In this episode of Science Nation, host Sorin Badea (Radio Guerrilla) welcomes Sabina Suru and Lorena Cocora (Marginal.ro) to discuss about the project The Urban Green Blueprint, exploring Bucharest's vernacular green spaces, urban biodiversity and human paradigms surrounding our non-human neighbors. [cite: 1].
The discussion transits from how neighborhood block gardens (grădini de bloc) function as unmapped biodiversity micro-ecosystems supporting local urban wildlife and birds, to reflections on their recent residency at PIFcamp in Slovenia's environmentally protected Soča Valley. Lorena also details her hands-on energy harvesting workshop, experimenting with Peltier thermoelectric modules—generating electric current from the temperature differential between the freezing Soča river and sun exposure—alongside piezoelectric transducers that convert mechanical force into energy.
Science Nation is a weekly podcast and radio column, co-hosted by Sorin Badea and Andrei Tudose, on the Update show, at Radio Guerrilla.
The Urban Green Blueprint is co-funded by The Administration of the National Cultural Fund (AFCN).
The project does not necessarily represent the position of The Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or how the results of the program may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the funding recipient.
