Design the Future
By Lindsay Baker & Kira Gould
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Women are living, learning, and leading towards a sustainable future. Their stories can help us all accelerate toward that vision in the built environment. Design the Future is a podcast created to elevate and explore the voices of women driving sustainable practices in the built environment and related fields. Lindsay Baker, a sustainability and social impact leader, and Kira Gould, a writer and communications strategist, host these conversations.
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Jill Sherman on developing buildings for a thriving future
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Beth Heider on a career in the movement
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Miranda Gardner on decarbonizing digital infrastructure
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Lara Kaufman on embedding sustainability in design
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Anjanette Green on being there and making change
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Kristy Walson and Sarah Gudeman on collaboration and advancing decarbonization
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Julie Ju-Youn Kim on design impact and relationships
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Gladys Ly-Au Young on belonging and resilience
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Barbra Batshalom on social psychology and systems change
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Erica McBride on the care and feeding of Living Buildings
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Jenn Taranto on tenacity, leadership, and building better
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Stacy Glass on ending toxic chemical exposure
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Kaarin Knudson on new patterns, agency, and a better future
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May 29, 2025 |
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Kayleigh Houde on computational opportunity and climate progress
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May 15, 2025 |
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Kritika Kharbanda on evidence-based design and storytelling
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May 01, 2025 |
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Krista Egger on healthy, resilient housing for all
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Upali Nanda on design for human health and perception
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Shannon Goodman on building reuse and building community
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Alison Mears and Jonsara Ruth on collaboration and healthy materials
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Meghan Lewis on embodied carbon, research, and policy
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Billie Faircloth on transformation and platform shifts
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Joel Todd on understanding the whole and working synergistically
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Efrie Escott on research and bringing in more people to scale progress
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Myrrh Caplan on sustainability in construction and leading with passion
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Mae-ling Lokko on biogenic materials and practices
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Lu Salinas on consulting and doing what's right for the most people
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Cristina Gamboa on quantifying the benefits of a decarbonized economy
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Stephanie Phillips on valuing materials and a silo-busting mindset
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Sandeep Ahuja on technology tools for sustainability
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Nora Rizzo on materials and ethics
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May 30, 2024 |
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Alyssa-Amor Gibbons on cultural heritage and resilience
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Janice Barnes on climate adaptation as part of design
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Paula Melton on green building knowledge and education
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Laurie Schoeman on climate risk, resilience, and finance
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Noorie Rajvanshi on sustainability as part of everyday work
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Veena Singla on environmental health and justice
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Seema Bhangar on human health, data, and buildings
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Annie Bevan on materials and thinking about impact holistically
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Alejandra Menchaca on design analytics and opening windows
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Victoria Burrows on decarbonization and proving the possible
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Ariane Laxo on the broadening impacts of design
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Mary Ann Piette on feedback between building design and operations
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Sarah Ichioka on regenerative models, integration, and reality-based thinking for the future
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Renée Cheng on agency and equity in the built environment
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May 25, 2023 |
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Fiona Cousins on technical knowledge and cross-disciplinary collaboration
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May 04, 2023 |
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Marnese Jackson on the power of ordinary people and energy equity in the Midwest
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Stephanie Greene on buildings electrification and the climate challenge
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Davida Herzl on data, health, and informed climate action
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Rochelle Routman on transparency and bringing passion to work
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Sandy Mendler on research and collaborating across networks
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Lakisha Woods on architects in a changing industry and world
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Carrie Meinberg Burke on curiosity, biomimicry, and design synthesis
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Marsha Maytum on practice with purpose
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Nakita Reed on preservation, sustainability, and dissolving silos
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Chandra Robinson on design for access and equity
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Bomee Jung on scaling climate-responsive building
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Frances Yang on embodied carbon leadership and collaboration
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Jane Abernethy on product sustainability and corporate accountability
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Claire Maxfield on math and persuasion in building design
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Adele Houghton on public health, climate change, and the built environment
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Laurie Kerr on climate-focused policy and getting the math right
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May 26, 2022 |
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Arathi Gowda on movement culture and climate advocacy
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May 05, 2022 |
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Devon Bertram on driving sustainability in real estate
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Juli Polanco on climate, heritage, and preservation
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Gina Ciganik on healthy buildings for all
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Angie Brooks on social and climate concerns as part of design
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Lotte Schlegel on policy and transforming markets
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Susan Szenasy on being a design advocate
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Julie Hiromoto on the role of architects in climate action
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Ilana Judah on systems thinking, resilience, and transformative approaches
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Lisa Heschong on designing for daylight and view
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Kathryn Wright on making people the focus of sustainable buildings work
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Robyn Eason on building relationships to help cities thrive
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Katie Ackerly on housing as the core of a resilient future
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Marta Schantz on real estate's role in sustainability and decarbonization
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Lindsay Baker on climate activism and her new role as ILFI CEO
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Dana Bourland on affordable housing advancing justice
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Daphany Rose Sanchez on energy equity market transformations
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Johanna Partin on ditching fossil gas and the power of city-level change
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Martha Campbell on decarbonizing the built environment
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Pamela Conrad on carbon sequestration and why neutral is not enough
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Kate Simonen on building decarbonization and scaling impact
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Michelle Moore on clean energy for community power
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May 20, 2021 |
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Chandra Farley on energy equity and a just transition
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May 13, 2021 |
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Jasmin Moore on local governance for a positive future
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May 06, 2021 |
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Renée Lertzman on climate action as change management
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Kirsten Ritchie on big goals for building better
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Daniele Horton on real estate and scaling climate action
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Wanda Dalla Costa on indigeneity, design with communities, and connectedness
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Jennifer Leitsch on science based targets, risk, and a changing world
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Michelle Amt on storytelling, improv, and reinventing the world
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Whitney Gray on the power of place to benefit lives
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Lynn Simon on the systems of sustainability and radical resilience
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Adrienne Johnson on buildings as part of a just energy transition
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Anica Landreneau on advocacy leadership
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Heather Rosenberg on resilient communities where people can thrive
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Vivian Loftness on standards, educating architects, and buildings that surf
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Katie Swenson on love as a driver for design for all
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Rachel Gutter on designing with human health as the center of gravity
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Lucia Athens on designers as public servants and joy in policy
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Alyssa Lyon and Mandy Lee on sustaining equity as part of sustainability
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Jenny Carney on democratizing access to green building benefits
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Leith Sharp on turning to biology and cultivating leadership
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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The hosts reflect: life paths, climate urgency, and the systemic nature of what's ahead
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Judi Heerwagen on connections and the richness of biophilia
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Liz York on architecture as a matter of health and public health
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Erin Meezan on driving change and raising the bar on sustainability leadership
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Gail Brager on meaningful mentorship and the power of collaboration
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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Stacy Smedley on embodied carbon and focusing on impact
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Marge Anderson on inspiring change for a clean energy future
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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Carlie Bullock-Jones on building certifications and design for sports
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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Kimberly Lewis on movement building and centering people and healing
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Eden Brukman on the impacts of architectural decisions
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Mara Baum on design for health and well-being
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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Elaine Hsieh on the imperative to accelerate climate innovation
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Andréa Traber on innovating, change management, and multi-generational teams
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Amanda Kaminsky envisions building material flows as a healthy system
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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Liz Ogbu on spatial justice
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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Gail Vittori on design, human health, and holding on to your voice
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May 21, 2020 |
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HP’s Mary Curtiss on how sustainability engages people through place
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May 14, 2020 |
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Sarah Golden on storytelling, feminine leadership, and audacity
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May 07, 2020 |
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We talk with Rosa Sheng about intersectionality and the common good
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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Sara Neff talks about sustainability leaps in real estate and reasons for optimism
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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What we can learn from women leading in sustainability
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Apr 20, 2020 |