Jason McLennan designs living buildings (CAFE-039)

In this 25-minute podcast conversation, we meet Jason McLennan, who moved to Bainbridge in 2006 and is an internationally celebrated green architect who pioneered the concept of the "living building challenge".

As Jason explains, a "living building" is one that is not only trying to do less harm to the world around it, but is designed to improve the environment in and around it.

Jason is in the midst of many ground-breaking projects. He is designing and building his home as a living building on Bainbridge. He is starting a school to bring more students to his breakthrough design philosophy, and is growing a new architecture practice. A new book is near publication.

Questions answered by Jason in this conversation include:

what's the origin of your commitment to green building design what was your role in helping to develop LEED green-building standards what's a living building, and how did you develop that concept describe the greenest building in Seattle...the Bullitt Center building what's so valuable about a composting toilet? what design features are you putting into your home? tell us about your new school, new firm and next book what restores your spirits when faced by climate change denial?

We conclude with a note of gratitude about the positive and inspiring messages we hear from our friends at Bainbridge's own Yes! Magazine.

Credits: BCB host, audio editor and social media publisher: Barry Peters