A: Man, it has skyrocketed. When I started this job two and a half years ago, I really had no counterparts at other companies. If I did, it was somebody who had been reluctantly plunked into the position. Now it’s like a growing job industry.
Q: So what caused the green streak in you, personally?
A: I spent every summer in a sleep-away camp in Maine, basically living outside for two months straight. I think that had a lot of impact on me without me realizing it. I went into civil engineering because I loved architecture. But then I realized how things were built … and the more philosophical connection between how our structures really depend on the natural environment and how they couldn’t exist without it.
Q: So a lot of it came out when you were studying civil engineering?
A: Yes. Definitely.
Q: So I have to ask—what do you drive and what kind of house do you live in?
A: Well I’m a renter.
Q: But I’m sure it’s a sustainable-built house, right?
A: It’s a little tiny cottage on somebody’s lot.
Q: Ok, what about the car?
A: I drive a Volvo sedan.
Q: Not a hybrid?
A: Not a hybrid, because my car works fine, and it would be wasteful to get rid of a car when I don’t need to. I really don’t drive that much anyway.
Q: Do you take public transportation?
A: Yep. I used to bike a lot too. But now I have a dog and that’s a lot harder to do.
