About

 

Have fun, do good work.

Greetings!

So glad you found, or refound, this page. 

My career and understanding of sustainability have evolved through the years, and I hope you will find this website and my blogs useful, and appreciate what you see of my changng relationship to the planet, w=the work of architecture, and the teams that make work joyful.

I am a a Fellow of the AIA (a cherished honor for my service to the professions of Architecture), a LEED-AP BD+C (knowledgeable about Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design in the Building Design and Construction), a WELL AP (knowledgeable about human wellness in buildings), and a Regenerative Practitioner (seeking larger systems connections over time). All of this is merely to say I have had a long and robust career, and I love to learn and grow.

I also love the outdoors and recently became a 46-er (hiked all 46 high peaks in the Adirondacks), have a healthy nervousness around technology (ah, well) and revel in working with large and diverse groups of people. And you can see I overly rely on parenthetical clarifications…

I was raised in New England by stoic but fun-loving older parents, and I consider myself frugal until I get swept away by crafted work too beautiful to resist.

I have strong and usually clear opinions that are still flexible and capable of growing and changing as I gain strong and clear perspectives from other sources.

I welcome you to learn from me and to teach me.

Some passionate exploits include:

  • Creation of a website to link the work in Project Drawdown to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. This site can be of use to businesses, municipalities, educators. Please take a look – thoughtful critique is always welcome. Problems, meet Solutions.
  • My Board service with NESEA; TAP, which is a non-profit design and grant administrator for the community of and near Troy, NY; and ARC of which I am a co-founder. All of these are amazing services and communities of practice. Check them out if you have a moment!
  • Speaking at conferences and for organizations seeking to improve their integration of full-spectrum sustainability. My understanding of this includes embodied and operational carbon, community, health, natural systems healing, diversity and equity, biophilia, energy effectiveness, multi-modal access, joy, and beauty.

Please join me in some exploration and in sharing joy. We have a lot of work ahead, and we can make it fulfilling and fun.

Jodi Smits Anderson

e: 2bgreener@gmail.com