Kia ora
Welcome to “The Change Makers” – a weekly video series.
In this series our Change Makers share their stories, their thoughts, their ambitions and their actions to leave our world a better place – to be a Good Ancestor to future generations.
Our planet is experiencing catastrophic environmental harm and it requires us to Think Long Term, beyond our lifetimes, to evaluate our choices and to take actions to ensure a sustainable and healthy future for all.
The stories of those leading the change – The Change Makers – those thinking and acting with long-term vision, are inspirational.
Inspired, we can ask ourselves, “what can we do to be Better Ancestors?”
This week, Better Ancestors continues the journey with Robin Curtis (Health Based Building) and John Dronfield (Forever Beech Ltd). We pick up the story with Robin…
Humans consume. This is a fact and is not about to change any time soon.
However, by taking time to understand the consequence of choices available to us, and by choosing carefully, considering our footprint on the natural world, we can limit the harm.
As John and Robin explain, in the realm of timber, it is possible to harvest from a forest and build homes that are not only genuinely sustainable but are beautiful, healthy spaces in which to live.
Health Based Building show that if we use sustainably produced materials there are two very positive outcomes:
- We are minimising our impact upon the planet; and
- We are benefiting people’s health.
As John says, “… it is up to the consumer to make the decision based upon informed knowledge …”
To learn more, you may care to visit https://www.healthbasedbuilding.com
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Episode 23 premieres next week, Sunday 6th June 2021.
The Change Makers
made possible by the New Zealand Regeneration Investment Group.