All Episodes

Jill Sherman on developing buildings for a thriving future

Beth Heider on a career in the movement

Miranda Gardner on decarbonizing digital infrastructure

Lara Kaufman on embedding sustainability in design

Anjanette Green on being there and making change

Kristy Walson and Sarah Gudeman on collaboration and advancing decarbonization

Julie Ju-Youn Kim on design impact and relationships

Gladys Ly-Au Young on belonging and resilience

Barbra Batshalom on social psychology and systems change

Erica McBride on the care and feeding of Living Buildings

Jenn Taranto on tenacity, leadership, and building better

Stacy Glass on ending toxic chemical exposure

Kaarin Knudson on new patterns, agency, and a better future

Kayleigh Houde on computational opportunity and climate progress

Kritika Kharbanda on evidence-based design and storytelling

Krista Egger on healthy, resilient housing for all

Upali Nanda on design for human health and perception

Shannon Goodman on building reuse and building community

Alison Mears and Jonsara Ruth on collaboration and healthy materials

Meghan Lewis on embodied carbon, research, and policy

Billie Faircloth on transformation and platform shifts

Joel Todd on understanding the whole and working synergistically

Efrie Escott on research and bringing in more people to scale progress

Myrrh Caplan on sustainability in construction and leading with passion

Mae-ling Lokko on biogenic materials and practices

Lu Salinas on consulting and doing what's right for the most people

Cristina Gamboa on quantifying the benefits of a decarbonized economy

Stephanie Phillips on valuing materials and a silo-busting mindset

Sandeep Ahuja on technology tools for sustainability

Nora Rizzo on materials and ethics

Alyssa-Amor Gibbons on cultural heritage and resilience

Janice Barnes on climate adaptation as part of design

Paula Melton on green building knowledge and education

Laurie Schoeman on climate risk, resilience, and finance

Noorie Rajvanshi on sustainability as part of everyday work

Veena Singla on environmental health and justice

Seema Bhangar on human health, data, and buildings

Annie Bevan on materials and thinking about impact holistically

Alejandra Menchaca on design analytics and opening windows

Victoria Burrows on decarbonization and proving the possible

Ariane Laxo on the broadening impacts of design

Mary Ann Piette on feedback between building design and operations

Sarah Ichioka on regenerative models, integration, and reality-based thinking for the future

Renée Cheng on agency and equity in the built environment

Fiona Cousins on technical knowledge and cross-disciplinary collaboration

Marnese Jackson on the power of ordinary people and energy equity in the Midwest

Stephanie Greene on buildings electrification and the climate challenge

Davida Herzl on data, health, and informed climate action

Rochelle Routman on transparency and bringing passion to work

Sandy Mendler on research and collaborating across networks

Lakisha Woods on architects in a changing industry and world

Carrie Meinberg Burke on curiosity, biomimicry, and design synthesis

Marsha Maytum on practice with purpose

Nakita Reed on preservation, sustainability, and dissolving silos

Chandra Robinson on design for access and equity

Bomee Jung on scaling climate-responsive building

Frances Yang on embodied carbon leadership and collaboration

Jane Abernethy on product sustainability and corporate accountability

Claire Maxfield on math and persuasion in building design

Adele Houghton on public health, climate change, and the built environment

Laurie Kerr on climate-focused policy and getting the math right

Arathi Gowda on movement culture and climate advocacy

Devon Bertram on driving sustainability in real estate

Juli Polanco on climate, heritage, and preservation

Gina Ciganik on healthy buildings for all

Angie Brooks on social and climate concerns as part of design

Lotte Schlegel on policy and transforming markets

Susan Szenasy on being a design advocate

Julie Hiromoto on the role of architects in climate action

Ilana Judah on systems thinking, resilience, and transformative approaches

Lisa Heschong on designing for daylight and view

Kathryn Wright on making people the focus of sustainable buildings work

Robyn Eason on building relationships to help cities thrive

Katie Ackerly on housing as the core of a resilient future

Marta Schantz on real estate's role in sustainability and decarbonization

Lindsay Baker on climate activism and her new role as ILFI CEO

Dana Bourland on affordable housing advancing justice

Daphany Rose Sanchez on energy equity market transformations

Johanna Partin on ditching fossil gas and the power of city-level change

Martha Campbell on decarbonizing the built environment

Pamela Conrad on carbon sequestration and why neutral is not enough

Kate Simonen on building decarbonization and scaling impact

Michelle Moore on clean energy for community power

Chandra Farley on energy equity and a just transition

Jasmin Moore on local governance for a positive future

Renée Lertzman on climate action as change management

Kirsten Ritchie on big goals for building better

Daniele Horton on real estate and scaling climate action

Wanda Dalla Costa on indigeneity, design with communities, and connectedness

Jennifer Leitsch on science based targets, risk, and a changing world

Michelle Amt on storytelling, improv, and reinventing the world

Whitney Gray on the power of place to benefit lives

Lynn Simon on the systems of sustainability and radical resilience

Adrienne Johnson on buildings as part of a just energy transition

Anica Landreneau on advocacy leadership

Heather Rosenberg on resilient communities where people can thrive

Vivian Loftness on standards, educating architects, and buildings that surf

Katie Swenson on love as a driver for design for all

Rachel Gutter on designing with human health as the center of gravity

Lucia Athens on designers as public servants and joy in policy

Alyssa Lyon and Mandy Lee on sustaining equity as part of sustainability

Jenny Carney on democratizing access to green building benefits

Leith Sharp on turning to biology and cultivating leadership

The hosts reflect: life paths, climate urgency, and the systemic nature of what's ahead

Judi Heerwagen on connections and the richness of biophilia

Liz York on architecture as a matter of health and public health

Erin Meezan on driving change and raising the bar on sustainability leadership

Gail Brager on meaningful mentorship and the power of collaboration

Stacy Smedley on embodied carbon and focusing on impact

Marge Anderson on inspiring change for a clean energy future

Carlie Bullock-Jones on building certifications and design for sports

Kimberly Lewis on movement building and centering people and healing

Eden Brukman on the impacts of architectural decisions

Mara Baum on design for health and well-being

Elaine Hsieh on the imperative to accelerate climate innovation

Andréa Traber on innovating, change management, and multi-generational teams

Amanda Kaminsky envisions building material flows as a healthy system

Liz Ogbu on spatial justice

Gail Vittori on design, human health, and holding on to your voice

HP’s Mary Curtiss on how sustainability engages people through place

Sarah Golden on storytelling, feminine leadership, and audacity

We talk with Rosa Sheng about intersectionality and the common good

Sara Neff talks about sustainability leaps in real estate and reasons for optimism

What we can learn from women leading in sustainability