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 6 - A Glass Of Wine On The Sidewalk with Mikael Colville-Andersen
Ep 6 was recorded in Copenhagen with Mikael Colville-Andersen: urban planner, activist, host of the TV series The Life-Sized City and the author of Copenhagenize - The Definitive Guide To Global Bicycle Urbanism.
He's also behind the Bikes4Ukraine initiative.
We talk about:
-Copenhagen, of course, but also Barcelona, Paris, Brussels, Montreal and others
-cycle chic and the arrogance of space
-the better choice between a dumb city and a "smart city"
-what are modern cobblestones and sponge parks
-the joys of sidewalk life
-how to communicate the reallocation of urban space: ask or don't ask the citizens
-why cities are more influential than climate summits
-the analog gift of the pandemic
-how to get from 2% cycling share in a city to 10% in one year
-bikes in war and disaster zones
-the US disappointment and the car hell in the center of Europe
-participatory democracy at street level, new people’s movements
-the age of urbanism after the car dictatorship
-how a metro is not always a great idea
-why even Denmark still has a problem with cars
More about Mikael here:
https://www.colville-andersen.com/
Donate to the Bikes4Ukraine iniative:
https://www.bikes4ukraine.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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