“I think as a profession [architects] we need to be more vocal, and we need to be making bold and emphatic statements about things that we think are positive and things that we think are negative.” If you are at all familiar with the building and design sector in...

“You show people a big tree – it doesn’t matter where they’re from or what age - they’re moved by how profound and beautiful it is.” Eric Davies is one of the Canadian media’s most sought-after experts when it comes to trees, urban forests, and ravine ecology, and...

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

"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 millions do;...

“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!”When I launched the podcast, I had no idea how many people would be interested, but...

"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."In this podcast I had the great pleasure of interviewing Rahul Mehrotra. I first met Rahul when we...

“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.”In this episode, I speak with Peter...

"About 20% of the human's contribution to carbon in the atmosphere is from how we're treating our forests!" In this podcast I talk with Dale Prest, CEO of the Climate Forest Company (CFC). We talk about the global carbon cycle and our future ability to reduce both...

"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 common...

"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.""We need to say enough is enough in the way in which we plan and imagine, design our cities. We need to...

"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."I’d seen Eric present at a couple of...

"Find something you're passionate about and then the change starts to create itself."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, carbon reduction, and...