Design Conscious
Design Conscious is a podcast exploring diversity and leadership in environmental sustainability in the built environment. Sarah Lawlor interviews sustainability leaders involved in the built environment, from a range of roles including contractors, architects, developers, consultants, strategists and educationalists. Design Conscious is part of the 2020 International Women's Day scholarship, supported by NAWIC.
Episodes
19 episodes
Caroline Pidcock on the mindset of change, community led climate movements, and inverting and owning perceptions of softness in the sustainability industry.
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Caroline Pidcock, who is the Spokesperson for Australian Architects Declare, Chair of 1 Million Women, member of government design panels and lecturer at a number of architecture schools. Caroline share...
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Episode 19
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48:25
Ashleigh Gay on the sustainability 'chameleons' becoming the next generation of business leaders, the translation piece of sustainability communication, and on whether sustainability leadership just good leadership
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Ashleigh Gay, Head of Sustainability Leadership & Communications at Edge Environment. Ash brings her expertise in sustainability communications to explore what she calls the translation piece of tellin...
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Episode 18
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46:57
Anne Kovachevich on transitioning from hypersonic aerospace to sustainability, gender norms in science and sustainability, and the critical role of foresight for our planet
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Anne Kovachevich, Foresight and Innovation Leader for Arup Australasia. Anne Kovachevich joins Sarah from Brisbane to discuss the transition from hypersonic aerospace to sustainability, gender norms in sci...
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Episode 17
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40:09
Lauren Kajewski on leveraging different pedagogies to improve the pipeline of skilled women in the construction sector, and being an advocate with a loud, sound, credible voice
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Lauren Kajewski, Director Sustainability & Learning at Landcom and expert in corporate strategy. Lauren is an industry leader and advocate for strategic sustainable leadership, climate resilience, ...
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Episode 16
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39:49
Clare Gallagher on leadership, designing for the end user, and looking at contractors as the middle link
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Clare Gallagher, Sustainability Manager at Built. The conversation delves into leadership, designing for the end user, and looking at contractors as an enabling middle link in the chain, rather than a roa...
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Episode 15
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48:12
Rebecca Miller on climate resilience, being and having an advocate, and the community cohesion integral to social sustainability
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Rebecca Miller, a Director with AECOM’s Brisbane office. Rebecca leads AECOM’s Sustainability and Resilience Practice across Queensland and the Northern Territory, working with both private and public sector organi...
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Episode 14
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53:10
Margot Black on changing the way money talks, social sustainability in times of crisis, and disruption as a driver for change
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Margot Black, Head of Sustainability and Community at Charter Hall about changing the way money talks: social sustainability in times of crisis, and disruption as a driver for change. Margot also shares her thought...
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Episode 13
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35:54
Sophie Hutchinson on the policy and politics of climate change, wellbeing as the second wave of sustainability, and the environmental leaders that inspire her passion for the earth
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Sophie Hutchinson, Director of Sustainability at ADP consulting.Sophie is invested in delivering projects that are socially just, culturally rich and ecologically restorative, and in this conversation, she d...
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Episode 12
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37:02
Grace Foo on finding confidence as a young female engineer in a male dominated industry, learning to rely and grow from the support of colleagues, and her vision for a more diverse and balanced construction industry
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Grace Foo, Principal Consultant at DeltaQ. Grace called in from Canberra for a conversation about finding confidence as a young female engineer in a male dominated industry, learning to rely and grow f...
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Episode 11
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37:42
Jeff Elliot on being that greenie kid, and why he hates being called a leader
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Jeff Elliot, Environmental Sustainability Change Lead at ANZ, just as Melbourne lockdown 2.0 is lifting. The conversation begins with Jeff's roots as a greenie kid and wannabe parks ranger, and goes on to ...
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Episode 10
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44:38
Dr Komali Yenneti on knowledge exchange between academia and industry, the competitive edge of sustainability, and the rising voices of future leaders and actionmakers
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Dr Komali Yenneti, Lecturer in Geography, Urban Planning and Environment at the School of Architecture and Built Environment in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, at the University of Wolverhampton in the UK.&...
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Episode 9
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49:23
Rebecca Davis-Jinks on being a cross-functional sustainability champion, and her pipe-dream for a coalition setting a benchmark for minimum best practice
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Rebecca Davis-Jinks, Head of Sustainability at Cushman and Wakefield.In the midst of Melbourne lockdown, Rebecca reflected on how to be a cross-functional sustainability champion who is commercially literate...
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Episode 8
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35:08
Divinia Eather on diversity as a form of sustainability, contributing to the Indigenous circular economy, and a business model based on caring
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Divinia Eather, the 19 year old marketing manager at Eather Group, an Indigenous owned and operated business supporting the civil, construction and waste-to-resource industries along the Eastern Seaboard. ...
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Episode 7
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44:43
Ian Van Eerdan on shifting the sustainability conversation from cost to value, why the purpose-driven nature of sustainability attracts diversity, and his ultimate aim to make his job obsolete
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Ian Van Eerdan, Associate and Sustainability Group Manager at Northrop. Ian shares his strategies of team management and leadership development through an awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses,...
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Episode 6
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44:26
Dr Samantha Hall on overcoming imposter syndrome on a trip to Antartica, breaking the sustainability blame cycle, and how unconscious bias is a filter that requires greater diversity at leadership level
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Dr Samantha Hall, Principal Director at Campus Intuition, helping universities better understand the student experience by developing new methods to improve built environment design and planning.In this conv...
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Episode 5
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47:23
Jenny Edwards on attitudinal change, the criticality of educating the public to demand better buildings, and the no-brainer combination of architecture and science
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Jenny Edwards, the sole owner and Director of Light House Architecture and Science, a multi-award-winning practice that integrates science into the design process to deliver highly efficient, climate resilient home...
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Episode 4
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49:48
Ann Austin on engagement, collaboration, and the necessary discomfort of change
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Ann Austin, National Sustainability Manager for Lendlease Building Australia and head of Sustainability Engagement for Lendlease Group globally. The conversation spans themes of engagement, collaboration,...
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Episode 3
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50:03
Karla Fox-Reynolds on the tools equipping sustainability leaders to be the leaders we need in uncertain times, navigating a career and balancing family life, and ‘keeping your fight’
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Karla Fox-Reynolds, Senior Project Manager at Climate KIC, based in Western Australia. Karla shares the tools she believes are equipping sustainability leaders to be the leaders we need in uncertain tim...
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Episode 2
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50:35
Laura Hamilton-O’Hara on creating ripples of change through impactful, action-oriented leadership, and making a choice to lead with kindness
Sarah Lawlor (host) speaks to Laura Hamilton O’Hara, social Ecologist, educator, community builder and CEO of the Living Future Institute Australia. Laura talks about her choice to lead with kindness, the impact and motivation of mille...
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Episode 1
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42:43