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The Quill Nook ExperienceSporadic, honest conversations with people doing real work in the worldfarmers, builders, herbalists, designers, practitioners of all kinds. Host Tristan Roberts -- a farmer, father, and former legislator -- talks with guests willing to think out... Author: Tristan Roberts
Sporadic, honest conversations with people doing real work in the worldfarmers, builders, herbalists, designers, practitioners of all kinds. Host Tristan Roberts -- a farmer, father, and former legislator -- talks with guests willing to think out loud, admit uncertainty, and go deep on what actually works (and what doesn't).Episodes are released sporadically. If you're looking for life hacks or inspirational success stories, this isn't it. But if you want to hear what honest conversation sounds like between people doing real workwith all the nuance, doubt, and hard-won wisdom that entailsyou're in the right place. Language: en Genres: Personal Journals, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Ep 8: Dan Ackerstein: Has My Work Been a Failure?
Episode 8
Wednesday, 4 March, 2026
"There is a degree to which the work I've been doing for 25 years has been a failure, and a degree to which we collectively as a generation of people working on the problem haven't moved the needle as much as we need to." – Dan Ackerstein, Ackerstein SustainabilityDan Ackerstein reviewed 35 of the first 45 LEED for Existing Buildings projects. He's worked with big companies doing big, creative sustainability work—public waste audits, imaginative projects that made building operations fun. Then those projects evaporated.In this conversation, Dan processes what it means when the momentum stops. He talks about "the massive con"—the idea that individual choices can solve systemic problems while letting corporations and governments off the hook.Ackerstein and host Tristan Roberts discuss climate grief, the fragility of corporate sustainability, acting locally, and the San Lorenzo River as a metaphor for irreversible decisions.Subscribe to The Quill Nook Experience:Apple | Spotify | RSSGet in touch: tristan@tristanroberts.orgWebsite: http://www.tristanroberts.orgMusic: Produced by Turner Andrasz, beat-boxing by Felix Roberts, guitar by Tristan Roberts, drums by Merrill Garbus
