Toxic Cities

Hosted by Oliver Heath

How to capture a polluting killer (not always in plain sight) 

Some pollutants you can see some you can’t – but all of them reduce the quality of our lives, our health and wellbeing. 

Over the last 18 months the Covid 19 pandemic lockdown has given us all greater clarity on the impact we are having on the planet and our own habitats. As human activity has reduced, we’ve seen the impact it has had on our cities; be that clearer air, the sounds of nature remerging, and even animals retuning to city centres.

In this fascinating investigation into environmental pollutants, we ask a range of experts what the issues are and how we can reimagine cities to be healthier places to live. Drawing on expertise from the worlds of acoustic, air quality, light and water pollution we will be digging into just how bad the situations are and how they are affecting our daily lives. We’ll be asking:

·       What are the pollutants and where are they coming from?

·       Who is being worst affected and how?

·       How has lockdown affected this and helped it rise up the agenda?

·       What role can we as citizens play in mitigating pollutants?

·       What role does nature play in alleviating the issue and how can we support it?

·       Key activities we should all be engaging with to create healthier cities.

Panellists: Poppy Szklier (Quiet mark), Kerem Asfuroglu (Dark Source), Georgia Elliot Smith (Element 4) and Trewin Restorick (Hubbub)