The Green Collar Pod
Introducing Green Collar - a podcast dedicated to the economy of tomorrow, exploring jobs that have a positive impact on the environment and people’s well being. Come join Kiersten and Aparna as they interview experts to explore different roles that make up the green collar economy, while highlighting ways to make every job a Green Collar job.
The Green Collar Pod
10 - Justin Den Herder
Featuring Justin Den Herder, who is not only a structural engineer from TY Lin, but also a professor of Structural Poetics at Cooper Union, and a poet!
Connect with Justin on LinkedIn.
Terms mentioned:
- Adaptive reuse - "In architecture, adaptive reuse (also called building reuse) refers to the repurposing of an existing structure for new use."
- Mass timber - "Mass timber is a new category of wood product that can revolutionize how America builds. It is comprised of multiple solid wood panels nailed or glued together, which provide exceptional strength and stability."
- Circularity - "Circularity is the economic concept of reusing or regenerating products and resources throughout the value chain to reduce waste. It is the foundational idea behind the circular economy."
Resources:
- Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard
- Designing the Forest and Other Mass Timber Futures by Lindsey Wikstrom
- Migration: New & Selected Poems by W.S. Merwin
- Pilot Projects
- Cities4Forests
- Design for Freedom by Grace Farms
Fact Checks:
Justin mentions that 66% of the of the world's population will live in urban centers by 2050 but wasn't sure - he was pretty close! According to the UN, "55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 68% by 2050."
