“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”  Margaret Mead In this episode I had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Wendy Pentland, a personal coach, and a recently…

“Cause-and-effect assumes history marches forward, but history is not an army… Sometimes one person inspires a movement, or her words do decades later; sometimes a few passionate people change the world; sometimes they start a mass movement and…

“We’ve now reached the twelfth and final episode for 2018! It’s been a real pleasure producing this series! I’ve learned a lot, as I hope you have! So thanks very much for tuning in!” Craig Applegath When I launched the podcast, I had no idea how many people…

“The future beckons us to repair, to restore, to maintain, to reserve resources, to rethink our fundamental imagination of where we should live and how we should live.” Rahul Mehrotra In this podcast I had the great pleasure of interviewing Rahul…

“In terms of what’s actually scary? For me… it’s how do we feed our population? How do we feed the next generation? That’s an open-ended question that, I think, if you think down the road, the consequences of that are not pretty.” Peter…

“About 20% of the human’s contribution to carbon in the atmosphere is from how we’re treating our forests!”  Dale Prest In this podcast I talk with Dale Prest, CEO of the Climate Forest Company (CFC). We talk about the global carbon…

“My advice would be look for small but tangible ways to get involved, different organizations, different community groups, even just having conversations with people who might have a different perspective and opinion than yours, but trying to find that…

“We need to say enough is enough in the way in which we plan and imagine, design our cities. We need to stop talking about diversity and actually make it happen.” Pamela Robinson“We need to say enough is enough in the way in which we plan…

“Something changed in the last five years – I’ve run out of patience. Every building needs to generate its own energy, process its own waste, clean its own water, avoid all known cancer-causing chemicals. That’s the bar.” Eric…

“Find something you’re passionate about and then the change starts to create itself.” Mike WilliamsIn this episode, I have had the pleasure of speaking with Mike Williams—a professional engineer who has spent his career specializing in…

“We have to talk to each other.” Klaus HoppeIn this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with one of the world’s authorities on low carbon and smart city planning, Klaus Hoppe. I first met Klaus back in 2014 at the World Future Council Conference in…

“I think that the local things that you do, and how you relate to people, and how you build your family, and how you include those, all matter.” Stan ChoptianyIn this episode, I had the very great pleasure of interviewing Stan Choptiany, a former high school…