The Future of Architecture is Here (#27): Morgan Bierschenk, Geoship Listen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Overcast “We are on the cutting edge of a new purpose for architecture, where you tell how well an architect did by putting a plant in a room and measuring how well it grows.” – Morgan Bierschenk Morgan Bierschenk is the founder and CEO of Geoship, a firm that is transforming the future of homes and building techniques with regenerative architecture and bioceramic domes. He is a visionary, a certified project manager, and an organizational leader. Morgan has previously worke ..read more

Must Climate Change Solutions Be Beautiful? (#26) Listen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Overcast “Going backward in our quality of life does not lead to climate change success.” – Josh Dorfman What does it take to enable the widespread adoption of climate change solutions? The answer is vital especially because — we want to solve climate change, but we don’t want to change. We want to solve the climate crisis, but we don’t want to give up anything we’re used to. Even if the solutions are better and would improve our lives, we’re often so set in our ways that we’d prefer the ..read more

Win-Win Climate Change Solutions: Better for People and Planet (#25) Listen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Overcast “It costs just as much to do bad architecture as it does to do good architecture, so why not do good architecture as a low-tech climate solution?” – Josh Dorfman This week, we explore the opportunity to develop climate change solutions that increase our quality of life while vastly reducing our carbon emissions. It’s a continuation of the conversation from last week’s episode, for which I wrote something of a manifesto about the evolving direction of this ..read more

Climate Change Solutions That Improve Modern Life (#24) Listen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Overcast “Climate change solutions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, bring down our environmental impact, improve modern life, and create delight, point towards a future we can be excited about.” – Josh Dorfman This week I’m doing a solo show to share how this climate change podcast is evolving. After long reflection, I’ve decided to shift the emphasis towards climate change solutions that improve modern life. I believe it’s possible to eliminate carbon emissions in ways that create ..read more

Economy, Business, or First Class? It’s All Carbon Neutral Now: Sara Bogdan, JetBlue (#23) Listen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Overcast “Our perspective has always been to reduce where we can and offset where we can’t.” – Sara Bogdan Sara Bogdan is the Manager of Sustainability and Environmental Social Governance at JetBlue Airways, where she runs projects to reduce fuel and waste and prepares the organization for a resource-constrained world. Sara began her career as a researcher of climate change impacts before changing her career path towards business sustainability. Sara wa ..read more

The Time to Adapt to Climate Change is Now: Doug Parsons, America Adapts (#22) Listen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Overcast “Adaptation is going to be the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced.” – Doug Parsons Doug Parsons is a climate adaption influencer and the director and podcast host of America Adapts, an organization that explores the challenges that climate change presents, solutions already underway, and the global movement afoot to prepare humanity for what lies ahead. With over one hundred America Adapts episodes completed, Doug has interviewed many of the world ..read more

Discover Stylish Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Furniture Updated: March 3rd, 2020 I’d like to believe that it’s an exciting moment for sleek, stylish, and exceptionally designed eco-friendly and sustainable furniture. Given how rapidly eco-friendly fashion, footwear, and accessories brands are gaining mainstream followings (see Summersalt, Reformation, Allbirds, and Rothy’s), one would hope that furniture brands would be keeping up the sustainable pace. After all, our sofas are mostly stuffed with petroleum-derived cushions. Our dressers and are all-too-often made of illegally harvested ..read more

Truth And Dare: Business Leadership in the Age of Climate Change (#21): Andrew Winston Listen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Overcast “Every sector has to realize that climate change is a threat to them. There is no business in a dying planet or a city that is flooded.” – Andrew Winston Andrew Winston is an expert in helping business leaders navigate global megatrends and build thriving, sustainable companies. Andrew is the author of Green to Gold, which became the top-selling green business title of the past decade. He is also the author of The Big Pivot, which was selected as o ..read more

Building a Vibrant Living Future For All (#20): Amanda Sturgeon, International Living Future Institute Listen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Overcast “Nature can be this unifier of hope and a connector among all of us.” – Amanda Sturgeon Amanda Sturgeon is the Chief Executive Officer at the International Living Future Institute, an organization imagining a future of green communities, where green buildings produce their own energy, process their own waste, and handle their own water. She is a leader in the movement to have a world full of living and zero energy buildings and comm ..read more

Invest Like Your Future and The Planet’s Future Depends On It (#19) – Peter Krull, Earth Equity Advisors Listen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Overcast “Traditionally, socially responsible investing has been about exclusion. While that’s important, I think we need to look at the positive differences we can make, and this is a great way to get started.” – Pete Krull The data reveals that equity portfolios free of fossil fuels generate better returns for individual investors. If you’re wondering what you can do about climate change and what changes you can make in your life, g ..read more