Collective Choices
Our future is based on our choices. The ones we make as individuals and also the ones we make as groups, countries and as a species. A peaceful and plentiful future is only possible if we agree on making sustainable choices together. Collective Choices is a podcast that aims to explore both possible solutions to some of our current issues and also the process of reaching agreements for the common good. As more and more people live in cities, these are the key centers that define economic models, political decisions, consumer behavior and mindset shifts with all the eventual global consequences, so we will talk quite a bit about how we can improve life in urban spaces. I am Doru Oprisan, a radio journalist and photographer who loves to ride his bicycle in Stockholm, Sweden.
Collective Choices
Ep 8 - Beyond The 15 Minute City with Carlos Moreno
This episode of Collective Choices was recorded in Stuttgart, Germany, at the Urban Future conference.
My guest is Carlos Moreno, scientist and professor at Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris. He developed the 15 Minute City concept a few years before it became highly publicized during the pandemic.
We talk about:
-the six essential functions that a city should provide for a good quality of life
-why do we need to commute?
-the zoning system and the architectural influence of Le Corbusier, who separated the functions of the city and imagined that infrastructure and cars will provide access to them, but didn’t consider the time, costs and environmental damage involved
-the proximity concept brings together legacies from multiple urbanists
-what is the role of technology and looking past the "smart city"
-chrono-urbanism, changing the rhythm for living and working in cities
-where the resistance to change comes from
-Paris pioneering the 15 Minute City concept
-the launch of the Global Observatory of Sustainable Proximities
More about Carlos Moreno:
https://www.moreno-web.net/
More about the Global Observatory of Sustainable Proximities:
https://www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/sustainableproximities?language=en_US
Urban Future:
https://urban-future.org/
Collective Choices is a podcast by Doru Oprisan, exploring sustainable choices for a better future and the process of agreeing on those choices. Thanks for listening and sharing!
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