{"id":2763,"date":"2021-02-05T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T14:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2bgreener.com\/?p=2763"},"modified":"2021-01-03T14:19:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T19:19:19","slug":"part-1-of-improv-equity-and-privilege-oh-my-s2c-e8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2bgreener.com\/?p=2763","title":{"rendered":"Part 1 of Improv, Equity, and Privilege, Oh My! (S2C E8)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this dreary month of February, we are breaking form a bit to share with you our conversations with <strong>TJ Mannix<\/strong>, in three distinct chunks. We talked to TJ for over three hours, and didn&#8217;t even come close to wanting it to end.<\/p>\n<p>The point of these interviews is to help us all understand that sustainability can and should inform everything, and, if we choose to open our minds and broaden our awareness, everything can inform how we engage in sustainability.<strong> TJ certainly helped us with this.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Improvisational theatre skills are of use in business and in holistic design approaches that can get us to healthy and ZNE projects!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15.2015px;\">Here is the first of the videos created from our chat. 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Also, look for the more of TJ&#8217;s interview in our <strong><em>Deeper Dives<\/em><\/strong> playlist\u00a0 as well as our <em><strong>2min<\/strong><\/em> playlist, where we have a short video as well as a fun bit focused on BACON.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ampwwuGj8K8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this dreary month of February, we are breaking form a bit to share with you our conversations with TJ Mannix, in three distinct chunks. 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