069 | 100 Elizabeth Mossop: Resilient urban landscapes

Date: Friday 26 May 2023

Time: 9:30am - 10:30am

Location: 100 Climate Conversations Exhibition, Level 1, Powerhouse Ultimo

Price: FREE - Bookings Essential as places are limited.

Innovative design of landscapes can help cities adjust to the impacts of climate change and create more resilient communities. Acclaimed landscape architect Elizabeth Mossop’s research into urban systems urges action to create landscapes that are better prepared for extreme weather.

See Elizabeth Mossop in conversation with journalist Pat Abboud, recorded live at Powerhouse as part of 100 Climate Conversations. Entry is free, but bookings are essential as places are limited. Doors open at 9.15am for a 9.30am start. No late admittance.

100 Climate Conversations is a two-year survey of visionary Australians who are accelerating the net zero carbon revolution. To find out more and subscribe to the podcast visit 100climateconversations.com

Elizabeth Mossop is dean, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at UTS and a founding principal of specialist landscape architecture firm Spackman Mossop & Michaels. Mossop’s research addresses landscape’s role in urban revitalisation and resilient communities and cities in the face of climate change. Her work includes the multi-award-winning Bowen Place Crossing in Canberra, Press Street Gardens in New Orleans, and Sydney’s Cook and Phillip Park. She has contributed to the post-hurricane reconstruction of New Orleans, the Gulf Coast and the ongoing revitalisation of Detroit. In an academic career spanning 25 years, Mossop has held senior leadership roles at the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture Louisiana State University, Harvard Graduate School of Design and the University of New South Wales

Pat Abboud is a Walkley award winning journalist, TV presenter, broadcaster, and award-winning documentary maker. His popular digital first interview series #PatChat featuring pop stars, politicians and everyday people with extraordinary stories has clocked up more than 30 million views. He is the founder of irreverent news, current affairs, satire and long form documentary program The Feed on SBS TV. His work has taken him to 53 countries. In 2020, Cosmopolitan magazine named him one of Australia’s 50 most influential LGBTQI+ voices