Hope, as an antidote – we desperately need it. As a society, we face such great challenges that we often don't know where to start. With good stories and inspired conversations, duos who barely know each other provide an antidote to the looming threat of apocalyptic scenarios.

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Can our living environment help us stay healthy for longer? Can it inspire us to be more active? Can it, like a healthy lifestyle, be a remedy against lifestyle diseases such as obesity and diabetes? How do we ensure clean water and air? What effect does climate change have on our health? And what role do nature and biodiversity play?

For landscape architect Mathijs Dijkstra and health economist Jochen Mierau, there is no doubt: a healthy living environment matters. Perhaps more than we think. But how do you ensure that the living environment actually becomes healthier? Can it help reduce the growing disparities between rich and poor, healthy and unhealthy? What are the biggest threats? And, importantly, where can design and health economics find common ground?