Critical commentary

Albany’s Future – Unpacking the Concepts

Posted on January 3, 2025 by greenerjsa

I am posting a BIG blog about the ideas that are being considered for healing the damages to Albany created by the 787 highway system. […]

Advocacy, Bio-synergistic design, community, Critical commentary, Sustainability in Depth

Language to Power Our Journey (Greenbuild 2024)

Posted on November 17, 2024 by greenerjsa

I am energized from seeing friends and getting needed hugs, inspired by the vast growth and depth especially in embodied carbon awareness, and frustrated about […]

Advocacy, community, Critical commentary, Inspiration, Language, Personal Reflections, Process, The Profession, USGBC, LEED and Greenbuild conference

I Sing Harmony: a Career Reflection

Posted on September 12, 2023 by greenerjsa

If you have read any of my blog posts, you are aware that I use many words that seek to indicate team cohesion and success. […]

Advocacy, community, Critical commentary, education, green business, How did we get here?, Language, Personal Reflections

THIS is How it Happens

Posted on August 2, 2023 by greenerjsa

I was lucky enough last week to go to the beach where I grew up, on the CT side of LI Sound. It was a […]

Advocacy, community, Critical commentary, Energy, How did we get here?, Outdoors!, Personal Reflections

“frozen music”?

Posted on June 20, 2023 by greenerjsa

Architecture is shelter. It is art and science. It is an enabler. It houses us and our stuff (too much stuff). It is responsible for […]

Advocacy, Bio-synergistic design, Critical commentary, Inspiration, Is it sustainable, Personal Reflections, Process, Products, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession

Transparency in Materials and Process (S2C E66)

Posted on June 16, 2023 by greenerjsa

So glad you could join us in our lobby chat with Benjamin Holsinger. What would happen if: we could identify every ingredient in every material […]

Advocacy, Critical commentary, Green Building Tools, health, Inspiration, Interview, Materials Management, Process, Products

From 2041 (S2C E37 Bonus)

Posted on June 1, 2023 by greenerjsa

We got the chance to hear from the future on the relationships to the natural world. how education has changed, and even a bit on […]

community, Critical commentary, education, How did we get here?, Inspiration, Interview, Outdoors!, people, resilience, Subject2Change

Garbage In, Garbage Out

Posted on April 2, 2023 by greenerjsa

I had a very odd thought today. The long-followed concept about pollution response has been “The solution to pollution is dilution”. Which, in my mind, […]