www.lala.ruhr/en/start-en/ City Scaper https://ar-gument.de/   How to Save the World is a Podcast About the Psychology of What Gets People To Take On Sustainable Behavior and Climate Action: Environmental engineer, designer, and author, Katie Patrick, hunts down the latest behavioral science literature from top universities such as Harvard, MIT, and Stanford to unearth the evidence-based teachings you can use to get magnitudes more people to adopt your environmental campaign, program, or product. Sign up for Katie's free behavior and gamification design course at http://katiepatrick.com Get a copy of How to Save the World on Amazon Join my private masterclass in climate action design for $25 / month http://katiepatrick.com/gamifytheplanet This podcast is supported by our friends at Earth Hacks who run environmental hackathons, Conservation X Labs who promote community-driven open tech development for conservation, and Climate Designers - a network of designers who use their creative skills for climate action. Contribute a monthly donation to the How to Save the World podcast at patreon.com/katiepatrick Follow on Twitter @katiepatrick, Instagram @katiepatrickhello, and LinkedIn Book a 90-minute Idea Storming Call with Katie: https://calendly.com/katiepatrick/idea-storm

Imagine using augmented reality outdoors on a real city street to re-imagine the street and buildings around you covered in plants, trees, green walls, cars-free - or whatever your eco-future imagination can dream up. Our guests today are Sebastian Schlecht and Robin Roemer. Sebastian is an architect from Germany who co-founded the Lala Ruhr project - an urban design lab that re-imagines cities with biophilic nature-based solutions. Robin is the co-founder of the software startup CityScaper which specializes in augmented reality and urban planning. Sebastian and Robin got together and created this world-first AR project where people could hold up an iPad or iPhone and see a greenified ecotopia version of the street they were on - and they could even design their own. This style of augmented reality is that it’s embedded into a streetscape’s geo coordinates - and that requires creating a 3D model of the street and geolocating the ecological design to fit with the exact location where the user is standing. We’ll be taking a deep dive into the tech stack that includes Lidar, GIS, and Google AR Core, with Robin about 20 mins in. Connect with Sebastian and Robin on LinkedIn:  <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-schlecht-fromgreytogreen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-schlecht-fromgreytogreen/</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-roemer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-roemer/</a> The Lala Ruhr Lab https://www.lala.ruhr/en/start-en/ City Scaper <a href="https://ar-gument.de/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ar-gument.de/</a> How to Save the World is a Podcast About the Psychology of What Gets People To Take On Sustainable Behavior and Climate Action: Environmental engineer, designer, and author, Katie Patrick, hunts down the latest behavioral science literature from top universities such as Harvard, MIT, and Stanford to unearth the evidence-based teachings you can use to get magnitudes more people to adopt your environmental campaign, program, or product. Sign up for Katie's free behavior and gamification design course at <a href="http://katiepatrick.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://katiepatrick.com</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/2Z4jivL" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Get a copy of How to Save the World on Amazon</a> Join my private masterclass in climate action design for $25 / month <a href="http://katiepatrick.com/gamifytheplanet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://katiepatrick.com/gamifytheplanet</a> This podcast is supported by our friends at <a href="https://earthhacks.io/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Earth Hacks</a> who run environmental hackathons, <a href="https://conservationxlabs.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Conservation X Labs</a> who promote community-driven open tech development for conservation, and <a href="https://climatedesigners.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Climate Designers</a> - a network of designers who use their creative skills for climate action. Contribute a monthly donation to the How to Save the World podcast at <a href="https://patreon.com/katiepatrick" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/katiepatrick</a> Follow on <a href="https://twitter.com/katiepatrick" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter @katiepatrick</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/katiepatrickhello/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram @katiepatrickhello</a>, and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-patrick-4474499/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> Book a 90-minute Idea Storming Call with Katie: <a href="https://calendly.com/katiepatrick/idea-storm" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://calendly.com/katiepatrick/idea-storm</a>

Using AR & GIS to Imagine A Radical Eco Makeover of Your Street with Sebastian Schlecht + Robin Roemer Ep34

A few years back, we published an op-ed from a Strong Towns reader who was fighting a proposed highway project in San Jose, California, near his child’s school—mere yards away, to be exact. The highway expansion would make a key crossing—where hundreds of children and parents walked to the school building every day—extremely dangerous. It would also bring noise and pollution into kids’ classrooms, strip recreational land away from the school, and, as with every highway expansion project, cost taxpayers millions of dollars to implement. The justification for the project from the DOT was basically: We planned for this a few decades ago and we finally got the funding, so let’s build it.  Today’s guest is the author of that initial op-ed and a leading community activist in the fight against the project. Robin Roemer got in touch with us a little while ago to say that, after a four-year battle, he and his neighbors had finally succeeded in getting the city council to vote unanimously against the project. You’re about to hear his story of persistence, of bringing neighbors together to show that they have power over the future of their community and they don’t have to accept a harmful project being handed down from on high.  Roemer has helpful advice for any community organizing effort, too: give people the facts and voice to help them make decisions for themselves, use peoples’ energy wisely, pace yourself for long-term efforts, and, also, you don’t have to participate in government processes that are rigged against you. He’s got a great story about not showing up for a city council meeting but instead, arranging a separate meeting for the community that would actually allow them to attend and voice their concerns. We’ll let him tell the rest…Additional Show Notes “A Literal Bridge From the Future to the Past,” by Robin Roemer (Strong Towns, October 2018).   “After a fierce fight, San Jose abandons ‘extremely dangerous’ overpass project,” by Maggie Angst (The Mercury News, February 2022).   California Walks website.   Send your story ideas to rachel@strongtowns.org.   Subscribe to The Bottom-Up Revolution on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Podbean, or via RSS.   Support this podcast by becoming a Strong Towns member today. 

A few years back, we published <a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/10/30/a-literal-bridge-from-the-past-to-the-future" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">an op-ed from a Strong Towns reader</a> who was fighting a proposed highway project in San Jose, California, near his child’s school—mere yards away, to be exact. The <a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/nonewroads" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">highway expansion</a> would make a key crossing—where <a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2022/3/11/luke-crosswalker-tactical-urbanist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hundreds of children and parents walked to the school building every day</a>—extremely dangerous. It would also bring noise and pollution into kids’ classrooms, strip recreational land away from the school, and, as with every highway expansion project, cost taxpayers millions of dollars to implement. The <a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/9/16/is-it-2021-or-1961-at-americas-dots" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">justification for the project from the DOT</a> was basically: We planned for this a few decades ago and we finally got the funding, so let’s build it.  Today’s guest is the author of that initial op-ed and a leading community activist in the fight against the project. Robin Roemer got in touch with us a little while ago to say that, after a four-year battle, he and his neighbors had finally succeeded in getting the city council to vote unanimously against the project. You’re about to hear his story of persistence, of bringing neighbors together to show that <a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2022/2/21/building-your-engagement-ladder-five-practices-to-start-advocating-for-resilience" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">they have power over the future of their community</a> and they don’t have to accept a harmful project being handed down from on high.  Roemer has helpful advice for any community organizing effort, too: give people the facts and voice to help them make decisions for themselves, use peoples’ energy wisely, pace yourself for long-term efforts, and, also, you don’t have to participate in government processes that are rigged against you. He’s got a great story about not showing up for a city council meeting but instead, arranging a separate meeting for the community that would actually allow them to attend and voice their concerns. We’ll let him tell the rest…Additional Show Notes <ul><li> <a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/10/30/a-literal-bridge-from-the-past-to-the-future" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“A Literal Bridge From the Future to the Past,”</a> by Robin Roemer (Strong Towns, October 2018). </li> <li> <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/01/after-a-fierce-fight-san-jose-abandons-extremely-dangerous-overpass-project/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“After a fierce fight, San Jose abandons ‘extremely dangerous’ overpass project</a>,” by Maggie Angst (The Mercury News, February 2022). </li> <li> <a href="https://www.calwalks.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">California Walks</a> website. </li> <li> Send your story ideas to rachel@strongtowns.org. </li> <li> Subscribe to The Bottom-Up Revolution on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bottom-up-revolution/id1435989066?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2xpdHRsZXRoaW5ncy5zdHJvbmd0b3ducy5vcmcvZmVlZC54bWw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="http://littlethings.strongtowns.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podbean</a>, or via <a href="http://littlethings.strongtowns.org/feed.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS</a>. </li> <li> Support this podcast <a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/membership" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">by becoming a Strong Towns member today</a>. </li></ul>

Robin Roemer: Stopping a Harmful Highway Project

Carly Usdin

This week’s question: How well do you work with others? This week’s quote: “I feel like that’s all you really need. One good friend.” “If you’re a terrier or a small piece of fruit.” I got together for a dreamy chat with kick-ass humans Carly and Robin about collaboration. A miniature schnauzer got in the mix. He’s not the only tiny thing we’ll reference.

This week’s question: How well do you work with others? This week’s quote: “I feel like that’s all you really need. One good friend.” “If you’re a terrier or a small piece of fruit.” I got together for a dreamy chat with kick-ass humans Carly and Robin about collaboration. A miniature schnauzer got in the mix. He’s not the only tiny thing we’ll reference.

#19 • Robin Roemer and Carly Usdin