Episode 190: Dick Clarke & David Baggs on sustainable design, greenwashing and how to move forward on climate change

Episode 190: Dick Clarke & David Baggs on sustainable design, greenwashing and how to move forward on climate change

Author: Architecture & Design January 29, 2024 Duration: 39:57

As joint winners of the the Lifetime achievement awards at this year’s Sustainability Awards, Dick Clarke, founder of Envirotecture and David Baggs CEO, Technical Director & Co-founder of Global Greentag have both provided leadership within the profession and industry for over 40 years by engaging during most of this time in sustainability educational, advocacy and facilitation of professional outcomes and design excellence. 

In this exclusive interview, they talk about whether how we do business is becoming harder or easier in terms of environmental accountability, what would do differently in terms of their roles and why, what would you like to see happen in terms of our carbon emissions moving forward and how do they think we could achieve this?




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