“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 Corey Freed I’d seen Eric…

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

“ We have to talk to each other.” Klaus Hoppe In 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 Choptiany In this episode, I had the very great pleasure of interviewing Stan Choptiany, a former high…

“We need to move everybody past the question of “is this happening”, and more towards “how can we solve it” as individuals, groups, companies, and countries.” Ryan Meyers In this episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing Ryan Meyers, one of the world’s…

“Once you get in the cycle of seeing something, and striving for a solution, holding yourself accountable to making that change, on a very small scale, you ingrain that habit, and it just grows overtime.” Jeff Schnurr In this, our first episode, I had the…

“As the saying goes, you can either light a candle or curse the darkness, take your pick. Lighting candles has always held a lot more appeal to me.” Craig Applegath Since starting the podcast, we’ve received many comments from listeners suggesting that we do…