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In this seventh episode of The Reimagine Edit (TRE) series of the Passive House Podcast, host Zack Semke shares selected clips of insights from Jessica Grove Smith (Joint Managing Director of Passive House Institute), Mark Attard, Rainger Pinney, John Loercher, Galen Staengl, Mike Fowler, Cait Eggers, Sean Velez, Nidhi Shaw, and Lloyd Alter.Quotes:"Walking off the ferry in Seattle and ashes falling out of the sky—that changes your perspective. The same thing with the heat dome and with COVID. These events over the last seven to eight years have reshaped how I think and approach design and architecture, and now my focus is on resilience." — Mike Fowler"If you touch any one single component, make sure you go all the way. That's the only way you're going to future-proof your building and have a long-lasting carbon emission impact." — Jessica Grove-Smith"It's very clear that what typologies get built follow where there's grant money. Developers are happy to build anything as long as it comes with a little extra funding—that's a powerful lever we can use to shape the built environment." — Rainger Pinney"In Passive House buildings, humidity changes very slowly. That just observation applies in any climate—you're less affected because the air isn't running through your building like it does in most buildings." — Galen Staengl"We should be retrofitting schools rather than demolishing them. Roofs, windows, and wall cladding can be replaced; we don't need to demolish the whole school to make it better." — Nidhi ShahThe Reimagine Edit is a special series of the Passive House Podcast that shares curated insights from our Experts-In-Residence at the Reimagine Buildings Collective, our membership community of building professionals stepping up to tackle climate change. Learn more about the Reimagine Buildings Collective at https://www.reimaginebuildings.comThank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, visit passivehouseaccelerator.com. And please join us at one of our Passive House Accelerator LIVE! zoom gatherings on Wednesdays.

In this episode of the Passive House Podcast, Lloyd Alter shares stories from his recent trip to New Zealand. We dive into the "missed opportunities" he saw in Christchurch's post-earthquake rebuild and the broader evolution of Passive House standards. Lloyd discusses the impact of thoughtful building design, sufficiency in architecture, and what can be learned from New Zealand's unique challenges in sustainable housing.https://newsociety.com/book/the-story-of-upfront-carbon/https://www.reimaginebuildings.com/Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, visit passivehouseaccelerator.com. And please join us at one of our Passive House Accelerator LIVE! zoom gatherings on Wednesdays.

This week on the Passive House Podcast, Matthew Cutler-Welsh takes us inside PHINZ 2024 for insightful conversations with Alex Slater, Delia Bellaby, Dr. Emina Kristina Petrovic, Lloyd Alter, and Nikki Kruger. Together, they explore the future of sustainable architecture, from the health impacts of building materials to the intricacies of the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP), and the recent updates to New Zealand's earth building standards. Join us for an engaging discussion on energy efficiency, climate-responsive design, and the innovations driving a greener built environmentAlex Slater: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/podcast/passive-house-podcast-ep-76-alex-slater-shared-space-architecturehttps://passivehouseaccelerator.com/podcast/196-passive-house-humility-with-alex-slaterhttps://sharedspacearchitecture.com.au/https://www.nathers.gov.au/Delia Bellaby:https://www.earthbuilding.org.nz/http://www.designmake.co.nz/https://www.standards.govt.nz/shop/nzs-42982020Dr. Emina Kristina Petrovic:https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/emina.petrovicLloyd Alter:https://lloydalter.substack.com/https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-weekly-march-28-2022https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/living-the-1-5-degree-lifestyle-or-a-discussion-with-lloyd-alterhttps://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/green-zoning-accelerating-smart-growth-in-single-family-zonesNikki Kruger:https://passivehouse.nz/about/our-team/Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, visit passivehouseaccelerator.com. And please join us at one of our Passive House Accelerator LIVE! zoom gatherings on Wednesdays.

A long-overdue episode with friend of the show, Lloyd Alter, about a blog he wrote and his book "The Story of Upfront Carbon". We get into the language of sustainability, carbon, and lots of the words that are ubiquitous in this space (sustainability and the built environment, obviously).We get into the sustainability of travel, to some extent too,Lloyd's book: The Story of Upfront Carbon: How a Life of Just Enough Offers a Way Out of the Climate CrisisBuy it from the independent bookshop website (you can switch regions)You can also buy it from Amazon, but only if you really have no other optionInnovateUK – Net Zero Heat Open DayA showcase of IUK innovation lab projects including Transform-ERThursday 3rd October, online, 9am-12pmRegister here Notes from the show"Sustainable design is dead, long live regenerative design!" from Lloyd's Substack, Upfront CarbonA sustainable architecture Google Images search A regenerative architecture Google Images search That absurd vertical forest building in MilanCOP26: Sufficiency Should be First - Yamina SahebWe Have to Put Sufficiency First in a Low-Carbon World - Lloyd's old Treehugger blog about the SER frameworkZAP episode 144 - “Use less stuff”: embodied carbon, value chains, and the potential for change in the Declaration de Chaillot. With Lloyd Alter (Carbon Upfront), Kelly Alvarez Doran (Ha/f Climate Design), and Will Arnold (The Institution of Structural Engineers)**SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**We don't actually earn anything from this, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.Follow us on the Zero Ambitions LinkedIn page (we still don't have a proper website)Jeff, Alex, and Dan about websites, branding, and communications - zap@eiux.agency; Everything is User ExperienceSubscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)Check Lloyd's Substack: Carbon UpfrontJoin ACANJoin the AECB Join the IGBCCheck out Her Own Space, the renovation and retrofit platform for women**END OF SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**

Lloyd Alter explains the term upfront carbon, its relevance to us all as consumers, and why he felt compelled to write a book on the topic. Check out the show notes for more information.

In this special bonus episode recorded at the In­ter­na­tion­al Pass­ive House Con­fer­en­ce in Inns­bruck, Aus­tria co-host of the Passive House Podcast Michael Ingui  interviews Lloyd Alter.https://www.linkedin.com/in/lloyd-alter-827ba7/Thank you to our sponsor, Source 2050 for making the Passive House Podcast at  In­ter­na­tion­al Pass­ive House Con­fer­en­ce.Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, visit passivehouseaccelerator.com. And please join us at one of our Passive House Accelerator LIVE! zoom gatherings on Wednesdays.

Lloyd has been in Paris. He came back very enthused and excited by his experience there and wanted to communicate why to our listeners.“In the face of the climate emergency, a swift transition of the buildings sector is a direct requirement to achieve the goals set by the Paris Agreement”.Approximately, 1,400 people from 70 countries gathered in Paris for the Buildings and Climate Global Forum and the Declaration de Chaillot was the resultLloyd Alter, Will Arnold, and Kelly Alvarez Doran were there. The question is, what does this declaration mean? Will it actually have a real impact on the way we build, or is it just another bit of paper that will be quickly forgotten? This feels like a very positive sign because it's pulling together the usually loose strands of how we appreciate the built environment and what needs to be done to make it work better for everyone in it, as well as the environment around us.Notes from the showLloyd Alter on LinkedInKelly Alvarez Doran on LinkedInWill Arnold on LinkedInThe UNEP page on the Declaration de ChaillotThe Institution of Structural Engineers web pageThe Buildings and Climate Global Forum web page**SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**We don't actually earn anything from this, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.Follow us on the Zero Ambitions LinkedIn pageJeff, Alex, and Dan about websites, branding, and communications - zap@eiux.agency; Everything is User ExperienceSubscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)Check Lloyd's Substack: Carbon UpfrontJoin ACANJoin the AECB Join the IGBCCheck out Her Own Space, the renovation and retrofit platform for women (but not in a patronizing way)**END OF SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**

Happy post-Christmas day, hope you made it through OK. Today we have part two of the latest Passive House Plus revisited, looking at Lloyd Alter's favourite article of 2021: Seeing the wood for the trees - Placing ecology at the heart of construction.Again, we're joined by authors Lenny Antonelli and Andy Simmonds talking about mass timber, embodied carbon, why we should just use less and, unexpectedly, the place of AI.It turned out to be an extra long one but it felt deserving of the space, so rather than butcher the conversation we thought we'd just cut it in two and let you hear the lot. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.Notes from the showThe PH+ article: Seeing the wood for the trees - Placing ecology at the heart of constructionLenny Antonelli on LinkedinAndy Simmonds on LinkedInAn article with the 'just do less pyramid' from Treehugger: Can Architects Survive in a World Where We Have to Build Less?Another article with the 'just do less pyramid' from Treehugger: The Key to Green Building Is to Use Less StuffA link to the Half earth paper: Protecting half of the planet could directly affect over one billion peopleThe AECB Youtube channelBiomass - a burning issue, the AECB-commissioned article by Nick Grant and Alan Clarke (only the cached version appears to exist online now)The Guardian article about the 10% contributing the most carbon emissions  The Finnish paper Lloyd references: The sufficiency perspective in climate policy: How to recompose consumption**SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**We don't actually earn anything from this, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.Follow us on the Zero Ambitions LinkedIn pageJeff, Alex, and Dan about websites, branding, and communications - zap@eiux.agency; Everything is User ExperienceSubscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)Check Lloyd's Substack: Carbon UpfrontJoin ACANJoin the AECB Join the IGBCCheck out Her Own Space, the renovation and retrofit platform for women (but not in a patronizing way)**END OF SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**

Merry Christmas!This week we have a Passive House Plus revisited two-parter for you, led by our occasional co-host Lloyd Alter, looking at his favourite article of 2021: Seeing the wood for the trees - Placing ecology at the heart of construction.We're joined by authors Lenny Antonelli and Andy Simmonds and the conversation wheels around, covering the place of mass timber as a solution to construction's problems, embodied carbon, why we should just use less, and why it's so hard to use less, amongst lots of other things.It turned out to be an extra long one but it felt deserving of the space, so rather than butcher the conversation we thought we'd just cut it in two and let you hear the lot. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.Notes from the showThe PH+ article: Seeing the wood for the trees - Placing ecology at the heart of constructionLenny Antonelli on LinkedinAndy Simmonds on LinkedInAn article with the 'just do less pyramid' from Treehugger: Can Architects Survive in a World Where We Have to Build Less?Another article with the 'just do less pyramid' from Treehugger: The Key to Green Building Is to Use Less StuffA link to the Half earth paper: Protecting half of the planet could directly affect over one billion peopleThe AECB Youtube channelBiomass - a burning issue, the AECB-commissioned article by Nick Grant and Alan Clarke (only the cached version appears to exist online now)The Guardian article about the 10% contributing the most carbon emissions  The Finnish paper Lloyd references: The sufficiency perspective in climate policy: How to recompose consumption**SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**We don't actually earn anything from this, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.Follow us on the Zero Ambitions LinkedIn pageJeff, Alex, and Dan about websites, branding, and communications - zap@eiux.agency; Everything is User ExperienceSubscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)Check Lloyd's Substack: Carbon UpfrontJoin ACANJoin the AECB Join the IGBCCheck out Her Own Space, the renovation and retrofit platform for women (but not in a patronizing way)**END OF SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**

Lloyd Alter introduced us to Passive House Accelerator earlier this year and it turns out that we're doing some quite similar work, promoting high-performance building, sharing innovation, and elevating thought leadership.Instead of starting a blood feud, we decided to invite Zack Semke onto the podcast to talk about what they're up to and see what we can learn from them. As it turns out, they're doing some really interesting stuff and Zack had already interviewed Jeff ages ago. Seems like we should look into collaborating.We had a chat about their stateside perspective on high-performance building, how to make sense of the place of passive house globally, and the schism between PHI vs PHIUS standards(European vs US). It went into a bunch of other things too. All fairly familiar subject matter, substantially less Brexit than usual but more naked culture war nonsense. Whatever we think about the nuance of the standards, it's clear that US adoption of passive house has massive potential to push things forward.Notes from the showPassive House Accelerator Passive House Accelerator LiveZack Semke on LinkedInWikipedia's page about the two passive house standardsThe Phius websiteThe ASHRAE websitePassive House Accelerator's OCEC tool (beta)Zack's interview with Jeff Retrofit ReimaginedIf you're nearby, go! More Retrofit Reimagined 2023 is happening in Bristol (6 October), Machynlleth (Centre for Alternative Technology, 21-22 October), and Glasgow (11 November).**SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**We don't actually earn anything from this, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.Zero Ambitions Partners email address - zap@eiux.agencyFollow us on the Zero Ambitions LinkedIn pageSubscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)Check Lloyd's Substack: Carbon UpfrontJoin ACANJoin the AECB Join the IGBCCheck out Her Own Space, the renovation and retrofit platform for women (but not in a patronising way)Email Alex and Dan about websites, branding, and communications - zap@eiux.agency; Everything is User Experience**END OF SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**

Today, we have a new show on the feed. Long-time friend and contributor to the Zero Ambitions Universe, Lloyd Alter is taking the reins to look back at some of the fine work that Jeff has commissioned over the years, with a mind to making it more accessible to a wider audience.So, in parallel with the main show, Lloyd will be curating a tour through some of the best of Passive House Plus, interviewing the work's authors, and looking at the subject matter from a transatlantic perspective.This week we are joined by journalist Kate de Selincourt to talk about her 'Cold Truths' two-part feature, published back in January of this year. It might seem out of place to be discussing it in July, but these issues shouldn't just be seasonal because if we're only talking about them in winter it's already too late to act.Cold Truths: Part 1Cold Truths: Part 2Kate's linksKate's own website Kate on Twitter Her appearance on our 'overheating' episode last summer Kate's research on the PHT website: the Passivhaus Trust Costs & Benefits research report  Download the Benefits summary guide (part two) hereDownload the Health & Wellbeing PDF from here (it's referenced in the further reading section) Lloyd's other linksSafety checks run down and boom time for criminals: this is why the UK is becoming the ‘dustbin of Europe' - Lloyd shared this article with us shortly after the conversation, which neatly sums up much of our conversationA paywall-free link to the FT article Lloyd mentions 'The battle over M&S Oxford Street and construction's carbon footprint'**SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**We don't actually earn anything from this, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.Zero Ambitions Partners email address - zap@eiux.agencySubscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)Check Lloyd's Substack: Carbon UpfrontJoin ACANJoin the AECB Join the IGBCListen to Accelerate to Zero, Sara's podcast produced at BE-ST, on Apple or Spotify Email Alex and Dan about websites, branding, and communications - zap@eiux.agency; Everything is User Experience**END OF SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**

For some time now, ecologists and environmentalists have been promoting life-cycle analyses – calculations of the environmental impact of a product, from the sourcing of materials all the way through to its disposal. While this is still a valid expenditure of effort, our guest today on Sea Change Radio argues that we may need to … Continue reading An Upfront Talk About Carbon With Lloyd Alter → This article and podcast An Upfront Talk About Carbon With Lloyd Alter appeared first on Sea Change Radio.

This week we have a transatlantic expert's perspective on the state of sustainable building in Ireland and the UK. Friend of the show, Lloyd's Alter joined us after a research trip and drinking holiday to the UK.We thought it would be interesting to ask him to tell us about what learned on his travels and he offered us hiss thoughts on wood, the inspiring projects he visited, the people he met, cycling in Dublin, ventilation, air quality, transport, and all sorts.Notes from the episodeThat Extinction Beckons art exhibition at the Hayward GalleryThe Retrofit23 exhibition at the Building Centre Architype's case study of the Hereford Archive and RecordsCentreWhy Do we Make Everything So Complicated, a piece by Lloyd about that 'Radical Simplicity' Nick Grant article he references; I couldn't find the actual article but I'll update the notes with the link if Lloyd sends it onSeeing the Wood for the Trees, by Lenny Antonelli and Andy Simmons, from the pages of Passive House PlusThe Deluded World of Window Replacement, from Lloyd's Substack, Upfront Carbon**SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**We don't actually earn anything from this, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.Zero Ambitions Partners email address - zap@eiux.agencySubscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)Join ACANJoin the AECB Join the IGBCListen to Accelerate to Zero, Sara's podcast produced at BE-ST, on Apple or Spotify Email Alex and Dan about websites, branding, and communications - zap@eiux.agency; Everything is User Experience**END OF SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**

Many cyclists have opinions about e-bikes... and not all of them flattering - but research has shown that riding with the assistance of a battery might actually mean you get more exercise overall. We chat with a sustainability expert and author who has written all about this. (Anthony Germain with Lloyd Alter)

In this episode of the Retrofit Podcast, host Ryan Shanahan talks with Lloyd Alter, Green Building Advisor columnist and author of Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle. He's been an architect, real estate developer, and prefab entrepreneur, and he's currently working on a new book titled Carbon Upfront!, teaching sustainable design at Toronto Metropolitan University, and writing frequently on Substack. Lloyd and Ryan dive deep into carbon, retrofits, and so much more.

Our guest this episode is Lloyd Alter talking about life, sustainability and his book “Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle”. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: Working for Treehugger.com 1.5 Degree lifestyle How mass timber is expensive […]

For almost two decades transatlantic commentator  Lloyd Alter has been the rarest of creatures: a popular writer of insightful articles about green building, mainly via the pioneering green living website Treehugger.com. The day before our interview, Lloyd and the rest of the editorial team at Treehugger were told to clear their desks, due to a change in business model that focused more on search engine algorithms, and less on the kind of nuanced, considered pieces that have made Lloyd so renowned. We caught up with Lloyd to reflect on his time at Treehugger. We set out to talk about the state of reporting and publishing in the green building sector but the discussion ended up covering a lot of other ground, ranging from perhaps the most boneheaded culture war of all – the gas cooker variety - to the shortsighted lack of design consideration for aging populations.Roaming cross-cultural perspectives on the built environment, sufficiency, consumption, change, the language of green building, gas stove outrage, transport, adaptation for aging populations, and plenty more.Notes from the episodeLloyd Alter on Treehugger Up Front Carbon, Lloyd Alter on Substack"Caledon homes come laden with luxury" the article about McMansions that Lloyd decries early onThat Observer article about retrofit with our very own Sara Edmonds in itGeorge Monbiot's wood-burning confessionalLloyd Alter on LinkedInFanchea Kelly was the lady from the CIH podcast; she's CEO Blackwood Homes and Care, a charity that deals with retrofit in terms of accessibility rather than energy efficiencySanctuary magazine The Heat is On, Ryan Philp's SubstackGoldsmith Street social housing **SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**We don't actually earn anything from this, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.Zero Ambitions Partners email address - zap@eiux.agencySubscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)Join ACANJoin the AECB Email Alex and Dan about websites, branding, and communications (zap@eiux.agency; Everything is User Experience)**END OF SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**

Here in the Pacific Northwest, we have had fairly significant wildfire smoke for the last six weeks. For the most part, wind patterns have kept much of the Seattle Metro from experiencing the worst of it. That changed this week, as weather patterns shifted and the dense wildfire smoke cloaked our region for several days, thrusting both Seattle and Portland into the cities with the worst air quality globally. Unfortunately, this pattern is likely to worsen as the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains continue to dry out. Due to their rugged, steep terrain and abundant fuel - fighting wildfires is going to be significantly different than on the dryer, and eastern slopes of the cascades. Containment and mitigation will be the main strategies in dealing with this smoke. However, cities have not prepared for this new normal to the extent they should have, with studies predicting this very issue for decades. We already utilize public buildings for weather that is extremely warm or cold - the next logical step is to utilize public buildings as fresh air centers for smoke and air pollution events. The region has also added over a hundred thousand homes in just the last decade. Unfortunately, weak energy codes that failed to mandate Passivhaus only ensured that there was significant carbon lock-in with these, and an inability to adapt and mitigate climate change to the effect they could have. Had we mandated Passivhaus levels of construction, with airtight buildings and fresh, filtered ventilation - many more of these buildings could adapt to these types of events, and ruggedized against an increasingly dangerous normal. We need climate leaders who will take these issues seriously, and act swiftly. Further reading...Passive House: Climate-Proofing Against Disease and Smoke, Hayley Cloona in Passive Buildings Canada.Will blankets of wildfire smoke be our new seasonal normal?, via KUOW.Inside the Bolt Creek Fire and the Newly Burning Forests of the Western Cascades, via Seattle Times.US Northwest towns ‘woefully unprepared' as fire risk grows, via the AP.Managing Western Washington Wildfire Risk in a Changing Climate, report  (pdf) via UW's Northwest Climate Adaptation Science CenterKing County Wildfire Risk Reduction Strategy, report (pdf) via King County. Passive House on the Frontlines: Wildfire Smoke & Indoor Air Quality, roundtable hosted by Passive House Accelerator.Another Good Reason to Go Passivhaus: It Keeps the Smoke Out, Lloyd Alter over on Treehugger. Lastly, to stay up to date with what Michael Eliason is doing at Larch Lab, be sure to sign up for newsletter updates. 

K​halil Akhtar speaks to ​sustainability expert Lloyd Alter ​about​ simple things you can do to keep your home cool without turning on the A.C.

K​halil Akhtar speaks to ​sustainability expert Lloyd Alter ​about​ simple things you can do to keep your home cool without turning on the A.C.

K​halil Akhtar speaks to ​sustainability expert Lloyd Alter ​about​ simple things you can do to keep your home cool without turning on the A.C.

Canadians are caught in a cycle of overconsumption, followed by decluttering. So professor Lloyd Alter joins us to talk about where our junk really ends up and what we can do about it. (0:00) Because of the changing environment due to global warming, Arctic Char is an area of interest for a research team in Northern Labrador. (6:23) We're dropping by the arena in Happy Valley-Goose Bay to get some tips on kicking a soccer ball as hard as you can. (12:51) Musicians Sherman Downey and Geraldine Hollet are teaming up for some gigs in Battle Harbour! (22:07) A virtual event will be taking place where youth from local schools collaborate to revolutionize Mental Health. (27:11) Dave Paddon on his summer job story (34:17) The Labrador Creative Arts Festival is happening next week. It will look a little different this year.... and we'll find out just how different.(41:08) We're bringing you to the arena in Happy Valley-Goose Bay to meet one of the youngest teams competing in Lab Cup and the defending champs from the past two tournaments. (48:46)

Lloyd Alter explains how we can take personal actions to address our own carbon footprints, and why it's more important to do so than ever. Check out the show notes for more information.

Guest host Shane Foxman talks with Lloyd Alter, architect, design editor of treehugger.com, professor of Sustainable Design at Ryerson School of Interior Design and author of Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle

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 shawna@bluehouseenergy.com Producer - Tanya Chedrawy tanya@tanyamedia.com Technical Producer - Michael Boyd michaelboyd@podcastatlantic.com 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"

Chickens, Tomatoes and Cars: The Wonky Numbers Behind Your Carbon Footprint We NEED to be obsessed with shrinking our footprint, and Lloyd Alter did the research, the spreadsheet, and the book to help us all do our part. Did you know you can cut your carbon footprint from food in half? In a continuation of last episode's conversation, Lloyd Alter, author of Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle: Why Individual Climate Action Matters More than Ever, shares what matters most from what he learned while shrinking his annual carbon footprint to meet the carbon budget allowed to meet 1.5°C goals. Don't Miss: Stephanie makes a shocking confession about her 2019 lifestyle and carbon footprint. And Lloyd raised quite a stir with this tweet: “I was shocked when I e-biked past the gas station, the price is twice as high as when I last filled the car two years ago.” Some of the Revelations: Tomatoes have an unusually large carbon footprint. Eating food in season tastes better! He introduces us to the term “climatarian” - a person who chooses what to eat according to what is least harmful to the environment. We engage in “portion distortion” – we put too much on the plate and either eat too much or toss the excess The delivery of a take-out order emits twice the carbon of producing that food. Embodied energy or carbon, or upfront carbon emissions, are a big part of our consumption footprint We'd be well-served to focus on “sufficiency.” What is enough? What do you need? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle – by Lloyd Alter https://newsociety.com/books/l/living-the-1-5-degree-lifestyle TreeHugger – one of the world's leading sustainability information websites https://www.treehugger.com/ Take the Jump - Less consuming but more creativity, care, comedy, camaraderie, contentment, craft, connection, celebration, culture and community. https://takethejump.org/ Lettuce is Stupid http://lettuceisstupid.com/ Pilot project and spreadsheet https://1five.org Hot or Cool Institute https://hotorcool.org/  Global Footprint Network ecological footprint calculator https://www.footprintcalculator.org/home/en Give Us Feedback: Record a voice message for us to play on the podcast: +1-719-402-1400 Send an email to podcast at growthbusters.org The GrowthBusters theme song was written and produced by Jake Fader and sung by Carlos Jones. https://www.fadermusicandsound.com/ https://carlosjones.com/ On the GrowthBusters podcast, we come to terms with the limits to growth, explore the joy of sustainable living, and provide a recovery program from our society's growth addiction (economic/consumption and population). This podcast is part of the GrowthBusters project to raise awareness of overshoot and end our culture's obsession with, and pursuit of, growth. Dave Gardner directed the documentary GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth, which Stanford Biologist Paul Ehrlich declared “could be the most important film ever made.” Co-host, and self-described "energy nerd," Stephanie Gardner has degrees in Environmental Studies and Environmental Law & Policy. Join the conversation on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GrowthBustersPodcast/ Make a donation to support this non-profit project. https://www.growthbusters.org/donate/ Archive of GrowthBusters podcast episodes http://www.growthbusters.org/podcast/ Subscribe to GrowthBusters email updates https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/umptf6w/signup Explore the issues at http://www.growthbusters.org See the film, GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth https://youtu.be/_w0LiBsVFBo View the GrowthBusters channel on YouTube Follow the podcast so you don't miss an episode:

Should we be sitting around eating burgers and driving pickup trucks, and just wait for the system change needed to live sustainably on this planet? We attempt here to put to rest the tired and misdirected debate about whether individual footprint-shrinking action is a distraction that slows needed systemic change, and whether it's worth doing. Joining us in this conversation is Lloyd Alter, former managing editor of Treehugger, and author of a fairly new book, Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle – by Lloyd Alter https://newsociety.com/books/l/living-the-1-5-degree-lifestyle TreeHugger – one of the world's leading sustainability information websites https://www.treehugger.com/ Lifestyle Carbon Footprints and Changes in Lifestyles to Limit Global Warming To 1.5 °Chttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-021-01018-6 Simplicity Institute https://simplicityinstitute.org/ Elizabeth Warren on Major Industry Emissions - September 2019 Presidential Debate https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/09/04/elizabeth-warren-fossil-fuel-industry-cnn-climate-town-hall-vpx.cnn Just 100 Companies Responsible for 71% of Global Emissions, Study Says – UK Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change Jevons Paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox The JUMP Is a Movement Challenging Consumers to Live for Joy, Not Stuff – by Lloyd Alter https://www.treehugger.com/take-the-jump-less-stuff-more-joy-5215018 Take the Jump - Less consuming but more creativity, care, comedy, camaraderie, contentment, craft, connection, celebration, culture and community. https://takethejump.org/ Reducing Your Carbon Footprint Still Matters – Slate home.https://slate.com/technology/2018/10/carbon-footprint-climate-change-personal-action-collective-action.html IPCC Issues ‘Bleakest Warning Yet' on Impacts of Climate Breakdown – UK Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/28/ipcc-issues-bleakest-warning-yet-impacts-climate-breakdown Managing Without Growth – by Peter Victor https://www.pvictor.com/ Give Us Feedback: Record a voice message for us to play on the podcast: +1-719-402-1400 Send an email to podcast at growthbusters.org The GrowthBusters theme song was written and produced by Jake Fader and sung by Carlos Jones. https://www.fadermusicandsound.com/ https://carlosjones.com/ On the GrowthBusters podcast, we come to terms with the limits to growth, explore the joy of sustainable living, and provide a recovery program from our society's growth addiction (economic/consumption and population). This podcast is part of the GrowthBusters project to raise awareness of overshoot and end our culture's obsession with, and pursuit of, growth. Dave Gardner directed the documentary GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth, which Stanford Biologist Paul Ehrlich declared “could be the most important film ever made.” Co-host, and self-described "energy nerd," Stephanie Gardner has degrees in Environmental Studies and Environmental Law & Policy. Join the conversation on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GrowthBustersPodcast/ Make a donation to support this non-profit project. https://www.growthbusters.org/donate/ Archive of GrowthBusters podcast episodes http://www.growthbusters.org/podcast/ Subscribe to GrowthBusters email updates https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/umptf6w/signup Explore the issues at http://www.growthbusters.org See the film, GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth https://youtu.be/_w0LiBsVFBo View the GrowthBusters channel on YouTube Follow the podcast so you don't miss an episode:

Lloyd Alter, blogger at Treehugger.org, talks about his article, "Politicians and Planners Are Missing The E-Bike Revolution" with Galen Mook, Bike Talk host and Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bike Coalition. Dr. Natalia Barbour, Assistant professor at the Delft University of Technology, and Courtney Cobbs, E-Bike enthusiast, co-editor of Streetsblog Chicago, and Co-founder of Better Streets Chicago, talk e-bikes with Taylor Nichols of the Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee. Edited by Kevin Burton.

Lloyd Alter teaches sustainable design at Ryerson University, he tells Matt Galloway about ways to live within a carbon budget — and visits a Toronto home to offer practical advice about how its owners, Corrigan Hammond and Mia Macdonald, could reduce their daily emissions.

Colin Robertson, a former Canadian diplomat and vice president and fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, talks about what is on the agenda as leaders from Canada, the United States, and Mexico meet in Washington; Rob Norman, the creator of the new CBC podcast Limited Capacity, talks about all things dark and disturbing that went into his new show; Author and sustainable design professor Lloyd Alter explains how reducing consumption is the first step to shrinking your carbon footprint and leading a greener lifestyle; Diane Bergeron, President of CNIB Guide Dogs, talks what it takes to train a dog for a very special job and why they're looking for new volunteers; Artist and author Student Asim previews the "Tell a Story, Save a Life" virtual event on the power of storytelling to combat Islamophobia; Medical columnist Dr. Peter Lin talks about why COVID-19 numbers are going up in Ontario, and what we can do to reverse this trend; CBC Queen's Park Reporter Mike Crawley talks about how a massive piece of proposed legislation in the U.S. could throw a wrench in Premier Doug Ford's plan to make Ontario the hub for electric vehicle production; Jennifer Siripong Mandel and Anika Chabra, the co-founders of Root and Seed, talk about their web-tool that helps people digitally preserve their family traditions, stories and recipes

Andrea Learned talks with Toronto-based writer Lloyd Alter about city living and the beauty of eBikes, particularly when striving to live a 1.5 degree lifestyle. https://www.treehugger.com/bikes-arent-just-transportation-they-are-climate-action-4854132 Alter has been writing for TreeHugger since 2005 on topics ranging from architecture to design, transportation, and planning. He has contributed to The Guardian, Corporate Knights Magazine, Azure Magazine, Architectural Record, and Greensource. https://twitter.com/lloydalter

This episode of the Resource Talks explores mass timber for construction and architecture, with Judith Sheine, Director of Design at the Tallwood Design Institute, and Professor of Architecture at the University of Oregon, Anthonie Kramer engineer with JAMA Engineering, and Lloyd Alter, Design Editor at TreeHugger and Lecturer in Sustainable Design at Ryerson School of Interior Design. Hosted by environmental scientist and architect John Manoochehri, of BASE2 Data + Design, previously at UNEP. The Resource Talks are produced by Resource Vision, the sustainable architecture and technology studio of BASE2 Data + Design.

A tweetstorm on whether electric vehicles are the solution moving forward crystallized into this talk, with Nick, Don, Lindsay and: Lloyd Alter, Design editor at Treehugger.com, contributor to Guardian, Azure https://twitter.com/lloydalter Melanie Curry, Streetsblog California editor: https://twitter.com/currymel Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Change and Business Program at UC Berkeley/UCLA Schools of Law: https://twitter.com/EthanElkind Matthew Klippenstein, Clean Tech Engineer: https://twitter.com/ElectronComm Matthew Lewis, Director of Communications, California Yimby: https://twitter.com/mateosfo Nicole Murray, Ecosocialist attacking the white supremacist, capitalist institutions that beget mobility injustice, traffic violence, & climate change: https://twitter.com/nicoleamurray Grace Peng, scientist and Natural Resources Chair for League of Women Voters LA County & Beach Cities: https://twitter.com/gspeng Sandy James Planner, City planner, Price Tags editor, Managing Director Walk Metro Vancouver: https://twitter.com/sandyjamesplan Captain Proton, Author specializing in transportation emissions: https://twitter.com/SapioSpiritual Harv Voven, Co-founder of the Los Angeles Bike Oven collective, Consulting Engineer with California Water and Power, and 82 year old life long cyclist: https://www.facebook.com/igor.voven

It's stressful; it's expensive; it's bad for the environment; it's bad for the soul; and it's VERY hard to get rid of. No, not the Trump Administration (or bedbugs): I'm referring to clutter. We explore the problem with true confessions by me, an article by Erica Layne, remarks by environmentalist Lloyd Alter, and music by Chumbawamba.

It's stressful; it's expensive; it's bad for the environment; it's bad for the soul; and it's VERY hard to get rid of. No, not the Trump Administration (or bedbugs): I'm referring to clutter. We explore the problem with true confessions by me, an article by Erica Layne, remarks by environmentalist Lloyd Alter, and music by Chumbawamba.

2020 has certainly been a strange year. Everyone is waiting for things to go “back to normal” but what will normal be? Will there be any adaptations from this period that become permanent? Will we all be telecommuting and zooming indefinitely? Will urban centers continue to empty out? This week on Sea Change Radio, we … Continue reading Lloyd Alter: Design Trends in Housing + E-Bikes → The post Lloyd Alter: Design Trends in Housing + E-Bikes appeared first on Sea Change Radio.

If you enjoy this podcast, consider buying me a coffee: https://adamstoner.com/support The average UK citizen produces 8.45 metric tonnes of CO2 (tCO2e) per year. The average globally is 4.8. In the next ten years – and in order to prevent a 1.5 degrees of global warming – we need to reduce our individual carbon footprints by as much as 65%. These findings come from a report titled 1.5 Degree Lifestyles which states that worldwide, citizens and societies need to aim for per-person consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions targets of 2.5 tCO2e in 2030, 1.4 by 2040, and 0.7 by 2050 in order to keep global temperature rise to within 1.5 degrees of change. The Global Carbon Project (whose graphs are above) estimates we have less than 10 years at current levels of emission before our 1.5º budget is entirely spent. At that point, our ability to correct the see-saw and prevent the threat of climate change tipping points setting in – something which James Lovelock theorises is already happening – is seriously hampered. As Fiona Harvey writes in the Guardian, scientists are warning that beyond a rise of 2º, the impacts of climate breakdown are likely to become catastrophic and irreversible, yet current global commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement are estimated to put the world on track for 3º of heating. As the IPCC reflect in their Special Report, cutting our lifestyles to meet these targets isn't going to happen by magic nor is it going to happen overnight. We must alter our lifestyles and we must do it immediately. Pathways limiting global warming to 1.5°C with no or limited overshoot would require rapid and far-reaching transitions […] These systems transitions are unprecedented in terms of scale […] and imply deep emissions reductions in all sectors, a wide portfolio of mitigation options and a significant upscaling of investments in those options – IPCC ‘Global Warming of 1.5º' We must accept these simple facts: Adapted from Professor Julia Steinberger's ‘10 Basic Facts for Human and Planetary Survival' diagram. The climate crisis is really bad. On our current trajectory it will become much worse. We can still prevent it from worsening. This will require rapid, far-reaching changes. This change is compulsory for human survival. The systems we operate in are responsible for this crisis. Maintaining the current trajectory is in the interest of most of these systems. Therefore, we should not expect these systems to change themselves. People built these systems. It is people who must change these systems. Survival depends on us changing these systems. To quote American architect and futurist Buckminster Fuller: You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. To cut down his carbon footprint in line with the targets that 1.5 Degree Lifestyles espouses, Lloyd Alter of Treehugger is trying to live what he calls a 2.5-tonne lifestyle. Meanwhile, British activist Rosalind Readhead is attempting to live a 1-tonne lifestyle and has been doing so since September 2019 using Professor Mike Berners-Lee's ‘How Bad Are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything' as a guide. Rosalind says her ‘rapid, imperfect prototype' aims to ‘give life to what net zero carbon means from a personal perspective [and to] add human flesh to an abstract and remote number.' At its core, the climate crisis is a carbon crisis. There is too much carbon in the air and to fix the crisis we must commit to removing some. Planting trees to combat emissions is tantamount to carbon offsetting and whilst I respect that carbon offsets alone cannot solve the problem of global warming – and while there have undoubtedly been abuses in the way offsets have been marketed in the past – I do not feel this invalidates their use in relation to emissions which people are unable to reduce directly. That said, forestation projects are not certified carbon offsets. The carbon emissions they will sequester will happen in the future, with the vast majority of carbon being captured after 40 years. It is plainly obvious we should try and avoid as many emissions as possible today, then seek to offset the rest. I'm calling emissions I cannot avoid ‘circumstantial emissions'; they are emissions that are a consequence (of commuting, of living a modern and connected life) rather than a choice (going on jet-set holidays, buying clothes I do not need). I have calculated my own carbon footprint in a similar way to Rosalind, using Professor Mike Berners-Lee's ‘How Bad Are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything' as a guide, by assuming worse case scenarios. My footprint turns out to be 4 tonnes of CO2e per annum. Dave Erasmus, modern day woodsman and leader of both an on- and off-grid lifestyle, has crunched the numbers and reveals that a Pinus Sylverstris (Scots Pine), which is classified as a slow growing conifer, will sequester, at conservative estimates, 355kg of CO2e over a 60 year period. If I've understood his numbers correctly, by year 60 and at its peak, the tree will sequester a kilogram of CO2e once every seven days. This equates to an average of 5kg CO2e per year over a sixty year period. A government forestry report states that trees in Kielder Forest absorb 2kg of CO2 per year on average whilst Madagascan charity Eden Reforestation Projects reckons that a mangrove tree will sequester over 308kg of CO2 from the atmosphere over the growth life of the tree, averaging 12.3kg per tree per annum. The success of tree planting as a carbon offsetting measure depends on three key factors: Commit to planting suitable trees in a suitable environments. Commit to taking care of them over their lifetimes. Commit to not burning them after their lifetimes. Burning the tree would release the carbon stored within it back into the atmosphere; a sixty-year lesson in futility. Scientists in Zurich have theorised that covering an area the size of the United States of America could be the most effective climate change solution to date. It would represent a greater than 25% increase in forested area, including more than 200 gigatonnes of additional carbon sequestered at maturity, capturing around two-thirds of carbon emissions released by humans since the Industrial Revolution. That is where this talk of ‘planting a trillion trees' that we heard so much of at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2020 comes from. Using Dave's calculations and basing all planting on our three tree rules, sequestering my 4 tonnes of CO2e over a 60-year period would require just 12 trees. Assuming I have been emitting 4 tonnes of CO2e per year for my 25 years so far and will continue to so until I reach the UK life expectancy of 80 I would need to plant one thousand trees. 4 tonnes in kilograms is 4,000. 4,000 x 80 years = 320,000kg. 320,000kg divided by 308kg (the amount sequestered per mangrove plant) = 1,038 trees. 320,000kg divided by 355kg (the amount sequestered per Scots Pine) = 901 trees I joined Bristol-based Offset Earth (now known as Ecologi) almost one year ago because I knew that tree planting was one of the ways forward. Buying the 1,038 mangrove trees via Ecologi that I would need to offset a 4-tonne lifestyle for 80 years would cost £123. Remembering that the average UK citizen produces 8.45 tCO2e per year, it would cost £325 to plant the 2,759 trees required. According to the World Bank, 1.236 billion people live in so-called ‘high income economies'; the current Gross National Income per capita of this set of people is $45,307. Assuming the average person works from 18 to the current UK retirement age, the £325 it would cost to offset their entire lifetime of emissions would equate to £0.56 pence per monthly paycheque. Even if we were to opt with costlier tree planting schemes like One Tree Planted where one tree costs one US dollar, planting 2,759 trees would cost less than a single months salary in a year, a cost that is plainly affordable when spread over a working career. You may think this is heading the direction of arguing for a so-called flat-rate ‘tree tax' and although it clearly has its advantages (and I support the idea of taxes) I do not feel the solution is a tax… So what is? I've written on multiple occasions about how the best way to affect positive change is to fund it. Giving regularly not only helps protect the causes you care about but it also helps charities plan ahead and make long term investments and improvements that change the world and the lives of people on it. – Myself, in 2019 I think the best climate change solution is simply the knowledge that your entire lifetime can be carbon-neutral (and even carbon-negative) for less than you spend on a spur-of-the-moment shopping spree one stuck-at-home Black Friday. I've been writing this essay on-and-off for the past year. It has sat in various states of completion and with various different conclusions for many of those months. Writing and researching this essay opened my eyes to plainly obvious solutions and answered questions I didn't know I had about climate change. I leave you with a question of your own to answer: Knowing that tree plantation programs are well within your budget and that the solution to catastrophic climate change is simply to pull carbon from the air, an act trees do by design, is it not a civic and moral duty to plant those trees? Ecologi (£0.12 GBP/tree) One Tree Planted ($1 USD/tree) World Land Trust (£5 GBP/tree) Trees For Life (£6 GBP/tree) Forest of Marston Vale (£20 GBP/tree)

All around the world, people have been spending more time in their homes, leading to a number of emerging needs in kitchen and bath design. Lloyd Alter, Design Editor for Treehugger and Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Design at the Ryerson School of Interior Design, joins KBTalks to discuss the inevitable transformation that is growing in response to these changes. Lloyd shares his deep knowledge and insight on where home design is headed and how designers, architects and remodelers should be adapting to meet their clients’ needs in the evolution of home design. Hosted by: Jennifer Bertrand Sponsored by @HomeAdvisor

Human beings are nothing if not innovative. We have invented entire disciplines concerned with design, sustainability, and urban planning. Now, however, a global pandemic is forcing experts in these disciplines to rethink, adapt, and re-innovate. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to design expert and environmental journalist Lloyd Alter about innovation and adaptation … Continue reading Lloyd Alter: Innovation in the COVID-19 Era → The post Lloyd Alter: Innovation in the COVID-19 Era appeared first on Sea Change Radio.

Gladys McCormick of Syracus University on El Chapo's imprisonment. Author Michael Witwer on Dungeons and Dragons continuing to shape popular culture after 30 years. Lloyd Alter of Ryerson University on hot houses. Psyche Loui of Northeastern University on how music improves the brain just by listening. Melissa Baese-Berk of the University of Oregon on how to better understand people with accents. Virginia Winter of the University of Missouri on improving body image.

Andrew Waugh is a founder of Waugh Thistleton Architects and a pioneer of design in the field of timber buildings, using cross-laminated timber (CLT). Waugh Thistleton are committed to the use of timber construction which has earned them an international reputation in environmentally sustainable architecture and design. The practice has designed the world’s largest CLT building at Dalston Works – a 10 storey, 121 unit residential building, made entirely from CLT. WT are also currently working on 5 (out of the 10) major office CLT buildings under construction in London. Andrew has been quoted as saying that he believes that "timber will replace all other materials for construction" and we discuss the benefits of building with CLT. These include: - speed of delivery - ability to integrate with hi-tech, off-site construction methods - Sustainable resource - Lower carbon emissions in build process - CLT as store of carbon - Bio-morphic effect for residents - Aesthetic Picking up on a comment from Nick Fulford in Episode 3, we discuss the bio-morphic effect and i reference the work undertaken by Wood for Good. Harvard's Center for Health and the Global Environment found that that our cognitive abilities can increase by over 100% by working in offices with wooden interiors (when additional ventilation is added). A fact that, if verifiable, must be one of the more under-utilised in the industry. Andrew has strong views on the current trend of what he sees as egotistical architecture, with the focus on individual building, rather than its place within the its environment and surroundings. We discuss Lloyd Alter's concept of the Goldilocks Density and where CLT, in terms of design and structural requirements can help deliver integrated buildings that fulfil the density requirement our cities need.

The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast Episode #185 – Will beaconising the world further promote driving and kill off cycling? Part 2 Saturday 31st March 2018 HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Roger Geffen of Cycling UK, Chris Star of Australia's 3CR community radio station, technology writer Max Glaskin, Lloyd Alter of Treehugger.com, and Caspar Hughes of Stop Killing Cyclists. SPONSOR: Jenson USA TOPIC: Episode two in a two-part series looking at adding driverless-car friendly sensors to bicycles, people, lamp-posts and animals. This follows a talk given at the Geneva Motor Show by a bike industry organisation boss – he called for all bicycles to have beacons so they can be seen by the semi- and fully-autonomous cars of the near feature. On the precious show, historian Peter Norton – author of “Fighting Traffic” – discussed the historical, ethical and mobility-centre issues that such a call raises. On this show five other experts give their points of view on this technology and whether the bike industry should be talking to the automotive and telecommunications industries who believe the "connected car" future could be one where no cyclists or pedestrians get killed on the roads. Will a beaconised future be one of unalloyed freedom for cyclists and pedestrians, or the very opposite?

Our guest this month is Lloyd Alter, talking about Net Zero, using less, and designing things better. Lloyd Alter has been an architect, developer, inventor and prefab promoter. Lloyd was past president of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario Canada and teaches sustainable design at Ryerson University School of Interior Design. In 2014 Lloyd won the […]

Karin and Kristyn wind down the year with a look back at some of the shows that made the biggest impact on them and on you, our listeners! During the show, we play some of our favorite clips and talk about the impact they have made on us and how they influenced our work as KonMari consultants. Creating a podcast that focused on the KonMari Method has been our shared vision since the very end of 2016. We spent the first half of 2017 researching, preparing and putting all the pieces together and finally launched on August 31st. We are so grateful to all of our guests for their talents, wonderful stories and the amazing tips and tools they shared with us. Our listeners have been amazing. We have learned so much via your questions, comments and feedback. Thank you for being a part of Spark Joy! Spark Joy wants to hear from you! Tell us your burning tidying questions or share stories about how KonMari has impacted your life. Find us at www.sparkjoypodcast.com and email us at contact@sparkjoypodcast.com to leave a question or comment for a chance to be featured on next week’s show. Join us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter via @sparkjoypodcast. Before we get to our highlights, we ask, “What have sparked the most joy this year?” We would love to hear what sparked the most joy for you! Email us at contact@sparkjoypodcast.com and share your most joyful moments of 2017. In this episode, you’ll enjoy: We share big news: Spark Joy Podcast has been downloaded over 40,000 times! Two listeners sent us great questions: Sara asked about how to apply KonMari principles to the ongoing struggle of paper management in a busy family. Ep 9 | Tidying by Location is a Fatal Mistake Spark Joy Episode 9 Kimberly’s question was about how to determine what sparks joy when it comes to seasonal items, in this case, Halloween costumes. Ep 13 | Does It Spark Joy? Spark Joy Episode 13 And now, on to our favorite clips! Ep 2 | Meet Marie Kondo’s First Employee Jenny Ning Jenny Ning, Marie Kondo’s first employee in the US, shares what it’s like to work for the Queen of Tidy and her journey from KonMari super fan to Bay area home organizer. To connect with Jenny Ning, you can visit her at www.jennyning.com or follow her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (@jennyorganizes). Spark Joy Episode 2 Ep 3 | Face Your Stuff with Dorothy The Organizer Dorothy Breininger, author and veteran professional organizer as seen on A&E’s hit show “Hoarders” sorts out the mind-body-home clutter connection and related addictions. To connect with Dorothy Breininger, you can visit her website, www.dorothytheorganizer.com for free tips, videos, newsletters, organizing resources for your life, home, office, and relationships. Be sure to check out her book “Stuff Your Face or Face Your Stuff” via her website or Amazon. Also, check her out on the hit show “Hoarders” on A&E. Spark Joy Episode 3 Ep 6 | Declutter Your Path to Wealth with Tess Wicks Tess Wicks, personal finance coach and educator, breaks down the journey to financial independence into key actions and makes the connection between our priorities, the things we acquire, and our life vision. To connect with Tess Wicks visit www.wanderwealthy.com and join the Wander Wealthy community on Facebook and YouTube. Also, check out Tess’ podcast Words and Money. Spark Joy Episode 6 Ep 7 | Design and the Future of Minimalism with Lloyd Alter Lloyd Alter, architect and design editor of Tree Hugger magazine, helps us understand our changing relationship with our possessions and how the upcoming generation will view design and functionality. To connect with Lloyd, you can visit Treehugger, https://www.treehugger.com, Mother Nature Network, https://www.mnn.com, or follow him Twitter @lloydalter and Lloyd Alter on Facebook. Spark Joy Episode 7 The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter by Margareta Magnusson The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning Ep 8 | Make Bold Moves with The Traveling Organizer Holly Southerland Our guest, Holly Southerland is a professional organizer who has been traveling nationwide since 2008 helping families and entrepreneurs get unstuck and find peace in their homes. To connect with Holly Southerland, visit Waco Home Organizers (www.wacohomeorganizers.com) or email info@wacohomeorganizers.com. You can also follow her on Facebook or Instagram at @hollysoutherland Spark Joy Episode 8 Ep 11 | [Tidy] Like a Mind Reader with Jonathan Pritchard Jonathan Pritchard, professional mind reader and author, opens his psychological toolkit to help us apply the predictive art of mind reading to reach personal goals across all areas of our life. To connect with or hire Jonathan, you can visit www.likeamindreader.com. His book Think Like a Mind Reader is available on Amazon (http://amzn.to/2yb9WwC). Spark Joy Episode 11 Gems - “We are proud to announce since we launched Spark Joy on August 31st of this year we’ve received over 40,000 downloads!” “It starts as just a means to get the house in order, but I don’t think most of us really expect the snowball effect!” “The clutter never lies and the truth is often in the clutter.” “I remembered resistance I receive from clients around trying something a new way because obviously my way isn’t working.” “This idea that we honor the item by showing appreciation for what it meant to us, and making sure the item goes on to it’s next useful life.” “I believe that organizing is really just lots and lots of small steps and lots and lots of small decisions.” “It’s ok if every rule in the book is not a perfect fit for your life! If you even apply 50% of the method you’ll notice an improvement in your lifestyle, so it’s not an all or nothing deal.” “We’ve got an amazing line-up for 2018, more guests who exude joy and embody the KonMari lifestyle that we’ll share them with you each-and-every Tuesday.” You can find Karin Socci at The Serene Home You can find Kristyn Ivey at For the Love of Tidy

Lloyd Alter, architect and design editor of Tree Hugger magazine, helps us understand our changing relationship with our possessions and how the upcoming generation will view design and functionality. Lloyd Alter is design editor of TreeHugger, a prominent media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability to the mainstream. Living in Toronto, Canada; He has been an architect, developer, inventor and prefab promoter. He contributes to Mother Nature Network at MNN.com, The Guardian, and Azure magazines, and is Adjunct Professor teaching sustainable design at Ryerson University School of Interior Design. In the course of his work developing small residential units and prefabs, Lloyd became convinced that we just use too much of everything- too much space, too much land, too much food, too much fuel, too much money, and that the key to sustainability is to simply use less. And, the key to happily using less is to design things better. Recently, Lloyd has been writing on family heirlooms and the changing culture. I found his work while researching solutions for clients who are confronted with managing the possessions of generations while downsizing. His direct approach to working with our elder parents along with his prolific writing on a lifestyle focused on less stuff and better design, was a great fit for us! To connect with Lloyd, you can visit Treehugger, https://www.treehugger.com, Mother Nature Network, https://www.mnn.com, or follow him Twitter @lloydalter and Lloyd Alter on  Facebook.   Spark Joy wants to hear from you! Tell us your burning tidying questions or share stories about how KonMari has impacted your life. Find us at www.sparkjoypodcast.com, email us at contact@sparkjoypodcast.com to leave a question or comment for a chance to be featured on next week’s show. Join us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter via @sparkjoypodcast. In this episode, you’ll enjoy: - Learning about the relationship between medicine, science and minimalism. How the fear of germs led to the minimalist movement. Hearing about how Lloyd confronted the generational shift in thinking about “things” within his own family. Discussing how our mobile lifestyles have changed the quantity and quality of things we acquire. Looking at the reality of emotional value vs. financial value. Suggestions on how to decide “who gets what” when a previous generation downsizes. How Lloyd used Marie Kondo’s concept of Spark Joy when deciding what to keep when downsizing. How Lloyd and his family held an Open House, allowing young adults to come in and take things they needed to start their own households as a means of thoughtfully discarding things. Discussing how to find the “right new home” for things that you are letting go. Learning how Lloyd defines a minimalist lifestyle. Read Lloyd's article, "On Decluttering, Downsizing and Surviving a Green Renovation", Tree Hugger Magazine, here: https://goo.gl/cnbFvr What sparks joy for Lloyd: Lloyd shares his joy at looking out over the lake in his Canadian cabin, sitting at his amazing dining room table and the significant back story the table holds. Gems: "Big Brown furniture: Nobody has room anymore!” "That furniture had absorbed the memories of our entire family." "You don’t know if you are an architect or a marriage counsellor." "Start talking to your older family when they are willing to share the history of things." "Do not keep anything that you don’t know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”-William Morris. "We are moving to multi-family and walkable communities and less stuff.” "You just have what you need.” You can find Karin Socci at The Serene Home You can find Kristyn Ivey at For the Love of Tidy Special Guest: Lloyd Atler.

Lloyd Alter from TreeHugger shares his advice on what we should be prioritising as 21st century self-builders. Check out the show notes for more information.

"Here’s a great public infrastructure investment: Public toilets", Written and Published by LLOYD ALTER, on July 31th, 2017，on mnn.com. This article was transformed from text to audio by Amazon's Polly service.

In this episode, Lennon Richardson chats with professor and writer Lloyd Alter about why people need to market the environmental and sustainability movements in a new and different way. They chat about why transportation and our dependence on the car is one of the biggest problems facing North America today, and how vertical cities would help with green space and urban density issues. Listen in for a fascinating discussion about the history of city design in America and the future that the next generations of Americans will encounter. Read full show notes and more at verticalcity.org/podcast/10-lloyd-alter. Vertical City is building a foundation for a sustainable urban future. If you enjoyed this podcast, or you would like to learn more about urbanism, sustainability, innovation and large-scale architecture, visit us atwww.verticalcity.org.

Lloyd Alter, Managing Editor of TreeHugger, explains how worldwide trends in green building have developed. He also shares his tips for self build success as well as some pitfalls to avoid.