Plant Life

In this podcast Miriam visits landscape architect, Jennifer Schulz at Waldgarten Britz, a forest garden in central Berlin. The 2.8 hectare forest garden is located just 1 km from the densely built-up area of Gropiusstadt. The forest garden is only two years old, but there are already clear changes in the biodiversity of the area. Jennifer Schulz talks about the project, which is the first of its kind in Germany.I also meet Associate Professor Natalie Gulsrud from the University of Copenhagen, who talks about the importance of multi species rights to the city. The Forest Garden Britz is not only a natural paradise close to the city, but also a place of cohesion and community. It is open to all members of the association and their guests for communal gardening.Can Forest Garden Britz be a model park for our future cities? https://waldgarten-britz.dePodcasten er støttet af Carlsbergfondet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I denne podcast handler det om de tætte bånd, vi tit knytter til træerne, og det handler om hvordan vi kan lære at se verdenen fra deres perspektiv.Jeg ser på to ginkgotræer på Frederiksberg, sammen med tidligere havemester på landbohøjskolen Kim Greiner og antropolog Megan Maurer.Podcasten er støttet af Carlsbergfondet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Skyrækkeren spreder sig i Berlin, selv om træet er på Eus liste over invasive arter.Miriam Hinman Nielsen møder Herbert Lohner i det travle Kreutzberg, Berlin. Herbert Lohner er biolog og tidligere medarbejder og ansvarlig for naturbeskyttelse i byen hos Friends of the Earth, Tyskland. I centrum af Berlin er der 10-15 grader varmere end udenfor byen, og der er ikke altid råd til at bekæmpe skyrækkeren. Derfor spreder træet sig særligt hurtigt her. På tysk hedder træet Götterbaum og på engelsk bliver det ofte kaldt Ghetto Plam fordi det især breder sig, hvor der ikke er ressourcer til at fjerne det. Træet er eksempel på hvordan botanik i storbyen hænger sammen med historiske begivenheder, økonomi og klimaforandringer.Podcasten er støttet af Carlsbergfondet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Planter, insekter og fugle i vores bygninger? Denne podcast handler om visioner for en ny æstetik i arkitekturen, og den handler om naturfølelse i byen. Hvordan kan vi lære at bygge vores huse, så der tages hensyn til de planter og dyr der ofte fortrænges med byggeriet? Hvordan kan en ny og mindre kontrolleret æstetik se ud, og hvad kan det gøre for vores naturfølelse i byer, hvor der bliver mindre og mindre plads til naturen.Jeg har mødt professor i landskabsarkitektur og byudvikling Ellen Braae. Og arkitekt Frederik Mads Svendsen, som er den ene halvdel af tegnestuen Studio Coquille, ved udstillingen “The Habitable Skin”, Copenhagen Architecture Forum. www.coquille.dkPodcasten er støttet af Carlsbergfondet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this podcast you will meet nature writer Michaela Vieser. She has written a piece about kelp specifically for Plant Life. Michaela will be taking us back in time, to the Victorian Era. Here we follow imagined events in the life of the historic Margaret Gatty*, a writer on British coastal marine ecosystems. In a fictional moment, Margaret Gatty has an Alice-in-Wonderland kind of experience….The story will take us to Hastings, in the UK, and to the Canadian Pacific coast inhabited by the coast Salish people, places where kelp has been much appreciated for reasons of survival, aesthetics and belonging.Michaela Vieser has also met marine biologist Jasmin Schuster, from Vancouver Island, on the unceded land of the Coast Salish people. Jasmin Schuster works for the Kelp Rescue Initiative.Readings by Michaela Vieser and Silvia Bence-Jones. Photo by Lisa Skein.*Margaret Gatty was a Victorian writer and scientist. Seaweed collecting was a popular pastime among those who had the means to escape the smoggy cities and travel to the coast. To encourage other women to take up the study of seaweed, Margaret wrote a handbook for amateurs. Her British Sea-weeds (1863, 1872) introduced readers to the variety of species and how to identify them using her illustrations.Podcasten er støttet af Carlsbergfondet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.