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

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Can our living environment help us stay healthy longer? Can it inspire us to be more active? Can it, like a healthy lifestyle, be a remedy for lifestyle diseases such as obesity and diabetes? How do we ensure clean water and clean 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 this environment actually becomes healthier? Can it help to 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?