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Meet Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream, where tempting flavors and social responsibility thrive. Spend 30 minutes with founder and socially conscious business advocate Molly Moon, and learn how she created a hardworking, happy staff, strong local partnerships, and sustainable practices to deliver the best ice cream made with the finest ingredients. It’s salty and sweet, and you will enjoy every minute.
How classrooms are designed can have a big impact on Social Emotional Learning development. Thoughtfully planned spaces can encourage socializing, reduce stress, and make students feel that they belong and are safe. Leveraging ESSER funds before they run out offers a great chance to put these ideas into action.
In the past, we looked at the positive impact of music on patients in memory care as seen in the film Alive Inside. In a very real way, music is medicine. Today we want to take a closer look at why music is such a powerful ally for the brain and how it can positively transform healthcare settings.
Imagine being immersed in a symphony of laughter and movement as children groove to the beats of musician and educator, Danny Sewell. Witnessing their boundless creativity amidst Muzo’s revolutionary school furniture and technology was nothing short of inspiring.
Regenerative blending embodies a holistic approach that emphasizes the deliberate integration of existing or second-generation furniture with new furniture. It’s sustainable, circular, and, most importantly, healthier for the environment over the long haul.
Cultural anthropologist Melissa Fisher Ph.D. shares with us the significance of anthropology in assessing the evolving landscape of hybrid work environments to empower workplace design. As our community witnesses unprecedented shifts in how, where and by whom work is conducted, understanding the social and cultural dimensions of these changes becomes paramount. Melissa shares her research and experience to describe how anthropology can serve as a crucial lens for deciphering the intricacies of modern workplaces, unveiling invaluable insights into diverse behaviors, norms, and interactions. This podcast should come with a CEU!
Creating classrooms that genuinely nurture wellbeing, social and emotional learning can be simple with intentional design elements. Here are some practical suggestions that leverage contributors to student wellbeing.
Ever wonder how new K-12 schools get funded, planned, built, and operated? There’s a lot more involved than just teachers, students and the PTA, and Jennifer Gibb from Van Pelt Construction Services explains many of the challenges and opportunities facing our communities when building for our future. Tune in to this conversation for a deeper dive into the state of K-12 school infrastructure and learn how you can support our next generation of learners.
Can there be design without community? Can complex social and design challenges be solved independently? How might true curiosity, conversation, relationship connection, and social justice values advance the work of any organization? If questions like these resonate, you need to meet Sloan Leo. The possibility, honesty, joy, and creativity shared in our conversation with the committed and brilliant founder of Flox Studio will brighten your day and might help you recognize a connection.
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What drives a design career? Designers from all backgrounds have many different paths to choose, and we invite you to spend this ONEder Podcast with us hearing some of the details from one expansive design journey. Yana Ronin, a designer, strategist, community builder, entrepreneur, world citizen and lifelong learner, details the first half of her career and hints at what else the future may hold. Enjoy the story, her insights and energy are illuminating and infectious.
As the cost of housing development continues to increase across the Bay Area, the homeless community also continues to grow. Additional pressure from the pandemic only amplified the need. Dr. Brian Greenberg, VP of Programs and Services at LifeMoves, a non-profit providing interim housing and supportive services for homeless families and individuals, shares his observations on the urgent need to scale these resources, and what each of us can do to help.
One Workplace addresses sustainability challenges by taking bigger strides to reduce our footprint. Join us on the journey towards meaningful change...
There’s a growing mental health crisis in the US, and a growing need for behavioral health resources. Listen in to this fact and experience filled conversation with a provider, Charity Holmes from the University of Washington Behavioral Health Services and a behavioral health designer/planner, Lori Epler from SRG Partnership. Learn with us more about their challenges, their successes and their hopes for the future of behavioral health resources.