Lindsay Baker, CEO of the Living Future Institute, joins Jennifer and Kati to demystify the built environment's role in climate action.

With a career that spans LEED's early days, Google's green building team, WeWork's sustainability efforts and climate tech startups, Lindsay brings deep sector expertise to the question: How does sustainability actually happen?

She breaks down why passion without understanding is too often misdirected and makes the case for maintaining what we have rather than always building new.

Plus: Why "fetch" still isn't happening in sustainability terminology (!), how agricultural waste like straw bale and hemp are revolutionizing building materials, and the important (and unsung) role your building maintenance team plays in reaching climate goals.

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Show links

• Learn more about Lindsay Baker.

• Living Future Institute

• Design the Future podcast

• Living Building Challenge

• Climate Wayfaring by Katharine K. Wilkinson

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