Lloyd Alter - Design Editor for Treehugger

In this week’s episode of This Must be The Place, Shawna speaks to Lloyd Alter- author, teacher, and keynote speaker at conferences across North America and internationally. He is also the Design Editor for Treehugger-the award-winning sustainability website. In this episode: • Lloyd says that he learned he was a “better writer than a prefabrication salesman!” Why? Hint: it started with with a 2002 blog! • We learn why embodied carbon is the elephant in the room. • Learn how many tons of carbon each individual needs to stay under in their lifetime in order for us to stay under 1.5 degrees of warming. treehugger.com Book (Author Lloyd Alter): Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle https://newsociety.ca/books/l/living-the-1-5-degree-lifestyle?_ga=2.82253140.357694048.1646835400-201105757.1646835400&sitedomain=ca Host/Producer - Shawna Henderson [email protected] Producer - Tanya Chedrawy [email protected] Technical Producer - Michael Boyd [email protected] Social Media – Anita Kirkbride www.twirp.ca A Production of: Blue House Energy bluehouseenergy.com/ Tanya Media tanyamedia.com Podcast Atlantic podcastatlantic.com/ Blue House Energy’s Website by R & G - The Sustainability Agency https://www.rgstrategic.com/ Music from Arches Audio - https://archesaudio.com/ Title of Song - "Road Trip"