How Could We?

Welcome back to season 3 of How Could We?, a podcast by EIT Climate-KIC.

Inspired by conversations we had with experts about the climate emergency, this season we’re digging into three themes that occupy the minds of many people in the climate change community: Climate Narratives, Confusion & Crisis and Radical Collaboration.

In this first episode, we talk to Neha Misra, a storyteller, climate justice advocate and a visual artist. We ask Neha how we can build stories of a future worth living in, talk about how art helps us tell the story of climate change, and discuss the importance of including - and valuing - the work of artists and diverse voices.

In this incredible interview, Neha thoughtfully shares her experiences and sources of inspiration. She says, “it is not ironic that we’re living in a burning world with burnout human beings' '.

We especially recommend listening to the end of the episode, as Neha shares her beautiful, eye-watering poem, “Enough”.

Check out Neha’s website and find out more about her work, including at The OpEd Project and Remote Energy.

In this episode, Neha also mentions:

• Design Science Studio
• The Public Voices Fellowship on the Climate Crisis
• The Center for Environmental Justice at the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum
• The Women’s Environmental Leadership Summit 2023
• To Live and Breathe: Women and Environmental Justice in Washington, D.C.
• The Climate Burnout Report 2023
• The IPCC Report on Climate Colonialism

This episode was presented by Anne-Sophie Garrigou & Stephanie Klotz and produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge.

If you’re interested in Sustainable Forestry and Land Use, check out Season 1. If you're interested in the New European Bauhaus initiative, check out Season 2.

EIT Climate-KIC⁠ is Europe’s leading climate innovation initiative, aiming to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon, climate-resilient society by supporting innovative solutions helping society mitigate and adapt to climate change.

We want to hear from you! Share what inspires you and what you’re doing in your community to enact change by sending us an email to [email protected].

Visit our website – www.climate-kic.org

In this special Climate Week NYC episode, we chat with Veena Balakrishnan, Co-Founder of the Youth Negotiators Academy, to explore how her organisation equips young people with essential skills and tools to engage in climate negotiations.

Discover how these future climate leaders are empowered to shape global discussions, ensuring their needs and ambitions are heard.

Veena shares insights on nurturing the next generation of educated, confident, and proactive negotiators driving meaningful change in the fight against the climate crisis.

This episode is presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou.

Contact us at [email protected] for more information.

Welcome to Season 2 of How Could We?, a podcast by EIT Climate-KIC where we explore how to build a beautiful, just and climate-resilient future.

This season, we’re exploring how architecture, design, innovation, science, and art can help build sustainable solutions to the climate emergency. We talk to people across Europe who work on the New European Bauhaus, a creative and interdisciplinary initiative that encourages us to imagine and build together a sustainable and inclusive future.

In this episode, we speak to Anabella Costache, a cultural project manager at the FABER Cultural Centre in Timișoara, Romania, about the CONNECT project. CONNECT is one of the 14 projects selected as part of the EIT Community New European Bauhaus initiative. The project helps integrate Ukrainian people, particularly women, fleeing the war into the development of the city through artistic gatherings and sharing of history.

This episode was presented by ⁠Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠ and produced by ⁠Bárbara Mendes-Jorge⁠.

Look out for upcoming episodes in our New Bauhaus series, Season 2.

If you’re interested in Sustainable Forestry and Land Use, check out Season 1.

EIT Climate-KIC⁠ is Europe’s leading climate innovation initiative, aiming to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon, climate-resilient society by supporting innovative solutions helping society mitigate and adapt to climate change.

We want to hear from you! Share what inspires you and what you’re doing in your community to enact change by sending us an email to [email protected].

Visit our website – www.climate-kic.org

Inspired by conversations we had with experts about the climate emergency, in Season 3 of How Could We? we’re digging into three themes that occupy the minds of many people in the climate change community - ⁠Climate Narratives⁠, Confusion & Crisis and Radical Collaboration.

In this third episode - the season finale - we talk to Yiannis Chrysostomidis, Principal and Head of London Office at REOS Partners, a global organisation solving complex problems through the lens of radical collaboration. Yiannis' work supports changemakers to help shift the root causes of societal challenges, such as climate change.

In this episode, Yiannis discusses how talking about power can feel like a taboo subject, the importance of storytelling and understanding cultural differences when building coalitions, and how ‘network weavers’ - hidden actors who may not be considered typical power brokers - are key for enacting change.

Yiannis also outlines the key elements of REOS’ Radcal Climate Collaboration Guidebook and shares a few examples of some of the fascinating projects he’s worked on worldwide, including in Syria, South Africa and Mongolia.

This episode was presented by⁠⁠ Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠Stephanie Klotz⁠⁠ and produced by⁠⁠ Bárbara Mendes-Jorge⁠⁠.

Listen to our previous episodes - Season 1 focused on Sustainable Forestry and Land Use, while Season 2 explored the New European Bauhaus initiative.

We want to hear from you! Share what inspires you and what you’re doing in your community to enact change by sending us an email to ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠.

Visit our website – ⁠⁠www.climate-kic.org

Welcome to the final episode of Season 2 of How Could We?, a podcast by EIT Climate-KIC where we explore how to build a beautiful, just and climate-resilient future.

This season, we’re exploring how architecture, design, innovation, science, and art can help build sustainable solutions to the climate emergency. We talk to people across Europe who work on the New European Bauhaus, a creative and interdisciplinary initiative that encourages us to imagine and build together a sustainable and inclusive future.

In this episode, we talk to Mathilde Rubinstein, Deputy Director of La Citadelle de Marseille.

Since December 2021, her association is managing the Fort d’Entrecasteaux, a historical monument that used to be owned by the military. Their initial goal was to use this land in the city center to create an urban garden and open it to all citizens. However, a simple soil analysis found a substantial amount of pollution left over from military use as well as citizen use (think fireworks!).

Their project suddenly took a completely different turn - how could they communicate about this pollution without alarming the neighbourhood? And would they still be able to open the space to the public?

Through their project REMEDSPACE, Mathilde and her colleagues created workshops and discussions with a variety of stakeholders, from local governments to researchers and citizens, to talk about the situation and co-create the future of the space together. They even invited a ceramic artist, Louise Nicollon des Abbayes, who led workshops answering questions like: How can we capture the memory of a site, how can we represent the landscape, what is heritage?

REMEDSPACE is one of the fourteen projects that were selected as part of the EIT Community New European Bauhaus initiative.

This episode was presented by Anne-Sophie Garrigou and produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge.

Check out our other episodes in this New Bauhaus series.

If you’re interested in Sustainable Forestry and Land Use, check out Season 1.

EIT Climate-KIC⁠ is Europe’s leading climate innovation initiative, aiming to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon, climate-resilient society by supporting innovative solutions helping society mitigate and adapt to climate change.

We want to hear from you! Share what inspires you and what you’re doing in your community to enact change by sending us an email to [email protected].

Visit our website – www.climate-kic.org