Green Healthy Places

Nature In the City Barri Studio

Conversation highlights:

Everything is interconnected. So at the end, the relationships between plants, insects, and even humans, are crucial for our work, especially in an urban surrounding.
We created a garden of pollinators that allows insects to gather and colonize.
When we see butterflies in the neighborhood it means that we are recovering, and those vegetation communities are working well. It's like a biodiversity parameter for a healthy environment.
In response to climate change, landscape architects have to design with nature, not against it.
We did a study of the bird species of the area and their migration behavior then designed a rooftop with plant communities suitable for those nesting birds.
Nature is complex, vivid, random, diverse...
With our designs we want to bring back wild, uncontrolled nature into our cities - it’s much better for the soul.

GUEST / JORDI BARRI / BARRI STUDIO BARCELONA

HOST / MATT MORLEY / WELLBEING CHAMPION

Green Healthy Places

enNovember 26, 2021

Building Biology & Sustainability

GUEST / JOHANNES SCHMIDT

HOST / MATT MORLEY

CONVERSATION HIGHLIGHTS

The roots of healthy buildings and building biology are here in Germany
If you study medicine, you learn about illnesses but not about sickness caused by spending time in a building
In any house, the most important place from our perspective is the bedroom
We have drastically changed the way we live over the last few generations. Just 100 years ago, we spent much more time outdoors.
We don't want to say we have to go back to the Stone Ages. I'm using a computer, I use electricity, in the institute we simply use it in a more efficient, less harmful way.
We should use our bodies as a tool for movement in a natural environment every day.

Green Healthy Places

enNovember 19, 2021

Active Travel Healthy Buildings

GUEST / JAMES NASH / ACTIVE TRAVEL EXPERT

HOST MATT MORLEY / WELLBEING CHAMPION

Green Healthy Places

enNovember 13, 2021

Mental wellbeing in university environments

GUEST / DR NATASA LACKOVIC

HOST / MATT MORLEY

enNovember 05, 2021

Healthy sustainable furniture by Benchmark

GUESTS / SEAN & LAERKE SUTCLIFFE / BENCHMARK FURNITURE

HOST / MATT MORLEY / WELLBEING CHAMPION

enOctober 22, 2021

life cycle assessment

green building

conran

healthy interiors

Circular design with SOMA Studio

GUEST / ANA MAGALHAES / SOMA STUDIO

HOST / MATT MORLEY / WELLBEING CHAMPION

enOctober 15, 2021

green and healthy places

wellbeing design

healthy building

well certified

Healthy Interiors with Matter of Stuff

GUESTS / SIMONA AUTERI & SOFIA STEFFENONI

HOST / MATT MORLEY

enOctober 08, 2021

green and healthy places

wellbeing design

green healthy places

Uncommon biophilic workspaces

GUEST / CHRIS DAVIES, CEO of UNCOMMON WORKSPACES IN LONDON, UK

HOST / MATT MORLEY

enOctober 01, 2021

Wellable Employee Health & Wellness

Talking workplace wellbeing with Wellable

HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR CONVERSATION

Being healthy to the earth often equates to being healthy to yourself
Companies are starting to invest in community health initiatives, so not just helping their employees who are living in those communities, but helping all local citizens
There's a shift happening from ROI, return on investment, to VOI value on investment
Healthy people are typically still very active and alert in productivity terms at 4pm
No one ever asked us to create content on the health benefits of gratitude, the health benefits of finding purpose in your life, or the science of happiness, but we did it!

GUEST / NICK PATEL, CEO

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HOST / MATT MORLEY

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enAugust 01, 2021

Health By Design

Our conversation covers:

Environmental psychology
The connections between Feng shui, modern health sciences and biohacking
Organizing a healthy home
Detoxifying your home environment
Defining an intention and energy level for different rooms in a house
His tips on Essential oil aromatherapy
Active vs Passive physical activity
Biophilic design
Building biology
The ancient history of healthy buildings

GUEST / ROR ALEXANDER

HOST / MATT MORLEY

enJuly 23, 2021

WellWise Workplace Wellbeing

Our conversation covers:

Bobbi’s experience creating a framework for student wellbeing via an innovative accommodation offer
WellWise’s Research driven diagnostic system approach to workplace wellbeing
their Employee engagement process to build a culture around wellbeing
their network of specialists providing bespoke solutions covering everything from sleep quality, to office design and environmental health
the growing importance of mental health support at work
the subtle but important difference between wellness and wellbeing
the opportunities in the UAE market for workplace wellness

GUEST / Bobbi Hartshorne

HOST / Matt Morley

enJuly 17, 2021

the soke mental wellbeing design

In episode 27 with Dr Chi-Chi Obuaya from The Soke in London, UK we discuss the cultural differences between the UK and the US in openness around mental wellbeing; the impact of Covid on our relationships at home and in the office; mental health champions in the workplace; why having an off-site venue for discussions around mental health is preferable to an in-office solution; designing an interior for mental wellbeing; the parallels between boutique gyms and private clinics in terms of aspirational positioning and how working on your inner game can make you a more effective manager.

GUEST / DR. CHI-CHI OBUAYA OF THE SOKE, LONDON, UK

HOST / MATT MORLEY

enJuly 09, 2021

Design Well Studios

Michelle and I dig into a term that is more common in the US than in Europe, namely ‘building biology’, which is a combination of healthy building strategies and Biophilia or nature-connectedness.

Her in-person and virtual assessments of residential environments address issues affecting the health of occupiers, the risks of off-gassing from flooring and wall paint, how to mitigate the risk of Electro-Magnetic Fields (EMFs) in homes and how to safely manage your smart home technology.

Michelle has a lot of strings to her bow, having co-developed a lab test for indoor air quality, launched her own collection of biophilic nature-inspired artworks and delivering landscape design services for clients as well to bring the outside world indoors.

She’s devoted to all things natural and healthy in the home environment, so we had lots to talk about.

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GUEST / MICHELLE IFVERSEN / DESIGN WELL STUDIOS

HOST / MATT MORLEY

enJuly 02, 2021