Promoting Health in our Smart Communities, with Sophia Arkinstall

In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast, I had a fantastic conversation with Sophia Arkinstall. Sophia is the Project Lead at Springfield City Group in the Health, Education and Smart City Division, and she's also an MBA candidate at the University of Queensland. Sophia is passionate about creating healthier and happier cities through creativity, sustainability and design. In this episode, we discuss how we can bring that health aspect into the Smart City and why it's so important to do so, as well as the lessons on this that Sophia has learned from visiting various countries and cities around the world, including France, Switzerland, Denmark and the United Arab Emirates. Sophia also tells us how she sees Australia embracing Smart Community concepts, and about the learning city projects she's working on right now to help with the Smart People aspect of Smart Cities. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trends of the economic impact of sustainable practices, and the health impacts of commuting. This is the fourth episode in my #selfcareseptember series about wellbeing in our cities and communities, and I hope you've enjoyed it. As always I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as I've enjoyed making it! Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community Connect with Sophia via LinkedIn, on Twitter @sophieark or check out her videos on YouTube Connect with me via email: [email protected] Connect via LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook @smartcommpod