Episode Details

In this episode, I'm honored to welcome Dr. Richard J (Dick) Jackson to the podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about designing healthy communities, the urgency of addressing the climate emergency, especially in the medical industry, and what has him optimistic for the future.

Video version of the episode

We are faced with major challenges on multiple fronts, a climate emergency, an obesity epidemic, and preventable deaths from fossil fuel air pollution, yet this public health expert and professor emeritus from the UCLA School of Public Health is hopeful when interacting with the next generation of leaders. A generation that is quite frankly impatient with the excuses and inaction from those in power currently to create healthier, more sustainable communities with a sense of urgency.

We also dive into the challenge of addressing the climate emergency from the perspective of the "healthcare", really the medical care system.

Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):

- Landing page for this episode

- Dr. Richard J. Jackson's bio
- Dick presenting “at UCLA” on Climate, Health, our Children, and the Future
- Urban Sprawl and Public Health book
- Designing Healthy Communities book
- Access Designing Healthy Communities doc

- Atlanta Beltline - Ryan Gravel / Where We Want to Live book

- The old elevated bike highway in Pasadena/Los Angeles

- CNU: Congress for the New Urbanism

Donald Shoup:
- The High Cost of Free Parking book
- Parking and The City
- My Parking Reform interview w/ Donald Shoup

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All video and audio production by John Simmerman

Music:

Various mixes also by John Simmerman

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