Systems Thinking to Save the World - 50 years of Serious Commotion

About this episode

This episode features an in-depth interview on systems thinking and its implications for sustainability and environmental health.

This may be the ultimate systems thinking interview. Beyond building science at the site scale, this is systems thinking to save the world.  Gail Vittori and Pliny Fisk III have their fingerprints all over the structural ideologies for ways of thinking that underlie what we now think of as the fields of sustainability, greenbuilding, indoor health and well-being and more.  Enjoy this thoughtful unpacking of ideas that span from systems thinking at the scale of the planet to human society to industry, products and materials. If you’re not familiar with Pliny Fisk III and Gaily Vittori, Max’s Pot, the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, or the Global Dreamlab, it’s about damn time that you are. Buckle up and enjoy this wild and fascinating ride with two of the brightest early lights in environmental sustainability  in the AEC and beyond. Pliny Fisk III Pliny Fisk III is a pivotal figure in the sustainability movement, whose career in architecture, landscape architecture, and the systems sciences spans more than four decades. He has dedicated his career to developing replicable prototypes, protocols, and policy initiatives that challenge conventional wisdom…

People in this episode

Host: Max

Guests: Gail Vittori, Pliny Fisk III

Topics covered

• systems thinking
• sustainability
• green building
• indoor health
• environmental sustainability

Keywords

• systems thinking
• sustainability
• green building
• indoor health
• environmental design
• architecture
• materials

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, Global Dreamlab, Max's Pot

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