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In this episode, I catch up with Alan Palmer and talk about his life journey, including the incredible work he did in Nepal building a school for a small village that otherwise would not have happened. It's great to hear about this and other parts of his life, running a business with his wife, and other steps on his journey.

I met Matt when working in Dubai back in 2008 for WSP, we've stayed in touch since that time and was really pleased when he agreed to talk with me. We've both travelled a fair bit and have some shared experiences. Also, Matt has challenged me by asking me to turn the tables on myself, and be the interviewer...that's coming up soon!

An excellent conversation with Alex Hanlon, whom I met whilst she was leading the rebuild at the University of Canterbury. She is now running her own business helping women to negotiate pay parity and she is also part of the reconciliation movement in Australia, being the non-indigenous co-chair for Reconciliation Queensland. Relevant Links: http://www.fairpaynegotiations.com http://www.rqi.org.au

The final episode of our sustainability mini-series is with Sam Archer. Sam is a Sustainability Consultant and Mechanical Engineer with over 20 years experience in the Construction Industry. He moved to New Zealand in July 2014 and is now Director of Market Transformation at the New Zealand Green Building Council with a responsibility for running their sustainability and energy assessment tools - Green Star, Homestar, HomeFit and Nabers. Sam has a particular passion for sustainable housing having spent 6 years creating and managing the sustainability framework for a 3,000-home development for the University of Cambridge in the UK. He also has extensive experience of sustainability and energy strategies, including carbon policy work for the UK and New Zealand governments, sustainable urban design and low-energy and passive building design. Relevant Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-archer-18839b8a/ NZ Green Building Council: https://nzgbc.org.nz/

Professor Susan Krumdieck PhD  Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder MS Mechanical Engineering and Energy Systems, Arizona State University BSE Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University New Zealand Order of Merit Queens New Years Honours 2020 Professor Krumdieck is Chair in Energy Transition Engineering at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland where she is offering a range of education and international online training, and leads the Transition Engineering Labs Research of the Islands Centre for Net Zero. The ICNZ was announced in 2021 with £33M in core and matching funding to realise transition to climate-safe energy in the Scottish Islands by 2030. Before taking the position in Scotland, Susan made major contributions in energy transition engineering research and was active in support of industry, local and central government, and communities through her Advanced Energy and Material Systems Lab research group. Susan is the co-founder and a Trustee of the Global Association for Transition Engineering (GATE). Transition Engineering is an emerging transdiscipline that, like Safety Engineering, has straight-forward methods and tools for duty of care in meeting sustainability objectives and dealing positively with wicked problems in all sectors. Susan has more than 160 peer reviewed publications, and her book Transition Engineering, Building a Sustainable Future (CRC Press, 2020) has received great reviews and sold more than 40,000 copies. Transition Engineering is growing rapidly with more than 20 PhDs, 500+ engineers completing the training courses, thousands of people from all backgrounds completing on-line microcredentials at University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and a new Masters and research centre at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. Susan’s pioneering research over 25 years has provided insight, fundamentals of engineering whole systems transitions, and innovations in data observatories and engineering tools for transition of personal and freight transport and energy. She is probably most well-known for providing frank and politically agnostic information about technology or energy problems and options. Relevant Links: https://www.transitionengineering.org/ https://www.aemslab.org.nz/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260265974_From_the_Ground_Up

Jon Davies Jon has recently rejoined Proclima in an education and technical role across the Australasian market. Proclima is a manufacturer of building materials related to the building enclosure -weather-tightness and airtightness in roof wall and floor for both new and existing buildings. His background is in building - starting out as an adult carpentry apprentice. He then moved into building materials procurement and analysis. During the past 4 years working as a Building Enclosure Consultant at Oculus Architectural Engineering he completed a Master of Architecture degree investigating retrofitting occupied housing. He was also the laboratory manager of Shelby Wright Test Labs - testing facades, claddings, windows and other materials for weather-tightness and structural integrity. Now back into an education-focused role he combines his original profession of teaching with knowledge and experience in the construction industry. Relevant Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-davies-5955a543/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/parka-wrap-ltd

Sophie Howe Described by The Guardian as ‘the Worlds First Minister of the Unborn’ Sophie Howe was the worlds first Future Generations Commissioner and for the last seven years has held a legal mandate to be the ‘guardian of the interests of the future generations of Wales.’ In this role she has led high profile interventions holding the Government to account on how they have considered future generations in their policy making and has secured fundamental changes to transport planning and education policies ensuring they are fit for the future generations. She has served as an Adviser to two of Wales First Ministers as an adviser to the UN Secretary General on governance for intergenerational equity and has influenced the development of similar legislation in Scotland and Ireland and a UK Future Generations Bill. She is a TED speaker and has shared platforms with HRH Prince Williams Hollywood Superstars Michael Sheen and Chris Hemsworth as well as The Pope. She was named as no 5 the BBC Women’s Power List 2020. She runs her own consultancy business supporting governments and progressive corporates to implement sustainability wellbeing and future generations thinking. She is a Global Ambassador for the Wellbeing Economics Alliance and holds roles advising on wellbeing economics and anticipatory governance with the School of International Futures and Apolitical supporting 150k public officials across the world to develop skills for 21st century governments.

Patrick Bellew RDI FREng FCIBSE FEI HonFRIBA Founder and Chairman of international design consultancy Atelier Ten Patrick studied at Bath, graduating in 1981 from an integrated design course that blended MEP Engineering, Environmental Design and Architecture. At 30 and after working at Buro Happold for a period he set up Atelier Ten, a design consultancy that has grown to more than 350 staff in 11 offices and has become synonymous with high performance integrated building design and sustainability. In the past 23 years he has also been teaching in the Architecture School at Yale, where he is a Visiting Professor, leading seminar classes and Advanced Design Studios, influencing and inspiring a new generation of young Architects. He recently received the 2023 Falzul Khan Lifetime Achievement Award from the CTBUH in Singapore. Relevant Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-bellew-3b38b8b/

In this episode I catch up with my oldest and best friend Lawrence Hooker, we talk about his life, work, his passion for the Masonic Society, Arsenal Football Club and mysteries like Gobekli Tepe in Turkey and other ancient site....its a bit of a ramble but a good one with plenty of humour...

In this episode, I catch up with Josh Blackmore a young engineer that interned with me over the summer of 2017/18. We find out what he's been doing  since then, how he got involved with the Student Volunteer Army, including becoming the President of this amazing group of young people for a time. It was great catching up with him and I hope you enjoy the conversation! Relevant Links: https://www.wsp.com/en-nz https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-blackmore/ If you want to find out more about the SVA check out their website here: https://sva.org.nz/

In this episode I catch up with Lizzie, a professional writer and the first Falkland Islander I have ever met. We talk about her journey, both from the Falklands to New Zealand and how she has become a professional writer, it's a great conversation.  If you want to find out more about Lizzie, the link to her website is below. Relevant Links: https://www.lizziedavidson.co.nz/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizzie-davidson-writer/

In this episode, I catch up with Steven Moe a lawyer with Parry Field here in Christchurch, an author and a broadcaster with his own series of podcasts called Seeds. He is, in a large part, my inspiration for starting this podcast. He's also travelled a lot. We talk about all of this and more in this episode. Relevant Links: https://www.parryfield.com Steven's podcast, Seeds: https://open.spotify.com/show/3QdRBsKdWUrdRWkyr0tQbo?si=c579fa6a9c62459a Orange Sky website: https://orangesky.org.nz/ My previous conversations with Steven: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mzFKta2ZZyys1aRakAZdO?si=9cbf41771cdb4db9 https://open.spotify.com/episode/0SmpamCcz8R8f3TrUOaFyE?si=beebd9e081e44223 Steven is also releasing a book, see the link here: https://theseeds.nz/books/the-apple-tree/